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  Black Lives Matter PAC · [email protected]
November 1, 2020 at 10:32 PM

re: Can you text Black voters, John?

John, We STILL need your help turning out voters in critical swing states to vote for Black lives. With so many folks voting in new ways due to the pandemic, along with our communities being targeted with disinformation about voting, it is absolutely critical that we …
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  Black Lives Matter PAC · [email protected]
November 1, 2020 at 5:55 PM

ENDING white supremacy STARTS at the ballot box

John, The constant threat of white supremacy against Black leaders and groups is only going to end when we take our voices and protest to the polls this Tuesday. But we need your help. Since launching Black Lives Matter PAC, we've been on the ground in key battlegroun…
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  Patrisse Cullors, Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
October 31, 2020 at 10:06 PM

Statement on Threats from White Supremacists

John, Black leaders and Black groups have been impacted by the threat of white supremacy since this country's founding. Last week, myself and Alicia Garza -- another BLM co-founder -- were included when the FBI contacted us to inform us that they found our names on a …
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  Black Lives Matter PAC · [email protected]
October 31, 2020 at 6:20 PM

Black Lives Matter’s latest -- a PAC

John, For more than 500 years, Black people have been fighting for our freedom. We have fought back against slavery, Black codes, Jim Crow laws, policing, incarceration, some of the highest unemployment rates, consistent homelessness, dying while giving birth, being mur…
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  Black Lives Matter PAC · [email protected]
October 31, 2020 at 12:56 AM

Help get Black voters to the polls

John, Our country is riddled with rampant, chronic, and racially-motivated voter suppression. Every day, we watch on the news as politicians mobilize their racist bases to intimidate voters, close polling locations in majority-minority neighborhoods, and do everything…
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  Black Lives Matter PAC · [email protected]
October 30, 2020 at 8:46 PM

Sign up to text Black voters this Saturday >>

John, We are about to face one of the most, if not the most, consequential and critical elections of our lifetimes. And that's why we need more Black voters than ever before at the polls. We need Black communities to show out in historical numbers, declare that Blac…
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  Black Lives Matter PAC · [email protected]
October 29, 2020 at 6:40 PM

Our brand new PAC

John, We're moving from protest to the polls. It's simple: We need change, and we need it now. Not the empty words of change or reform that some in power yell at rallies to appeal to Black voters. We need substantial, real, revolutionary change. Change that's in our…
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  Black Lives Matter Gobal Network · [email protected]
October 28, 2020 at 12:58 AM

Being mentally ill isn’t a crime, neither is being Black

Content Warning: This email discusses a recent high-profile case of police violence and murder, as well as mental illness. John, Walter Wallace Jr. We say his name. Like so many of us, Walter was battling with mental health issues. Nobody should be mu…
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  Black Lives Matter Gobal Network · [email protected]
October 26, 2020 at 7:49 PM

We refuse to stand by as voter suppression runs rampant

John, Various states across the country have taken voter suppression to new levels to prevent our voices from being heard. Voter ID laws, purging voter rolls, restricting ballot drop boxes, refusing to save the Postal Service, and so much more. We know all too well th…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
October 21, 2020 at 10:50 PM

Cory Booker's submitting this letter tomorrow to the Senate. Will your name be on it?

John, Ever since we first learned of Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court, our community has continued to demand no nomination until inauguration -- and we won't stop there. For too long, we've gone without the chance for proper representation -- and on t…
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  Melina, Black Lives Matter LA · [email protected]
October 18, 2020 at 9:09 PM

Megan Thee Stallion was right

John, Two weeks ago, people around the globe came together to participate in #BlackWomenAreDivine weekend, a reclamation in the name of Breonna Taylor. The vision for the weekend came through me as a Divine intervention, as a disruption of oppressions and imposed iden…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
October 17, 2020 at 5:55 PM

CreateYourFuture.Vote

John, Voting is about more than just casting a ballot. Voting is how we make our voices heard in this moment right here and now -- but it’s also how we create the world we want to see for future generations. Electoral politics is an important form of protest and is part…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
October 16, 2020 at 10:37 PM

Tommie Smith. John Carlos. Colin Kaepernick. Us.

