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</ref> which successfully advocating for a civilian oversight board for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. <ref>Hing, Julianne. "In L.A., Civilians Will Have Power Over Sheriff's Department". http://www.colorlines.com/articles/la-civilians-will-have-power-over-sheriffs-department</ref> |
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She is on the board of directors of the [[Ella Baker Center for Human Rights]]. She participated in an Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership fellowship where she prepared and led a think tank on state and vigilante violence for the 2014 Without Borders Conference.<ref>Ella Baker Center, http://ellabakercenter.org/about/staff-and-board/patrisse-cullors</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:28, 22 September 2015
Patrisse Marie Cullors | |
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| Born | 1984 Los Angeles |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupation(s) | activist, artist, playwright |
| Notable work | Black Lives Matter |
Patrisse Cullors is an artist, activist, and organizer who lives in Los Angeles.
Biography and personal life
Cullors was born in Los Angeles. She became an activist early in life. Cullors is queer, and says her parents asked her to leave home. She earned a degree in religion and philosophy from UCLA.
She practices the Nigerian religious tradition of Ifà.[1]
Activism
Motivations
Cullers describes the impetus for her pushing for black rights stemming from her 19-year-old brother being "brutalized" while "incarcerated in LA county jails at 19".[2]
Black Lives Matter
In collaboration with Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi, Cullors founded the international Black Lives Matter movement .[3][4] Cullors was the person who coined the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag.[4] She credits social media as instrumental in revealing state violence against African-Americans, saying that "On a daily basis, every moment, black folks are being bombarded with images of our death ... It's literally saying, 'Black people, you might be next. You will be next."[5]
Other activites
She also cofounded the prison activism organization Dignity and Power Now.[6] which successfully advocating for a civilian oversight board for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. [7]
She is on the board of directors of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. She participated in an Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership fellowship where she prepared and led a think tank on state and vigilante violence for the 2014 Without Borders Conference.[8]
Awards
Cullors is a Fulbright Scholarship recipient. She was named 2007 Mario Savio Young Activist of the Year.[9] She has also received the Sidney Goldfarb award. She was named an NAACP History Maker in 2015. [10]
Organizations
- Coalition to End Sheriff Violence in L.A. Jails [11]
Works
In 2014 Cullors produced the theatrical piece POWER: From the Mouths of the Occupied, which debuted at Highways Performance Space.
References
- ^ Farrag, Hebah H. "The Role of Spirit in the #BlackLivesMatter Movement: A Conversation with Activist and Artist Patrisse Cullors". http://religiondispatches.org/the-role-of-spirit-in-the-blacklivesmatter-movement-a-conversation-with-activist-and-artist-patrisse-cullors
- ^ Segalov, Michael. "We Spoke to the Activist Behind #BlackLivesMatter About Racism in Britain and America". Vice. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Hunt, Jazelle. "Black Lives Still Matters to Grassroots and Black Media". http://www.blackvoicenews.com/news/news-wire/50048-black-lives-still-matters-to-grassroots-and-black-media.html
- ^ a b Guynn, Jessica (March 4, 2015). "Meet the woman who coined #BlackLivesMatter". USA Today. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ^ Gebreyes, Rahel. "Patrisse Cullors Explains How Social Media Images of Black Death Propel Social Change". Huffington Post. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-c1-jail-activist-20140414-m-story.html#page=1
- ^ Hing, Julianne. "In L.A., Civilians Will Have Power Over Sheriff's Department". http://www.colorlines.com/articles/la-civilians-will-have-power-over-sheriffs-department
- ^ Ella Baker Center, http://ellabakercenter.org/about/staff-and-board/patrisse-cullors
- ^ Mario Savio Young Activist Award. http://www.savio.org/young_activist_award.html
- ^ NAACP History Makers. http://www.naacp.org/pages/history-makers</a>
- ^ Sewell, Abby. "Activist battles L.A. County jailers' 'culture of violence'". L.A. Times. April 12, 2014.
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