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Isnt it strange that none of us talk about Black Live Matter anymore? It felt like our lives were completely dominated by the subject in 2020.

Back then, The New York Times told us that Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S. History. According to Wikipedia There were upward of 26 million protest participants.

That part is true. But everything else in the Black Lives Matter narrative begins to fall apart from there.

As reported by Time Magazine in September of 2020 The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) analyzed more than 7,750 Black Lives Matter protests in between May 26 and August 22.

In this story, we were told that fewer than 220 protests reported violent demonstrations among the protests. The report created a riot focused definition of violence. Then were told, 2,400 protests reported being peaceful.

For some reason we are told to ignore the widespread physical attacks on individuals and property at thousands of other protests. Like that isnt violent. Then adding insult to injury the mainstream political/media elite stealthily refused to tell us about the Marxist agenda of the Black Lives Matter leaders.

Marxism attempts to disrupt traditions and institutions that lend themselves to certain groups having more power or money than other groups. What Marxists describe as inequity most of us would simply describe as differences.

Marxism suggests that we must redistribute power, wealth, and status to make our society fairer. Which is fine. Americans have the right to subscribe to whatever ideology that they want.

But why lie about it? Back in 2015, Patrice Cullors describes BLM leaders saying, We are trained Marxists. In a video. No disputing that.

The next Black lives Matter Marxist tie was more disturbing. Under fire, Black Lives Matter scrubbed a page on its website demanding the disruption (of the requirement) of the Western-prescribed nuclear family. A position clearly articulated in Marxism.

Marxism co-founder Friedrich Engels wrote in The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, the modern family contains in germ not only slavery (servitus), but also serfdom, since from the beginning it is related to agricultural services, it contains in miniature all the contradictions which later extend throughout society and its state.

As if this level of deception wasnt enough, startling financial revelations began rocking the organization. In 2021, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrice Cullors, left the organization after funneling millions into real estate holdings in her name.

Under her tenure, Cullors also authorized a six-figure payout to be given to her childs father for assorted reasons, made her brother BLMs highest paid employee (for security?) and paid $1.8 million to companies owned by her relatives.

This is not very equitable to other Black families in America. Do the rest of our Black Financial Lives Matter?

Meanwhile, the 26 Local Black Lives Matter chapters across the country took legal action against their lead organization accusing them of financial impropriety while raising over $90 million. They are suing for unpaid wages.

Arent Marxists supposed to distribute money fairly? Especially, to working class Black people? Or their own employees?

Even the families of the causes visible symbols Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown have filed lawsuits. They are demanding that they be compensated for the cause being perpetrated in their loved ones names. The family of Breonna Taylor hasnt sued yet but has meted out some harsh criticism for BLM. The Taylor family was denied by the leaders, the funds to buy a van to use for speaking engagements.

This Black Lives Matter movement needs to move away. From us.

The truth is, that no person of good conscience can object to the idea that Black lives matter as much as other lives. Its common sense.

Most agree that race cannot be a reason to kill anyone with impunity. But it is time to face that the original moral concern of Black Lives Matter has been exploited by greedy, oppressive leaders who are clearly dishonest.

Everything Marxism presents itself as against. Consequently, the scandals are overshadowing any progress of the movement. At this rate, in a few years there will little left besides the catchy slogan.

Rachel Stovall is an event manager, entertainer and community advocate in Colorado Springs.

Rachel Stovall is an event manager, entertainer and community advocate in Colorado Springs.

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WOODBRIDGE, VA.The plastic sign displayed prominently on DeAna Forbes classroom door is especially fitting this week. In big bold letters: Warning! History Teacher Zone. Your understanding of the past may be corrected at anytime.

Its early in this sleepy suburb 45minutes outside Washington, D.C., and the sun is still rising over Freedom High School as students jog inside from late-arriving buses, backpacks half-hung over shoulders with winter coats swinging. They push through crowded hallways and hurry to firstperiod.

