Patrisse Cullors - Billboard "Movement For Black Lives Is Seeking Policing Reforms on Black Out Tuesday"

Billboard | June 2, 2020

“BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors pens open letter demanding change.

The music industry is taking a day to reflect on Tuesday (June 2) as part of Black Out Tuesday/#TheShowMustBePaused, an industry-wide effort to ‘disconnect from work and reconnect with our community.’

In conjunction with the day of reflection -- which was coordinated by Atlantic Records executives Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang in reaction to the police-involved killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and others -- the Movement 4 Black Lives, a coalition of 100 black-led organizations, is calling for five days of action, each focused on a specific set of demands.

‘It feels important to really move the needle on how we’re relating right now and call for very specific national asks that people can drill down at a local level in response to persistent police violence and terror,’ Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and founding member of M4BL, tells Billboard.”

Follow the link above to read more about Black Out Tuesday.

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