On July 13, 2013, the white Supremacist terrorist who stole the life of our beloved son, 17-year-old #TrayvonMartin, was acquitted. It seems that the entire Black world erupted. The collective pain and rage experienced by Black people living in a world grounded in white supremacist violence summoned us into the streets. It was the deep and abiding love for our people, however, that birthed Black Lives Matter as a “movement, not a moment.”

Under the Black Lives Matter Grassroots (BLM Grassroots) banner, our more than two dozen recognized and active chapters have served as the boots on the ground, doing the powerful organizing work to transform local communities and the world. As activism in 2020 in the names of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George

Floyd surged the movement forward, millions more were brought into beloved community and we were ready. Our

collective organization brought seven years of relationships, grassroots organizing, movement infrastructure, abolitionist ideas and a radical vision for free Black futures to welcome folks into the work. As the 2020 movement-moment settled, BLM Grassroots has continued to do the work necessary to transform this world through chapter-based and global efforts, initiatives and campaigns