Patrisse Cullors - Variety "Black Lives Matter Cofounder Patrisse Cullors on Blackout Tuesday and How the Music Community Can Help"

Variety | June 2, 2020

“Black Lives Matter has a purview much larger than the music industry, but the issues it addresses are front and center on Blackout Tuesday (June 2), in which the music business is essentially stopping everyday operations in a show of solidarity, and to seek ways to create change.

In tandem with Blackout Tuesday, the collective Movement 4 Black Lives, a coalition of more than 100 black-rights organizations, is launching a “five days of action” in an effort to fight systemic racism. Part of the effort is an “open demand” letter signed by Lizzo, John Legend, Taraji P. Henson, Natalie Portman, Jane Fonda, ACLU executive director Anthony Romero, and more that aims calls for a stop to increases on police budgets and to increase spending on health care, education, and programs for black communities. (Read the letter here).

Variety spoke with Black Lives Matter and Movement 4 Black Lives Cofounder Patrisse Cullors on Monday about the movement and ways the music industry can get involved — which are the same ways everyone can get involved.”

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