John, On this day in 1968, U.S. Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised Black power fists during the medal ceremony at the Olympic Games, making history with one of the most infamous moments in sports and American history. The backlash they faced for taking a st…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
October 15, 2020 at 11:06 PM

Free school lunches? Thank the Black Panthers

John, Our history is precious. Our history is sacred. Our history is rich. And our history deserves to be told the right way. One of the most influential forces of the 20th century was the Black Panther Party, founded in October 1966 in Oakland, California by Huey P…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
October 12, 2020 at 11:14 PM

STARTING SOON: RBG tribute + Supreme Court rally @ 8:00 p.m. ET

John, Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee began its confirmation hearings to appoint Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. And while these hearings could be difficult to watch, we will continue to uphold the legacy and wishes of Justice Ginsburg. That's why Black Li…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
October 5, 2020 at 11:12 PM

Stop what you're doing and listen up:

John, Stop what you're doing and listen up: Today is the last day you can register to vote in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii*, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. So, make sure that (1) your voter registration is up to date -- especi…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
October 2, 2020 at 6:59 PM

UPDATE: #BlackWomenAreDivine weekend

John, You might've seen our email earlier about this upcoming weekend -- our #BlackWomenAreDivine weekend of reclaiming our Divinity in the name of Breonna Taylor. John, it's time to get excited! Black Lives Matter Grassroots chapters everywhere are taking part in t…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
September 30, 2020 at 12:24 AM

This weekend, we’re honoring ourselves

John, Here's to a reclamation in the name of #BreonnaTaylor. This upcoming weekend, October 2nd-4th, Black Lives Matter invites Black women to reclaim our Divinity in the name of Breonna Taylor. Black women: We deserve this and more. In Breonna's name, i…
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  Patrisse Cullors, Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
September 26, 2020 at 9:49 PM

We need all our voices speaking out against Amy Coney Barrett

John, It was just over a week ago that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away after a lifetime of serving her country, advocating for equal justice under law. Earlier today, Donald Trump announced his Supreme Court nominee -- a nominee that has no inter…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
September 23, 2020 at 4:58 PM

Black lives won't matter if we don't vote

John, We've got some exciting news -- Black Lives Matter Co-founders Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi have been named to TIMES' 2020 TIME100 Most Influential People in the World! This recognition is incredibly humbling -- and each and every one of you t…
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  Patrisse Cullors, Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
September 19, 2020 at 9:34 PM

Rest in power, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

John, Last night, we lost a champion in the fight for justice and gender equality: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg was a giant in the fight for equality and civil rights -- she embodied everything that our movement stands for. We stand…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation · [email protected]
September 15, 2020 at 7:50 PM

We demand a public apology

John, You may have seen our email earlier this week about televangelist Pat Robertson's vitriolic attacks on Black Lives Matter, where he labeled our movement as an attempt to destroy Christianity. For 7 years, we've fought together. We've grown together and have won …
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  Patrisse, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation · [email protected]
September 12, 2020 at 11:47 PM

Demand a public apology for Pat Robertson’s comments

John, Earlier this week, televangelist Pat Robertson made outlandish statements about our movement to end white supremacy -- recklessly decrying Black Lives Matter as an attempt to destroy Christianity. From the beginning, Black Lives Matter has stood by its core tenet…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
September 11, 2020 at 11:51 PM

The future of Black Lives Matter

John, As Black Lives Matter celebrates its seventh anniversary, we are reflecting on our achievements and also acknowledging the missteps and hard learned lessons of our movement. To that end, we have some big news to share. In July, I assumed the role of Executive D…
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  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
August 28, 2020 at 12:26 AM

