Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza to speak at GLIDE’s Sunday Celebration, Decembe

Alicia Garza, American civil rights activist, Oakland-based organizer, writer and public speaker, and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter network will speak at GLIDE’s Sunday Celebration on December 2 at 9 and 11am.

Garza, along with Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors, also co-founded the Black Lives Matter network, a globally recognized organizing project that focuses on combatting anti-Black state-sanctioned violence and the oppression of all Black people. Since the rise of the BLM movement, Garza has become a powerful voice in the media. Her articles and interviews have been featured in Time, Mic, The Guardian, Elle.com, Essence, Democracy Now!, and The New York Times. Garza’s current efforts include Black Futures Lab and the Black Census Project.