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Founded by three women in 2013 in response to the "not guilty" verdict received by Trayvon Martin's killer, the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is a decentralized nonprofit organization fighting to dismantle white supremacy and stop the violence regularly committed against Black bodies. Volunteers are encouraged to use the organization's toolkits to demonstrate and demand change in their local communities.
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Black Lives Matter, often referred to as BLM, is one of the most important and influential social justice organizations in the world. It was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer and has since been working “to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.” It was established in the United States, but now operates globally in the UK and Canada to fight racial injustice on a worldwide scale. Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi began the organization by creating a Black-centered political movement and tagging it online with the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter.
Black Lives Matter is both a far-reaching political movement as well as a steadfast organization dedicated to the liberation of Black people across th...