Alicia Garza

Alicia Garza

Alicia Garza (Alicia Schwartz) was born on January 4th, 1981 and is currently 45 years old. Alicia Garza was born in Oakland, CA, USA. Garza attended the University of California, San Diego where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Alicia Garza is best known as an organizer, writer, and activist from the United States who has played a critical role in shaping modern racial justice movements.

She is famously the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, which was founded following the public outcry over the killing of Trayvon Martin.

Garza came up with the phrase “Black Lives Matter,” which she frequently used on social media. This would become the foundation for a movement that demanded an end to systemic racism, violence against black people, and widespread changes.

In her work, Alicia Garza is focused on issues connected to equality and fairness. She has been instrumental in organizing to support immigrant and LGBTQ communities, improving conditions for domestic workers, and putting an end to police brutality.

Alicia’s writing has been featured in many prestigious publications. In these writings, she explains how movements are birthed locally and then become global, in addition to why social justice is so important.

Garza has been involved with a range of organizations that are all about helping ordinary people gain influence and power in society and politics.

She heads Black Futures Lab, an organization that helps Black communities develop political strength. She is also a director of partnerships and strategy at the National Domestic Workers Alliance, where she fights for fair treatment and dignity for millions of employees.

In 2020, Alicia Garza published the work The Purpose of Power, in which she explores how real change comes from people working together.

She explains how “Black Lives Matter,” as a phrase, came from a social media post before morphing into a movement that had real people agitating for fairness and justice.

Garza asserts that movements are not built from hashtags but rather from the people. She also believes that lasting change comes from different voices pulling together.

She also shares lessons and advice on how to build lasting movements that focus on power, community, and fairness for everyday people.

Alicia Garza: Awards & Accolades

Garza's book, Feminists Don't Wear Pink was nominated for the British Book Awards, Non-Fiction: Lifestyle and Illustrated Book of the Year, in 2019.

Alicia Garza: Lists & Other Mentions

• The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart was a Time Magazine: 10 Best Fiction Books in 2020.

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5. Joe Hill, author of the NOS4A2 Series.

Alicia Garza: F.A.Q