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John,
Today marks five years since George Floyd was murdered by Derek Chauvin—five years since his family lost a loved one, his daughter lost her father, and his community lost a friend.
It's been five years since the world bore witness to his murder, igniting a global call for Black liberation and justice. Black Lives Matter became so much more than a phrase. It transformed into a rallying cry, a shift in American consciousness, and a global resurgence in the fight against white supremacy.
This moment lit a fire in the movement for Black liberation and police abolition. We’re still carrying that torch today.
Five years on, we know how far we’ve come and just how much farther we have to go. Despite widespread calls for systemic change, Black communities remain under daily threat from state-sanctioned violence.
We honor George Floyd's memory not only through reflection but through action.
His legacy lives on in our fight to dismantle the systems of oppression that stole his life. And we’re not stopping.
We are not the same movement we were in 2020—we are stronger, more organized, and more powerful in our challenge to white supremacy than ever.
Our growth has allowed us to deepen our commitments and scale up our investments in Black communities.
Since 2020, our foundation has distributed more than $35 million to build power, push policy, and secure Black flourishing. In that time, we’ve funded:
Black-led frontline organizations
Foundations led by families who have been directly impacted by police brutality
Loan repayment micro-grants for Black student alumni and HBCU students
Revolutionary projects like the Black Panther building in West Oakland, CA
3 million in COVID relief funding given directly to Black people (when the administration was sitting on its hands)
But we’re just getting started. We will never achieve Black liberation until we change the structure of systems like policing that are built on white supremacy.
In many ways, the Trump regime is now actively working to ensure that Black people continue to be killed by police with impunity – attempting to destroy the meaningful progress that we’ve won over the last five years.
Just days before George’s angelversary, the Trump regime strategically dismantled consent decrees designed to hold police accountable in Minneapolis and Louisville—the cities where George Floyd and Breonna Taylor were tragically killed by law enforcement.
The reason the Trump regime is targeting our hard-fought policy victories? Because they work.
True public safety can only exist when we invest in our communities: in housing, healthcare, education, mental health resources, and economic justice. It requires reimagining safety beyond institutions historically designed to control and harm Black people.
Today, as we remember George Floyd, we recommit ourselves to the work of creating a world where he would still be alive. We honor his memory by fighting for transformative change that values Black lives unconditionally. We will not rest until the systems that enable state violence against Black people are dismantled.
George Floyd should still be here. His life mattered then, it matters now, and it will continue to matter for generations.
In remembrance,
Black Lives Matter
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