Opal Tometi's is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter .
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24 Facts About Opal Tometi
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Opal Tometi's is the former Executive Director of the United States' first national immigrant rights organization for people of African descent, the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, working there in various roles for over nine years.
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Opal Tometi's started as an active community organizer in her hometown advocating for human rights issues.
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Opal Tometi's has campaigned for advancing human rights, migrant rights, and racial justice worldwide.
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Opal Tometi's worked as a case manager for survivors of domestic violence.
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Ayo Opal Tometi is the daughter of Nigerian immigrants, who hail from the city of Lagos.
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Opal Tometi's is the oldest of three children and has two younger brothers.
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Opal Tometi's grew up in mostly suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona with other children of immigrants.
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However, other family and friend's of Opal Tometi, including her uncle, battled deportation during her youth.
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Opal Tometi's parents later opened a church at which her father is a pastor, Phoenix Impact Center in Phoenix, Arizona, that serves to help new immigrants adjust to life in the United States.
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Opal Tometi visited Nigeria for the first time when she was 17 years old and credits these experiences with shaping her approach to pro-immigration advocacy work.
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Opal Tometi is a former case manager for survivors of domestic violence and still provides community education on the issue.
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In 2010, Opal Tometi worked as a spokesperson for the Puente Movement, an immigrants rights group in Arizona.
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Opal Tometi is credited with selecting black and yellow as the organization's colors, in addition to forming BLM's social media platforms and strategy.
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Opal Tometi has referred to this as a "Black Lives Matter Freedom Ride" and believes that it ignited a desire to make Black Lives Matter into a global movement.
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Opal Tometi's was working as the executive director of BAJI when she first saw Garza's Facebook post in 2013.
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Opal Tometi helped start BAJI's partnership with Race Forward's Drop the I-Word campaign.
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In 2020, Opal Tometi created Diaspora Rising, a center focused on cultivating a global Black community, operating mostly on social media.
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Opal Tometi's has been a part of the Global Forum on Migration and Commission on the Status of Women.
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Opal Tometi's serves on the Board of Directors for the International Living Future Institute and the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity.
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Opal Tometi has spoken at Susquehanna University, the Facing Race Conference of 2012, the Aspen Institute's Ideas Summit, and the Grinnell College Technology and Human Rights Symposium.
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Opal Tometi's has presented at the United Nations and has participated with the United Nations Global Forum on Migration and the Commission on the Status of Women.
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Opal Tometi's is additionally involved with Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity and is a member of Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc.
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