Instead of our regularly schedule general body meeting, please join the BLM fam this Saturday at TNTJ’s Trans-Identities Teach-IN (FREE EVENT). We think this is extremely important to attend because ALL black lives matter!! Please find information below. See you there! The Tennessee Trans Journey Project, in association with the Nashville Human Rights Campaign and the Vanderbilt Students of…
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Welcome to the Poor People’s March: Message to Nashville MLK Day
Welcome to the poor people’s march We are here to reclaim the legacy of MLK We continue the fight against police brutality against state-sanctioned killing of Black people by law enforcement against racial profiling WE SEE YOU OPERATION SAFER STREETS against poverty, against under-education against healthcare disparities, against for-profit prison systems and against corrupt political…
Black Lives Matter Nashville Organizers Draw on King’s Legacy, Join In Weekend of Regional Actions
Monday, January 18, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NASHVILLE, TN –Today, in celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Black Lives Matter Nashville hosted our 2nd Poor People’s March to continue to fight against police brutality, state-sanctioned killing of Black people by law enforcement, poverty, under-education, healthcare disparities, criminalization by…
Black Lives Matter Nashville General Body Meeting this Saturday!
BLM General Body Members are open to black and non-black people of color only.
#JusticeForJerome
Read more about Jerome’s case here.
#EarnThisVote: Clinton Comes to Nashville
Friday, November 20th, the Hillary Clinton campaign visited Nashville and held a fundraising rally at the historic Fisk University. The campaign invited students from Fisk and Meharry Medical College to stand behind the stage as Clinton spoke to the crowd. Unknown to the campaign was that a few of the chosen Meharry medical students were…
A Statement to the Tennessean on MNPD “Saying No to TBI Inquiries of Police Shootings”
Recently Stacey Barchenger of the Tennessean requested that the Nashville Chapter of Black Lives Matter comment on Metro Nashville Police Department’s (MNPD) position on a bill currently being debated in the state legislature on requiring all incidents of police shootings resulting in the death of civilians to be investigated by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation…
Blackness Shatters Any and Everything That Divides Us: An Open Letter to Nashville by Jessica Sutton
There is a righteous rage that builds on the inside of us manifesting in the screaming of “BLACK LIVES MATTER!” It is the culmination of sadness and hurt from seeing our brothers and sisters be murdered by a power above the law and the anger that results when you realize that not only does society…
#BlackLivesMatter: A Bibliography for the Revolution
We, at Black Lives Matter Nashville, believe we are in the midst of a revolutionary movement for black lives. We believe we are at war with systems in this country and world that demean and undermine the humanity of black people–namely, white supremacy, patriarchy, transphobia, homophobia, capitalism, and imperialism. Thus, we believe in arming ourselves…
AN OPEN LETTER RESPONSE TO COUNCILMAN JERRY MAYNARD
The letter below was written in response to Metro Nashville At-Large Councilman Jerry Maynard’s email to Justice For Jefferson on May 12, 2015. Maynard to Justice for Jefferson Street: ‘What the hell have you done?’ Dear Councilman Maynard: I read your response email to the Justice for Jefferson Street group and…
