| | '''Patrisse Cullors''' is a trained [[Marxist]] [[community organizer]] and co-founder of the [[DNC]] fundraising arm, the [[Black Lives Matter]] organization.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/biden-black-lives-matter-defund-the-police/</ref><ref>https://www.cathinfo.com/catholic-living-in-the-modern-world/blm-direct-funding-arm-of-the-dnc/</ref> | | '''Patrisse Cullors''' is a trained [[Marxist]] [[community organizer]] and co-founder of the [[DNC]] fundraising arm, the [[Black Lives Matter]] organization.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/biden-black-lives-matter-defund-the-police/</ref><ref>https://www.cathinfo.com/catholic-living-in-the-modern-world/blm-direct-funding-arm-of-the-dnc/</ref> |
| − | Cullors is an advocate for prison abolition and Marxist [[revolution]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goldhill|first1=Olivia|title="We can feel sad, hurt, demoralized. But we can't give up": A Black Lives Matter founder on Trump's presidency|url=https://qz.com/837747/black-lives-matter-founder-patrisse-cullors-on-how-to-respond-to-donald-trump/|website=Quartz|date=November 15, 2016|accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Garza|first1=Alicia|title=Herstory|url=http://blacklivesmatter.com/herstory/|website=Black Lives Matter|accessdate=}}</ref> She also identifies, in her words, as a "queer" activist.<ref name = "MSNBC">{{cite web |title=Queerness on the front lines of #BlackLivesMatter |publisher=MSNBC |date=February 19, 2015 |url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/queerness-on-the-front-lines-of-blacklivesmatter-401658435959}}</ref> | + | Cullors is an advocate for prison abolition and Marxist [[revolution]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goldhill|first1=Olivia|title="We can feel sad, hurt, demoralized. But we can't give up": A Black Lives Matter founder on Trump's presidency|url=https://qz.com/837747/black-lives-matter-founder-patrisse-cullors-on-how-to-respond-to-donald-trump/|website=Quartz|date=November 15, 2016|accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Garza|first1=Alicia|title=Herstory|url=http://blacklivesmatter.com/herstory/|website=Black Lives Matter|accessdate=}}</ref> She also identifies, in her words, as a "queer" activist.<ref name = "MSNBC">{{cite web |title=Queerness on the front lines of #BlackLivesMatter |publisher=MSNBC |date=February 19, 2015 |url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/queerness-on-the-front-lines-of-blacklivesmatter-401658435959}}</ref> Cullors describes herself as a “working class, queer, black woman.” She claims the country killed her father, a drug addict. At a 2015 Netroots Nation conference, Cullors led chants shouting, |
| − | Cullors describes herself as a “working class, queer, black woman.” She claims the country killed her father, a drug addict. At a 2015 Netroots Nation conference, Cullors led chants shouting, | |
| | {{quotebox|“If I die in police custody, burn everything down … rise the f*** up! That is the only way m*****f**ers like you will listen!”<ref>https://capitalresearch.org/article/blm-roots/</ref>}} | | {{quotebox|“If I die in police custody, burn everything down … rise the f*** up! That is the only way m*****f**ers like you will listen!”<ref>https://capitalresearch.org/article/blm-roots/</ref>}} |
| | Cullors founded and directs Dignity and Power Now, which claims to seek “dignity and power of incarcerated people, their families, and communities.” | | Cullors founded and directs Dignity and Power Now, which claims to seek “dignity and power of incarcerated people, their families, and communities.” |