Forbes, 28, who teaches U.S. history and social studies, is one of many teachers across the country participating in the annual Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action, held this year February 610. As her students settle in to watch avideo about the history of Black fraternities and sororities, Forbes prepares an interactivelesson.

The work of telling Black stories, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, and making sure that [students] understand that their lives do matter, is important, Forbes says. It naturally fits in the context ofhistory.

The Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action traces its roots to aBlack Lives Matter organizing campaign at John Muir Elementary in Seattle in 2016 and when, later that school year, educators in Philadelphia organized aweek of teaching surrounding the principles of Black Lives Matter. Teachers in Rochester also held aday of action in 2017. Then, in 2018, it exploded, with educators in more than 20 cities participating in the Week of Action, and it has remained popular sincethen.

Black Lives Matter at School is an act of resistance, says Awo Okaikor Aryee-Price, amember of the inaugural steering committee for Black Lives Matter at School. Its arefusal to accept the ways that we are perpetually dehumanized. Its astatement that we exist, that we are here, and that we are going to fightback.

During the week, teachers often share curriculum and host both virtual and in-person events. This year, events included afair about historically Black colleges and universities, an abolitionist poetry workshop, and an Imagination Lab Listening Project for students, teachers, parents and school staff to envision safe schools andfutures.

The week also centers around key movement demands, including ending zero tolerance policies, ending policing in schools and funding counselors instead, reducing the pushout of Black teachers, promoting restorative justice approaches to discipline, and mandating Black history and ethnic studiescourses.

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Go ahead and share with us, out loud, some things that youve learned so far about the Divine Nine, Forbes instructs, referring to her lesson on historically Black fraternities and sororities. She picks astudent sitting toward the back of theroom.

Theyre there to create social change for future generations, the student says eagerly, glancing up from the jotted-down notes in front ofhim.

Forbes classroom is decorated with artwork made by her studentsthose assigned to her classes, and others whove poked their heads in during free periods or after-school club activities. Earlier in the week, Forbes organized aschoolwide paint-and-sip as part of the Week of Action, in which students detailed on small canvases colorful interpretations of the Black power salute, ornate impressions of the Black Lives Matter slogan, and atraditional Sankofa symbol (from the Akan people of Ghana) meaning go back and getit.

This day, other teachers at Freedom High join in midway through the class to support Forbes lesson, answering questions about Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Kappa Alpha and Zeta Phi Beta, all three of which were founded on the nearby Howard University campus by Black students in the early 1900s to promote public service, community, and politicalaction.

But the Week of Action is about more than classroom lessons. Earlier in the week, teachers throughout D.C. and the surrounding counties in Maryland and Virginia met at Creole on 14th, apopular brunch and happy hour spot in the busy, racially diverse neighborhood of Columbia Heights to call each other to action. Vanessa Williams, 31, who works as program manager for Teaching for Changes D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice, organized an unapologetically Black educator story lounge event with Empower Ed to offer teachers amicrophone to share personal narratives to highlight the importance of liberatory teachingpractices.

Oftentimes, were not present at the table when these decisions are being discussed about policy, legislation, et cetera, shared Gabrielle Dubose, an educator at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and aspeaker at the story lounge. They need to hear fromteachers.

The theme of silence and resistance was mentioned repeatedly throughout thenight.

Its harder to do this work on an island or in asilo, Williams says. Its so important to center educators voicesgiving Black educators space where there are no stakes. This is not astaff meeting. Its an opportunity for people to relate to one another and find thatcommunity.

Events like the story lounge, and lessons like Forbes, are exactly what Aryee-Price had hoped for. Revolution stemming from class lessons, spilling out through the hallways and into the streets is exactly what Black Lives Matter Week of Action isabout.

This goes beyond just the week, says Aryee-Price. Its alifetime ofpractice.

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When John Boyega gave an impassioned speech at a Black Lives Matter rally in June 2020, he worried it would ruin his career in movies.

"Black lives have always mattered. We have always been important. We have always meant something," he said.

"I don't know if I'm going to have a career after this, but f***that."

It was a rally to protest againstGeorge Floyd's murder at the hands of policethat sparked worldwide protests against police brutality.

Boyega, the star of Star Wars and Woman King, had not planned on speaking it just happened in the moment but it sparked global headlines.

"It was just so lovely to see that individuals watched it and they kind of get to know more of what you're about," he told ABC News.

"So that's definitely had huge, huge impacts."

But speaking out didn't end his career.Infact, itled to Boyega working with like-minded actors such asthe late Michael KWilliams, who he stars with in the upcoming bank robbery dramaBreaking.

"What's crazy is that Michael had seen the speech before coming on [toBreaking]and he really respected the words that came," Boyega said.

The actors worked closely together on set, and Boyega said Williams, who had a long acting career in critically acclaimed shows such asThe Wire and Boardwalk Empire,was "very influential" to him.

Breaking will be Michael K Williams's last film.He died in 2021 from a drug overdose.

Breaking is based on thetrue story of Brian Brown-Easley, a United States Marine Corpsveteranwho took several people hostage at a Wells Fargo bank branch in 2017.

Brown-Easley, played by Boyega, was seeking a payment he was owed from the US Department of Veteran Affairs. He struggled with mental health problems and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

To prepare for the role,Boyega said he extensively researched PTSD, studieddocumentation of the case, and spoke to people in Brown-Easley's life, including his ex-wife.

"It's the type of conversations you have when you just need to try to get to know somebody by imagining the person out there," Boyega said.

"So you know, what do they likeand dislike, tone of voice, the interests, life prospects, where they're at a certain stage, the struggles or obstacles."

Boyega said while he was shopping with his mother in Los Angeles, an army veteran approached him after seeing the film's trailer.

"He said that my character feels like him what he's been through and what he's going through now and symptoms of that," Boyega said.

"That, for me, just means that wow, this picture is going to be important.

"That's going to open them up into a new perspective to it, as well as showing them a mirror of what they've suffered themselves."

Breaking was produced by Boyega's production company, which he startedwith the aim of telling diverse and untold stories.

Boyega starred in British comedy-horror Attack the Block before shooting to mainstream stardom playing a stormtrooper with a conscience in 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Asked if he'd ever go back to Star Wars, he said the contract was over.

"That's done now. So it was [episodes] seven, eight, and nine," Boyega said.

"I was a fan before I was in it, so I kind of ascend to the glory of maybe I can call myself a super fan because I've been in it.

"So now I just watch the Mandalorian, and Obi Wan and the rest of the stuff they're doing, which has been really, really fun actually."

Breakingis available to watch or own from March 27.

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Social media is questioning the unity within the Blue Lives Matter movement after a white supremacist filmed himself repeatedly calling a Black cop the N-word while his colleagues watched.

White supremacist Jon Minadeo Jr. recently recorded himself repeatedly calling Black officer Darien Thomas the N-word during a police encounter in West Palm Peach, Florida, Atlanta Black Star reports

While Minadeo appeared to have an issue with all the officers, he took particular aim at Thomas because of his race.

White c*cks like you, I dont give a f*** about any of you fagg*ts, Minadeo says in the video. The only thing that is stopping us is that you have your badges on.

When Thomas made a statement to aid in Minadeo being given a citation for littering, thats when the white supremacist group leader racially targeted the officer.

..This n****r is getting in my face. I will get my ID but away from this n****r, he said.

Minadeo continued to try to get a rise out of Thomas by repeatedly telling him to shut up, n****r and claiming a Nazi science experiment created him.

This is the hard part, huh? When I call you a n****r to your face and you gotta act like a white man and detain yourself, he said.

Huh, n****r? This is hard for you, huh? Your low IQ wants to attack me over a word, n****r. You are a f*****g science experiment from a Jew.

While a white female officer was already writing Minadeo and his groups citation, none of the cops intervened during his racist verbal attacks. One Twitter user called out this while sharing the video on Twitter.

White supremacists dont give a damn if you got on the uniform, they tweeted. They will call you the N-word any Time any Place.

