North Central College welcomes Patrisse Cullors, cofounder of #BlackLivesMatter, as its 2016 keynote speaker for MLK Week. Cullors will give an address at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, in the College's Wentz Concert Hall at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago Ave. Admission is $5/person and free to the North Central College community. With an impressive resume of social activism in response to social injustices, Cullors was inspired to action by the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Along with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi, Cullors started the Twitter hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, which prompted activism nationwide and introduced the banner under which this generation's civil rights movement marches. She delivers powerful perspective into the adversities inflicted by social injustice and discrimination and provides a voice to those who can't be heard. Cullors educates and inspires audiences to organize and stand together to transform society into a world where the lives and contributions of all individuals are recognized equally.
North Central College welcomes Patrisse Cullors, cofounder of #BlackLivesMatter, as its 2016 keynote speaker for MLK Week. Cullors will give an address at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, in the College's Wentz Concert Hall at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago Ave. Admission is $5/person and free to the North Central College community. With an impressive resume of social activism in response to social injustices, Cullors was inspired to action by the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Along with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi, Cullors started the Twitter hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, which prompted activism nationwide and introduced the banner under which this generation's civil rights movement marches. She delivers powerful perspective into the adversities inflicted by social injustice and discrimination and provides a voice to those who can't be heard. Cullors educates and inspires audiences to organize and stand together to transform society into a world where the lives and contributions of all individuals are recognized equally.