“Jessicah Pierre, head of communications, Black Economic Council of Massachusetts: To me, Black liberation is all about access. Access to build generational wealth, access to express our joy, pain, sadness, and anger without fear of repercussions, access to happiness, access to healing, access to institutional power, access to good health and stable housing, access to just be. Slavery ended over a century ago, but limiting access has been an effective and legal tool to continue to keep Black people in America in chains. If this country truly wants to value Black lives, then we must be given the same access and privileges as our white counterparts. Or else, America will never live up to its values of freedom and justice for all until Black people are liberated.”

Read more here.