When was blm founded

Last month, Cullors was targeted by several conservative-leaning publications that falsely alleged she took a large annual salary from the foundation, affording her recent purchase of a southern California home. She has also consulted on a number of racial justice projects outside of BLM, taking compensation for that work in her personal capacity. She and the BLM movement have come a long way since its inception as a social media hashtag, following the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the neighbourhood watch volunteer who killed year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida.

In , a network of chapters was formed, while donations and support poured in. Garza and Tometi soon stepped away from day-to-day involvement in the network to focus on their own projects. The real test of any organisation is can it survive the departure of its founders. And I have no question that Black Lives Matter will survive and grow and evolve, even with the departure of our final co-founder in a formal role.

Cullors is also developing and producing original cable and streaming TV content that centres on Black stories, under a multiyear deal with Warner Bros. In the summer of , BLM protests also generated millions in similar funding. Starfishlike organizations are decentralized networks with no head. Intelligence is spread throughout an open system that easily adapts to circumstances. If a leader is removed, new ones emerge, and the network remains intact.

In the U. These organizational choices conform to a spider analogy. Compared to the starfish structure, spiderlike organizations operate under the control of a central leader, and information and power are concentrated at the top. You can read us daily by subscribing to our newsletter. This suggests that BLM might be more resilient if it followed the starfish approach. Portsmouth Climate Festival — Portsmouth, Portsmouth. Edition: Available editions United Kingdom.

Become an author Sign up as a reader Sign in. Sheri Dickerson, president of an Oklahoma City BLM chapter and a representative of the BLM10, a national group of organizers that has publicly criticized the foundation over funding and transparency. Cullors and the foundation have said they do support families without making public announcements or disclosing dollar amounts.

In , the BLM foundation spun off its network of chapters as a sister collective called BLM Grassroots, so that it could build out its capacity as a philanthropic organization. Last month, Cullors was targeted by several conservative-leaning publications that falsely alleged she took a large annual salary from the foundation, affording her recent purchase of a southern California home.

She has also consulted on a number of racial justice projects outside of BLM, taking compensation for that work in her personal capacity. She and the BLM movement have come a long way since its inception as a social media hashtag, following the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who killed year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida.

In , a network of chapters was formed, while donations and support poured in. Garza and Tometi soon stepped away from day-to-day involvement in the network to focus on their own projects.