Ayọ Tometi
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Ayọ Tometi, formerly known as Opal Tometi, is an American human rights activist, writer, strategist, and community organizer. She is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter (BLM).
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When we first started Black Lives Matter, I always knew that this needed to be a global movement and that we needed more people to participate.
Black Lives Matter Was Always Designed to Be a Global Movement, Vice] (7 July 2020)
I'm extremely gratified that people have heard and are taking ownership of Black Lives Matter.
Black Lives Matter Was Always Designed to Be a Global Movement, Vice] (7 July 2020)
We are finally achieving a mass consciousness. We're seeing a widespread awareness and commitment to anti-racism that we have long needed.
Black Lives Matter Was Always Designed to Be a Global Movement, Vice] (7 July 2020)
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Ayọ Tometi, formerly known as Opal Tometi, is an American human rights activist, writer, strategist, and community organizer. She is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter (BLM). She is the former executive director of the United States' first national immigrant rights organization for people of African descent, the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), working there in various roles for over nine years.
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