Alicia Garza
Alicia Garza (born January 4, 1981 in Los Angeles ) is an American black activist and author .
Career and commitment
Garza grew up in Oakland , California , where she still lives today, and studied anthropology and sociology at the University of California in San Diego until 2002 . She has been married since 2008 and in 2011 became chair of the Right to the City Alliance , an organization that campaigns against gentrification and police violence in Oakland .
It organizes events and is involved in the areas of health, student and pupil care and their rights, rights for domestic workers, the end of police violence, anti-racism and violence against transsexuals. Her contributions have been published on The Guardian , The Nation , The Feminist Wire, Rolling Stone , Huffington Post and Truthout . She is currently leading the special project of the "National Domestic Workers Alliance", in German for example: "National Alliance for Household Employees". In 2013 she also co-founded the BlackLivesMatter organization and movement. She used the words Black Lives Matter in public for the first time after the African-American youth Trayvon Martin was killed by a white police officer last year .
In 2017, Garza and two other founders of the movement were awarded the Syndey Peace Prize .
Web links
- Biography on blackpast.org (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Garza, Alicia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American black activist and editorial writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |