Opal Tometi Quotes

You know I think with Black Lives Matter, it is extremely special and important. I definitely feel that.

Everybody remember, Black Lives Matter.

Whether or not you call it Black Lives Matter, whether or not you put a hashtag in front of it, whether or not you call it the Movement for Black Lives, all of that is irrelevant. Because there was resistance before Black Lives Matter, and there will be resistance after Black Lives Matter.

Black Lives Matter has already demonstrated that it has the power to shift the societal landscape by bringing awareness to age-old issues that have plagued us as a people.

For me, it's clear Beyonce sees herself as a part of the movement for black lives and believes that black lives matter - and ultimately, that's what matters.

The Black Lives Matter movement has spawned all kinds of activism.

We want Black power.

Black lives do matter, and our lives do hold value.

With the Black Lives Matter movement, a lot of the focus is on the protest and dissent. I'm hoping to dismantle the public notion - for folks outside of the community - of what Black Lives Matter means. It's really about saying that black lives matter: that humanity is the same when you go inside people's homes.

I actually see a lot of the pain and destruction, like Black Lives Matter, in the long-term as positive because it shows that we're moving forward; we're evolving and moving and challenging the frontiers.

I think #BlackLivesMatter is a huge campaign that is important and integral to our advancement as a people.

If you're into social justice it's hard not to be on black people's side.

We've said from the very beginning Black Lives Matter is a network and also, as a broad set of individuals, is an organization moving to transform the way our society values black lives. It's not an 'Internet movement.'

All lives matter when black lives matter and no lives are more important than black lives.

We need to fight for a new human rights movement that recognizes and values black life.

When Black Lives Matter started, it was polarizing.

Our duty is to fight! Then we can adjust the problems that remain in the life of the colored man.

For us, #BlackLivesMatter is really a re-humanization project. It's a way for us to love each other again, to love ourselves, and to project that love into the world so that we can transform it.

#BlackLivesMatter is about black pride and black power and standing up against a world that tries to annihilate us.

In 2013, I helped create a black-centered political will- and movement-building project called #BlackLivesMatter.

We will not stop fighting until every single black life is provided the type of love and support we so desperately deserve.

The biggest misconception about Black Lives Matter is that BLM is just one entity; Black Lives Matter is an organization and a network. We are a part of the movement, but we are not the movement.

Colin Kaepernick is one of the leaders in the movement for black lives. His role as an athlete and activist is not only motivating but inspiring.

It's true, black lives do matter. It's not that we're saying no other lives matter.

With Black Lives Matter, we knew from the very beginning that it wasn't just going to live online. We were like, 'We're creating this thing and then it's also going to live with black folks on the street and protests and organizations.' It was very important for us to use the hashtag as a way to have a larger conversation and as an organizing tool.