Black Lives Matter Chicago co-founder Aislinn Pulley declined President Obama’s invitation to a meeting at the White House on Thursday, calling it a “sham” in an op-ed published Thursday on Truthout. “As a radical, Black organizer, living and working in a city that is now widely recognized as a symbol of corruption and police violence, I do not feel that a handshake with the president is the best way for me to honor Black History Month or the Black freedom fighters whose labor laid the groundwork for the historic moment we are living in,” she wrote. Pulley, was among about 20 veteran civil rights leaders and youth activists invited to the meeting. We look at Pulley’s call for action on the Lip News with Jo Ankier and Margaret Howell.
Read more on this story HERE.
Comments