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Alicia Garza
Co-founding Black Lives Matter and organising for racial justice.
Black Lives Matter · Black Census Project
- Born
- 4 January 1981
- Birthplace
- Oakland, United States
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Alicia Garza
Alicia Garza is an American organiser and writer. She helped create Black Lives Matter and founded Black Futures Lab to build political participation in Black communities.
Early life
Bay Area childhood
Grew up in California in a family that ran an antiques business.
Student organising
Studied anthropology and sociology at UC San Diego, where she joined campaigns on workers’ rights.
Career
- 2000s
Community campaigns
Organised in Oakland and San Francisco on employment and housing issues.
- 2013
Black Lives Matter
Co-founded the movement with Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi.
- 2018
Black Futures Lab
Founded an organisation focused on research, policy and political participation.
Selected work
Black Lives Matter
Her writing helped inspire the phrase that became a movement’s name.
Black Census Project
Helped launch a survey of Black communities and their priorities.
The Purpose of Power
Published a book on movement-building and organising.
Beyond work
Domestic workers
Worked with the National Domestic Workers Alliance on the concerns of Black workers.
Women’s organising
Co-founded Supermajority to support women’s political participation.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Institutional source ↗Photo: Citizen University. CC BY 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
