'I don't have the luxury and privilege as a black woman to sit in my house and do nothing. Whether I sit at home or go outside, I can be killed because of the color of my skin,' says Nupol Kiazolu, 19, president of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York
Kiazolu, the 19-year-old president of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, had been in New York watching videos of protests in Minneapolis when she decided she could no longer sit back. Kiazolu and her team had been working virtually with Black Lives Matter organizers in Minnesota, but she soon decided that her peers in Minneapolis needed help.
Hide Caption 76 of 167 Photos: Protests across America after George Floyd's deathPolice officers kneel during a rally in Coral Gables, Florida on May 30,.Hide Caption 77 of 167 Photos: Protests across America after George Floyd's deathProtesters jump on an overturned car near the Municipal Services Building in Philadelphia on May 30.
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