Jacob Blake and the Milwaukee Bucks

Friends, family, and sports fans — We have experienced historic solidarity of the Black Lives Matter Movement from national sports teams and players, from the Milwaukee Bucks — the first NBA team to strike during Game 5 to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake in the Buck…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
August 21, 2020 at 11:02 PM

[TODAY]: Honoring Black August

John, August 21st marks one of the most significant days of Black August and Black resistance. On this date in 1971, comrade George Jackson's life was stolen by San Quentin prison guards. On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner was divinely inspired to initiate the most successf…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
August 9, 2020 at 7:50 PM

Honoring Mike Brown today

John, On August 9, 2014, the body of Mike Brown was stolen from us in Ferguson, Missouri by police officer Darren Wilson. After stealing his life, police desecrated his body and traumatized the Black community of Ferguson by leaving it on the ground for 4 ½ hours. The e…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
August 3, 2020 at 9:06 PM

Honoring the freedom fighters who walked before and among us during #BlackAugust

Dear John, As we enter Black August, we give honor to those who sacrificed their lives and freedom for ours. This month we give special acknowledgment to our political and politicized prisoners, many of whom are still living behind prison bars and walls. Our remembrance…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
July 19, 2020 at 1:23 AM

Rest In Power... Rep. John Lewis and Rev. C.T. Vivian

A Requiem In Memoriam Our Great Ancestors The Honorable John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 - July 17, 2020) The Reverend Dr. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian (July 30, 1924 – July 17, 2020) Today, we celebrate two men of moral courage, ethical excellence, and rel…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
July 10, 2020 at 8:53 PM

#StopDisinformation

John -- We are in the age of information. But with all of this information comes the threat of disinformation -- and no one knows this better than we do. Disinformation is the false information deliberately and often covertly spread (as by the planting of rumors) in or…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
July 7, 2020 at 3:21 PM

[WATCH AND SHARE]: Defund Police

John -- For months, we’ve been working to #DefundPolice -- and last month’s membership survey revealed that #ReinvestingInCommunities is still a major priority. It also revealed that together, we still have so much more to learn and accomplish. Divesting from police an…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
July 4, 2020 at 4:43 PM

This Independence Day, we’re rooting for everybody Black

John, In Frederick Douglass' "What To The Slave Is Fourth of July" speech in 1852, he criticized the independence of America stating: "I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary!" This Fourth of July, while many of us are reluctant to celebrate American…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
July 3, 2020 at 5:47 PM

[JUST RELEASED]: Mysonne joins Kailee Scales on What Matters

John -- The depths of systemic racism do not start and end with police brutality, but rather transcend the entire criminal-legal system -- something that rapper, activist, and author Mysonne knows all too well. In this week’s episode of What Matters, Mysonne sits down …
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
June 29, 2020 at 10:55 PM

#DefundPolice in action

John -- For weeks, we have watched the result of our rallying cries, organizing, and activism materialize across the entire country. And as so many join this movement, it’s important that everyone has the resources they need to keep fighting. Earlier this month, Black …
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
June 28, 2020 at 6:02 PM

ALL Black Lives Matter

John -- The first Pride was a riot. In 1970, Black and Brown transgender people led the charge to fight back against police violence and discrimination. Since then, Black LGBTQ+ people have routinely shown up on the front lines in our fight against white supremacy and …
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
June 27, 2020 at 5:12 PM

#WhatMatters featuring Bubba Wallace

John -- In our newest episode of What Matters, NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace joins BLM’s Managing Director Kailee Scales. Together, they discuss Bubba’s experience as the sole Black driver in NASCAR’s top series. Kailee and Bubba explore how NASCAR banning the confederat…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
June 22, 2020 at 8:19 PM

We are transforming, John

John -- This is our moment. In response to continuing state violence toward Black communities, we have taken to the streets and are demanding more from our neighbors and our elected officials. We can feel the energy shifting. Our voices have spread to every corner of o…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
June 21, 2020 at 5:32 PM

Got a question for Mysonne?

