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Alicia Garza co-founded Black Lives Matter after writing “Black people. I love you. I love us. Our lives matter” following Trayvon Martin’s killer’s acquittal. She led the Ferguson Freedom Ride and continues building Black political power through her Black Futures Lab
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Ai-jen Poo, American Labor Activist, and the Lightning Round! Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with Other podcast guest and president of the National Domestic Workers Alliance Ai-jen Poo! The idea is to ask questions that she — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy.  Biographies: https://www.domesticworkers.org/news-articles/ai-jen-poo-needs-us-to-care-about-carers/ is a labor activist and the executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), an organization advocating for the rights of domestic workers in the U.S. She has been a leading voice in the fight for better wages, working conditions, and legal protections for nannies, housekeepers, and caregivers. Poo played a key role in passing the California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in 2013 and has been recognized for her work on behalf of immigrant rights and gender equality. Named to TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2012, Poo is widely regarded for her efforts to elevate the voices of vulnerable workers and drive systemic change. She has a podcast with Alicia Garza called Sunstorm, streaming everywhere. https://www.chloeaftel.com has spent her career working in commercial photography, photojournalism, and film. She’s an established name in modern photography with work featured in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Playboy, Dazed & Confused, Vogue Germany, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, and more. Aftel has photographed victims of sexual violence, reported on COVID 19's impact on the trans community, and gained access as the first reporter in COVID wards of the West Coast’s hardest-hit hospitals. She has covered underground abortion providers, the impact of gender pronouns on daily life, and clergy abuse. Aftel's first book, https://www.chloeaftel.com/outside-inbetween, is an award-winning anthology covering gender non-conforming people across the United States.

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On this day in 2013.

The hashtag #BlackLivesMatter first appears, sparking a movement.

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Alicia Garza When Black author and activist Alicia Garza helped created the Black Lives Matter movement with community organizers Patrisse Cullors-Khan and Opal Tometi following the Trayvon Martin killing by George Zimmerman in 2013, she was adamant the movement reflect the diversity of Black queer identity. While fighting racial injustice alone was important, it could not separate itself from the struggle to protect and amplify queer Black lives. Her activism has always sought solutions to the broader intersectional battles of social and economic justice, police brutality, sexual and gender identity, and racial bias and bigotry. She also made clear in an Out cover story last year that she's not one to back down from the good fight. "There are always going to be people who are going to hate on your shit or tell you it's not possible or tell you that you can't do it. Honestly, when I'm faced with stuff like that, it drives me even harder because I know what's possible and I know that it takes courage and audaciousness to do anything excellent."

Happy Day 14 of Black History Month
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