BLM defends using donations to buy multi-million-dollar home
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enette Wilford
Publishing date:Apr 12, 2022 • 16 hours ago • 1 minute read • Join the conversation
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza speaks during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium on January 21, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sam Morris/Getty Images)
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza speaks during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium on January 21, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sam Morris/Getty Images) PHOTO BY SAM MORRIS /Getty Images
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Black Lives Matter has defended its use of donated funds to purchase a multi-million-dollar luxury home in California.
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The group used (US)$5.8 million in donations to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) to buy the home in southern California, New York Magazine reported last week.
“There have been a lot of questions surrounding recent reports about the purchase of Creator’s House in California,” BLM tweeted in response on Monday.
“Despite past efforts, BLMGNF recognizes that there is more work to do to increase transparency and ensure transitions in leadership are clear,” the social justice group added.
In its barrage of tweets, BLM called the reports looking into the group’s finances “inflammatory and speculative,” and apologized “for the distress this has caused to our supporters and those who work in service of black liberation daily.”
It added: “We are redoubling our efforts to provide clarity about BLMGNF’s work,” and cited an “internal audit, tightening compliance operations and creating a new board to help steer the organization to its next evolution.”
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This isn’t the first time BLM’s finances have been questioned. In April 2021, the New York Post uncovered four homes purchased by co-founder Patrisse Cullors, totalling (US)$3.2 million.
Cullors stepped down from her executive director role a month later.
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Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza speaks during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium on January 21, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sam Morris/Getty Images)
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza speaks during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium on January 21, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sam Morris/Getty Images) PHOTO BY SAM MORRIS /Getty Images
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Black Lives Matter has defended its use of donated funds to purchase a multi-million-dollar luxury home in California.
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The group used (US)$5.8 million in donations to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) to buy the home in southern California, New York Magazine reported last week.
“There have been a lot of questions surrounding recent reports about the purchase of Creator’s House in California,” BLM tweeted in response on Monday.
“Despite past efforts, BLMGNF recognizes that there is more work to do to increase transparency and ensure transitions in leadership are clear,” the social justice group added.
In its barrage of tweets, BLM called the reports looking into the group’s finances “inflammatory and speculative,” and apologized “for the distress this has caused to our supporters and those who work in service of black liberation daily.”
It added: “We are redoubling our efforts to provide clarity about BLMGNF’s work,” and cited an “internal audit, tightening compliance operations and creating a new board to help steer the organization to its next evolution.”
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This isn’t the first time BLM’s finances have been questioned. In April 2021, the New York Post uncovered four homes purchased by co-founder Patrisse Cullors, totalling (US)$3.2 million.
Cullors stepped down from her executive director role a month later.
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BLM defends using donations to buy multi-million-dollar home
Black Lives Matter has defended its use of donated funds to purchase a multi-million-dollar luxury home in California.