John -- We’re excited that free-style rap artist and activist Mysonne NY General will join Black Lives Matter Global Network’s Managing Director Kailee Scales for a special episode of our documentary interview series #WhatMatters filming next week. Msyonne is an outspo…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
June 18, 2020 at 6:56 PM

Juneteenth events near you

John -- The uprisings in all 50 states in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Nina Pop, Tony McDade, and countless other Black people at the hands of the state and vigilantes, are among a long legacy of uprisings and Black radical traditions. Tomorr…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
June 18, 2020 at 12:13 AM

Juneteenth belongs in history books AND on the calendar

John -- Now more than ever, we must highlight and celebrate the rich history of our community and our culture. In the last few days, cities and companies across the country have declared Juneteenth a holiday. Just like our lives, our HISTORY matters, including why June…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
June 17, 2020 at 1:14 AM

[SURVEY]: Our fight for freedom

John -- We are inspired by all who put themselves on the line in the fight for Black lives. We carry the tradition of those who center collective freedom and work to build a world where Black lives are no longer systematically targeted for demise. We know that many are…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
June 15, 2020 at 7:23 PM

A conversation with Dr. Deepak Chopra

John -- This is a critical moment for the world and for our movement. Many of us are holding depression and grief from devastating losses of community members to both COVID-19 and police violence. How do we work through generational trauma? How do we confront and trans…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
June 11, 2020 at 1:46 AM

For your profile pic:

John -- In a matter of days, millions around the world have joined the calls for justice, and we are beginning to see and feel the impact. We are seeing new conversations around #DefundPolice and progress in cities like Los Angeles and Minneapolis. While we are feeling…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
June 10, 2020 at 1:30 AM

George Floyd: Rest in Power

Dear George, We laid you to rest today. And while we were forced to say goodbye too soon, your spirit remains within us. You inspired us to take to the streets in the fight for justice and for our lives, but we know that true justice would mean that you lived a long, …
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  Black Lives Matter Action Fund Managing Director · [email protected]
June 7, 2020 at 9:49 PM

Will you donate to #DefundPolice?

Transformational change takes time, and we’re committed to the long road ahead. We’re calling for transformation through a complete defunding of the police and reinvestment into our communities -- and we’re ready to fight for it. But change also takes support -- so…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
June 6, 2020 at 4:53 PM

Heading to a protest in Washington? Here’s what you need to stay safe

John, People are headed to the street this weekend in solidarity with the Black community and in the name of justice. It's amazing to see so many people taking action, but it's important to take precautions and stay safe while making our voice heard especially during a…
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  Black Lives Matter Action Fund Managing Director · [email protected]
June 5, 2020 at 9:21 PM

#DefundPolice starts now

John, We are in the middle of an uprising. Millions are taking to the streets. We are mourning the loss of George, Breonna, Tony, Ahmaud and so many others. We are overwhelmed by our feelings of despair, rage, pain, anxiety, and disbelief. But in the midst of what fe…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
June 5, 2020 at 6:57 PM

Happy birthday, Breonna

Breonna, Happy 27th Birthday. We wish you were spending today with friends and family -- celebrating life and blowing out birthday candles. Instead, we are chanting your name in your memory and in solidarity. We’re still out here a month later demanding that the office…
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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
June 4, 2020 at 7:48 PM

A moment of silence for George Floyd

John -- Eight minutes, 46 seconds. That’s how long a police officer kept his knee on George Floyd’s neck. George Floyd struggled, pleading for his life: “I can’t breathe,” until he drew his final breaths, calling for his mother. Eight minutes, 46 seconds -- a father, …
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June 4, 2020 at 6:24 PM

[WATCH]: Community organizing in South Bend

John -- Before the most recent murders of Tony McDade, George Floyd, Dreasjon Reed, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, Eric Logan was killed in South Bend, Indiana. Around this same time, South Bend’s mayor ran for President of the United States -- catapulting the town,…
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