Black Mass Coalition

How It Started....

The spring of 2020 saw justified uprisings erupt across the nation — from New York City to Philadelphia to Atlanta to Minneapolis to Louisville to Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. While the frustration directly responded to the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and countless other Black Americans, the overall cause of sustained demonstrations is deeply rooted in a history of systemic racism and violent oppression.

In early June 2020, BECMA convened a group of statewide leaders, from grassroots organizations to institutional entities, to develop a list of actionable, tangible items for four groups — the private sector, nonprofits, philanthropic organizations, and government — to commit and follow through on in order to prove that their statement, “Black Lives Matter!,” is more than words but a vision of a world they want to make true with us.