And you noticed the white cops did not do a damn thing to defend him. Florida, he added.

Many others reacted to the disturbing police encounter and applauded Thomas for his restraint during the racist attack.

The restraint is impressive, one viewer wrote. I guess their Blue Brother being racially attacked isnt offensive to them. I wish they couldve summoned similar control when that 14 year old black girl left a pool party.

Another viewer highlighted one white female officers smirk while Minadeo repeatedly called Thomas the N-word.

if youre not part of the solution, youre part of the problem. not one of his coworkers defended those racist attacks, they quipped.

yes, theres free speech but theres also disturbing the peace.. that racist definitely broke that law and shouldve been arrested but hes got the complexion, they added.

Minadeo was cited for littering last month and given a $163 fine, the Press Democrat reports. He has been active in Florida after relocating from California, where he is considered a well-known antisemitic agitator from Sonoma County.

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For several years the Philadelphia Commission for Women has partnered with the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Organization for Women on vital programs to elevate the voices and aspirations of women.

In 2016, the Commission hosted its very first program bringing together women from all parts of city government to participate in a national read-out of Chanel Millers Victim Impact Statement. At the time we only knew her as Emily Doe, the young woman who was brutally raped by Stanford University student Brock Turner who left her by a dumpster as if she were trash. In four days, Millers statement went viral and was viewed by eleven million people. Her powerful words were heard on the floor of Congress and in Philadelphias City Hall. A couple of years later along with Philly NOW, the Commission hosted Michele Dauber, the Stanford law professor who spearheaded the successful recall campaign against the judge that gave Turner a light sentence for his horrific attack on Miller.

In the same spirit of collaboration, the Philadelphia Commission for Women pivoted from an in-person 2020 Summit for Women and Girls planned for the Free Library of Philadelphia to a virtual partnership as part of a year-long commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with a series Suffrage. Race. Power: Making Democracy Work, and a program tie-in with the librarys exhibit, Making Her MarkPhiladelphia Women Fight for the Vote.

And on March 22, 2023, the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Commission for Women, and the Philadelphia chapter of NOW present what might be our most ambitious and inspiring collaboration yet a panel discussion with authors of the book, Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party. However, this event is so much more than a discussion.

Well hear from photographer Stephen Shames whose hundreds of remarkable photographs document the women who comprised at least 66 percent of the Party. Comrade Sisters is his third book of photographs featuring the Black Panther Party. His photographs, along with artifacts and materials from Temple Universitys Special Collections Research Center, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, and the African American Museum in Philadelphia will be on view in the librarys West Gallery One through April 27, 2023. Additional resources are available online including a discussion and resource guide created by Angela D. LeBlanc-Ernest.

Angela Davis wrote in the foreword to Comrade Sisters

we must bear in mind that the new radical linking of anti-racism with anti-capitalism that characterized the Partys approach to Black Liberation was matched by a tenacious dedication to Community Survival Programs. These programs demonstrated that freedom is are more than a checklist of formal rights. Freedom involves free breakfast for children, free groceries, free education, free transportation to visit incarcerated loved ones. Altogether, there were over 60 Community Survival Programs, and they were primarily run by women.

In her own words, we will hear from author Ericka Huggins who describes her comrades as:

The family we choose, a bond that defies location, time and biology, a life well lived.

Philadelphia was a very active and vibrant chapter of the Black Panther Party. Former Party members Dr. Regina Jennings and Ethel Paris will tell their stories of activism then and now and award-winning broadcast journalist and filmmaker Karen Warrington will moderate the panel discussion. Warrington adds another layer of lived experience to an era of Black empowerment. Her own son was a member of the Party.

Woven together these experiences are the fabric of an integral part of the Black Liberation Movement that informs todays Black Lives Matter. It bears mentioning during Womens History Month that Black Lives Matter was founded by Black womenPatrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi. Moreover, they are the women of yesteryear and today who intimately know injustice and whose dynamic work charts a path toward what it means to be truly free.

Register for an evening of conversation with authors of the acclaimed book Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party.

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