#BlackLivesMatter at Texas State

On Monday, #BlackLivesMatter co-founder, Opal Tometi, spoke to students at Texas State University. Tometi, a keynote speaker for a series of talks Texas State University is hosting about diversity, spoke about her experience as a social justice advocate and activist. The event took place in the LBJ Ballroom on campus. The ballroom was filled with students and the event certainly yielded a good turn out. Tometi spoke about the systemic hurdles that our society, and countless others, have put in place, making it more difficult to attain true equality. She addressed institutionalized racism and global capitalism, two of the biggest factors keeping us from becoming a more just and equal society. Tometi then began her call to action. She stressed the importance of acting when we see racial and social injustices. We… Read more »