Patrisse Cullors
Black Lives Matters Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors Addresses Criticism
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nick Agro / Getty Last month (April), New York Magazine’s Intelligencer published a piece that painted an unflattering picture of the once-ubiquitous Black Lives Matter movement which revealed alleged wrongdoing regarding financial donations. Now, former Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation leader Patrisse Cullors is addressing the criticism in a new interview. In an exclusive interview with the Associated Press, Cullors, 38, spoke directly to the allegations that the foundation took donations meant for the organization’s activism efforts and instead used the funds for personal gain and extravagant purchases. According to Cullors, the organization was slammed with a barrage of donations, and the group was improperly prepared to handle the massive ...
BLM Founder Patrisse Cullors Responds To Misuse of Funds Claims
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nick Agro / Getty Black Lives Matter founder Patrisse Cullors is speaking out and denying accusations that she used donation money for personal gain. The response comes after leaders of the movement faced backlash as a result of a scathing article published by New York Magazine accusing the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation’s leaders of using donations from supporters to purchase a whopping $6 million house in southern California back in 2020. Related Stories The article accused BLM figureheads Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Melina Abdullah of buying the 6,500 square foot home that reportedly consists of “more than half a dozen bedrooms and bathrooms, several fireplaces, a soundstage, a pool and bungalow” in addition to “parking for m...
Nigerian doctor named one of TIME’s Most Influential People in the world
TIME named Nigerian physician Tunji Funsho to the 2020 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes are available now at time.com/time100, and Mr Funsho’s TIME100 profile is available here. The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognizes the activism, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals. Mr Funsho, a cardiologist based in Lagos, Nigeria, is the first Rotary member to receive this honour for the organisation’s work to eradicate polio, having played an essential role in ensuring Africa’s certification as wild polio-free in August of 2020. “I’m honored to be recognized by TIME for my part in ensuring that no child in Africa will ever again be paralyzed by wild polio, a disease that once disabl...
