National Bioneers Conference 2018 - October 18-22, 2018

Introduction by Fania Davis, Consultant and Former Director, Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY)

Patrisse Cullors, a performance artist and award-winning organizer from Los Angeles, is one of the most effective and influentialmovement builders of our era. She was a key figure in the fight to force thecreation of the first civilian oversight commission of LA’s Sheriff’sDepartment, but is most widely known as one of the three original co-foundersof Black Lives Matter and for her recent, best-selling book, When They Call You a Terrorist: A BlackLives Matter Memoir. She will explore: thecontributions women have made to the movement for Black lives historically andin the present; the institutional racism that still permeates our society,causing mass incarceration and high rates of maternal mortality in AfricanAmerican communities; and the diverse ways women have been criminalized andhave fought back to change the course of history.