{"id":560704,"date":"2021-06-11T10:51:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T14:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560704"},"modified":"2021-06-11T10:51:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T14:51:12","slug":"following-financial-scandals-resignation-from-blm-patrisse-cullors-invited-to-give-ucla-commencement-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/following-financial-scandals-resignation-from-blm-patrisse-cullors-invited-to-give-ucla-commencement-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Following Financial Scandals, Resignation From BLM, Patrisse Cullors Invited To Give UCLA Commencement Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffollowing-financial-scandals-resignation-from-blm-patrisse-cullors-invited-to-give-ucla-commencement-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560704&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1138030792-scaled-e1623420928659.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Black Lives Matter (BLM) co-founder Patrisse Cullors will deliver the commencement speech at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Luskin School of Public Affairs virtual graduation ceremony on Friday, the school announced.<\/p>\n<p>The UCLA commencement <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ucla.edu\/releases\/ucla-commencement-2021-speakers-and-events-roundup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announcement<\/a> published June 1 put Cullors\u2019 name in the release\u2019s title above other commencement speakers such as Democratic California Rep. Ted Lieu. Cullors has described herself as a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/12\/black-lives-matter-georgia-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201ctrained Marxist,\u201d<\/a> despite making enough money to amass millions in real estate. The university made no mention of activities such as funneling BLM funds towards the father of her only child that ultimately seem to have precipitated her <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/27\/patrisse-cullors-black-lives-matter-california-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/27\/patrisse-cullors-black-lives-matter-california-2\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1623507421347000&#038;usg=AFQjCNFZb4ZWXKSUP4hgpfTBJeCKJBgGuw\">resignation<\/a>\u00a0from BLM.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.702005730659\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Patrisse Cullors will give the commencement speech at UCLA\u2019s School of Public Affairs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UCLA<\/a>: \u201cWe do not condone racism, anti-Semitism or any form of bias\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But by inviting her, you DO!<br \/>First Harvard, now UCLA. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@benshapiro<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonwiesenthal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@simonwiesenthal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StopAntisemites?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StopAntisemites<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RozRothstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RozRothstein<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ivjbkWgaF5\">pic.twitter.com\/ivjbkWgaF5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shahar Azani (@ShaharAzani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaharAzani\/status\/1403310790741008387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cullors has bought four homes since 2016 costing a grand total of $3.2 million, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/10\/inside-blm-co-founder-patrisse-khan-cullors-real-estate-buying-binge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Post<\/a>. The most recent purchase was a $1.4 million home in Los Angeles\u2019 Topanga Canyon neighborhood, and used a corporate entity under her control to make the purchase, celebrity real estate blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirt.com\/gallery\/more-dirt\/politicians\/black-lives-matter-co-founder-patrisse-khan-cullors-lands-topanga-canyon-compound-1203374803\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dirt<\/a> claimed.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/07\/blm-patrisse-cullors-mao-zedong-little-red-book-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors Compared Book Written By Her \u2018Mentor\u2019 To Mao Zedong\u2019s \u2018Little Red Book\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cullors owns two other homes in the Los Angeles area, the New York Post reported. The first is a $510,000 home in Inglewood that she purchased in 2016, and the other a $590,000 home purchased in 2018. Cullors also owns a $450,000 home near Atlanta, Georgia, according to the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>The revelations caused some activists to call for an audit of BLM to find out exactly where the organization\u2019s money is going.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Activist Patrisse Cullors Talks Criticisms Surrounding Black Lives Matter Network Foundation: Pt. 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2z-rxVKcDSc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller News Foundation also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/13\/patrisse-cullors-reform-la-jails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> Cullors made more than $20,000 a month as chairwoman of Reform LA Jails in 2019. Reform LA Jails paid Cullor\u2019s consulting firm, Janaya and Patrisse Consulting, nearly $200,000 in 2019 alone. That same year, Reform LA Jails doled out $26,000 at <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/26\/reform-la-jails-malibu-beach-resort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">luxurious<\/a> Malibu beach resorts for \u201cmeetings,\u201d the DCNF reported. The group also hosted a day party at actress Jane Fonda\u2019s house, which featured live music and local artists.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2020 presidential election, Black Lives Matter PAC \u2014 led by Cullors at the time \u2014 hosted an election coverage live stream on her personal YouTube channel. Black Lives Matter PAC <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/19\/black-lives-matter-california-patrisse-cullors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">paid<\/a> nearly $150,000 to Trap Heals, an art company run by the father of Cullors\u2019 child, for a live-stream hampered with technical issues.<\/p>\n<p>Industry experts reportedly said the Black Lives Matter PAC was \u201cseverely overcharged\u201d for the live stream.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/17\/patrisse-cullors-black-lives-matter-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reporting<\/a> from the DCNF revealed that Cullors also funneled business to Trap Heals from at least two other organizations that Cullors founded or headed. From 2018 to 2020, Trap Heals made almost $250,000 off of business with Cullors\u2019 organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Lives Matter (BLM) co-founder Patrisse Cullors will deliver the commencement speech at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Luskin School of Public Affairs virtual graduation ceremony on Friday, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280009,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1138030792-scaled-e1623420928659.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Following Financial Scandals, Resignation From BLM, Patrisse Cullors Invited To Give UCLA Commencement Speech","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1138030792-scaled-e1623420928659.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Following Financial Scandals, Resignation From BLM, Patrisse Cullors Invited To Give UCLA Commencement Speech","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}