Black Lives Matter Creators House opens doors for families of police brutality victims

(22 Nov 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles - 28 September 2023
1. Wide of Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation's 'Creators House’
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Shalomyah Bowers, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM GNF):
“We are at the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation's Creators House. And this is a space really for Black people to come and dream and envision the liberated future that we're trying to create in the world.”
3. Wide of dinner ++NIGHT SHOTS++
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Shalomyah Bowers, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM GNF):
"This space has also served as a safe place for Black organizers and Black activists as they're strategizing and figuring out how to build the blueprint for liberation.”
5. Wide of attendees arriving ++NIGHT SHOTS++
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Shalomyah Bowers, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM GNF):
"This welcome dinner in particular, when we think about system impacted families, they are people who have suffered the trauma and pain of white supremacy, of state sanctioned violence, of vigilante violence."
7. Wide of women preparing food in kitchen
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Shalomyah Bowers, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM GNF):
"They are channeling that pain and that anger and that hurt into activism and organizing and joy. But first, you've got to heal.”
9. Various interior shots of house
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Shalomyah Bowers, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM GNF):
"The critics and the naysayers would have you believe that we've done something improper by creating this safe haven and this safe place for Black people to to dream anew. But really, it's just a reminder of the double standards that exist in society for Black folks. You know, when white organizations buy property, purchase property, when white foundations buy property and purchase property, it's seen as a wise and safe investment in order to achieve your mission, right? When Black foundations do it, it's ill informed and unwise.”
11. NATS of woman inside house: “We own this land because we should and because we, as Black folks, have a right to feel free and feel safe."
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Shalomyah Bowers, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation:
"Yes, we are going to continue being on the front lines and protesting and agitating and disrupting society until we reach liberation. But in addition to that, we have to make sure that we are focusing on all of the things that Black people want and need in order to thrive.”
13. Mid of dinner being served ++NIGHT SHOTS++
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Osayi Endolyn, Artist-in-residence for Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM GNF):
“Talking about celebrating Black Lives isn't just about protecting people from oppression or defending people from outrageous experiences that they are subjected to, it's also about invigorating and cultivating and nurturing and nourishing our joy, our festivities, our families.”
15. Mid of attendees at dinner
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Osayi Endolyn, Artist-in-residence for Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM GNF):
"Having spaces to gather as a collective have been the foundation of social justice movements. In the Civil Rights Movement, those spaces were often restaurants, those spaces were often churches. And there’s a reason why those spaces were also often persecuted. They were the sites of the revolution. They were the sites of resistance. And so this is continuing that conversation.”
17. Mid of attendees dancing

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