Besides the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, variations of the name include Black Lives Matter Foundation and the Movement for Black Lives. The main website identifies 12 state chapters in the U.S., one in the nation’s capital, and three in Canada. What devolved into an attack on the 167-year-old statue of Jackson, the war hero who became the nation’s seventh president, began as another protest in Lafayette Square of the May 25 death of George Floyd, a black man, at the hands of a white police officer during his arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Īlthough Black Lives Matter is back in the media eye since Floyd’s death, the movement’s organization, structure, and finances remain somewhat nebulous. Here’s a closer look at the history, structure, and financing of Black Lives Matter. Corporations and foundations are shoveling money its way, perhaps without understanding the movement’s broader stated goals. Such goals may or may not be why demonstrators across America carry signs and wear accessories declaring that “Black Lives Matter” and spray-paint the initials BLM on defaced or toppled statues.įor such a young movement, its impact appears to be everywhere. “Those chapters listed on the website are following guiding principles, but they each operate independently, and in Denver we have our own organizational structure.”Īs previously reported by The Daily Signal, the declared principles of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation include advancing the LGBT political agenda and abolishing the nuclear family.Īlexander readily acknowledged that the Denver chapter is “looking at nontraditional or kinship families.” “There are other groups that don’t follow guiding principles, and we don’t endorse those as part of the global network,” spokesperson Apryl Alexander said in the interview. In an interview with The Daily Signal, a leader of the Black Lives Matter chapter in Denver said the chapters operate independently and pursue agendas that are particular to their location. and Canada-including the District of Columbia-with shared goals and objectives. A centralized organization called Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, however, has more than a dozen official chapters in the U.S. Groups across the country say they identify with the movement. Bowser had city workers neatly paint “Black Lives Matter” on the pavement in yellow, using large capital letters, and put up new street signs identifying Black Lives Matter Plaza.

Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, gave the official name to the two-block section of 16th Street NW two weeks earlier.

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