{"id":888169,"date":"2021-10-16T20:29:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T00:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=888169"},"modified":"2021-10-16T20:29:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T00:29:21","slug":"trained-marxist-blm-co-founder-appointed-as-a-los-angeles-county-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trained-marxist-blm-co-founder-appointed-as-a-los-angeles-county-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Trained Marxist\u2019 BLM Co-Founder Appointed As A Los Angeles County Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Ftrained-marxist-blm-co-founder-appointed-as-a-los-angeles-county-commissioner%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=888169&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--><p>A Black Lives Matter co-founder who once admitted that she had been \u201ctrained\u201d to be a Marxist organizer has been appointed to the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Patrisse Cullors recently revealed the move in a newsletter to her supporters, titled \u201cThe Abolitionist\u2019s Update on Art and Activism.\u201d She said she \u201ccame back and hit the ground running\u201d after \u201csome much needed time of rest.\u201d In May, Cullors stepped down as executive director of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation following a controversy surrounding her property purchases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to continue to weave my roles as artist and organizer, where I can continue to support Black creatives,\u201d Cullors wrote in the update sent last week. \u201cI have a ton of to-do\u2019s on my list. I won\u2019t share them now. Just stay put and watch as they unfold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI truly believe Black creatives are the backbone of our society and community,\u201d she continued. \u201cWe are often under represented and under resourced. But I plan on advocating for the full support of Black creatives across my beautiful ass city!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cullors was appointed to the commission by L.A. County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, a Democrat. The group functions in an advisory role to the powerful L.A. County Board of Supervisors, the governing body of America\u2019s most populated county. A press release from Mitchell\u2019s office said, \u201cCullors will serve on behalf of the 2 million residents of the Second District,\u201d which is represented by Mitchell and includes Watts, Compton, Inglewood, and Koreatown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArt is a powerful tool in helping to connect, envision and create a better world,\u201d said Sup. Mitchell. \u201cPatrisse has demonstrated her understanding of this and has experience using various mediums of art and community engagement to inspire and create change. Patrisse shares my commitment to equity and justice and will use her creativity to make arts and culture more accessible for the residents throughout the Second District.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchell.lacounty.gov\/appointment-of-patrisse-cullors-to-the-la-county-arts-commission\/\">According<\/a> to Mitchell\u2019s office, \u201cThere are over 107 arts organizations that primarily serve Second District residents and are using a wide range of artistic mediums to address key social justice challenges that include: anti-recidivism, healing trauma, and dismantling systemic racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cullors has been creating art to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/la-me-c1-jail-activist-20140414-m-story.html\">complement<\/a> her grassroots activism for at least seven years. During that time, she emerged as one of the most prominent organizers in Southern California and led numerous efforts and organizations demanding systemic change. The first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/a-year-inside-the-black-lives-matter-movement-204982\/\">meeting<\/a> of what would become the Black Lives Matter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Black Lives Matter co-founder who once admitted that she had been \u201ctrained\u201d to be a Marxist organizer has been appointed to the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.Patrisse Cullors recently revealed the move in a newsletter to her supporters, titled \u201cThe Abolitionist\u2019s Update on Art and Activism.\u201d She said she \u201ccame back and hit the ground running\u201d after \u201csome much needed time of rest.\u201d In May, Cullors stepped down as executive director of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation following a controversy surrounding her property purchases.\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to continue to weave my roles as artist and organizer, where I can continue to support Black creatives,\u201d Cullors wrote in the update sent last week. \u201cI have a ton of to-do\u2019s on my list. I won\u2019t share them now. Just stay put and watch as they unfold.\u201d\u201cI truly believe Black creatives are the backbone of our society and community,\u201d she continued. \u201cWe are often under represented and under resourced. But I plan on advocating for the full support of Black creatives across my beautiful ass city!\u201dCullors was appointed to the commission by L.A. County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, a Democrat. The group functions in an advisory role to the powerful L.A. County Board of Supervisors, the governing body of America\u2019s most populated county. A press release from Mitchell\u2019s office said, \u201cCullors will serve on behalf of the 2 million residents of the Second District,\u201d which is represented by Mitchell and includes Watts, Compton, Inglewood, and Koreatown.\u201cArt is a powerful tool in helping to connect, envision and create a better world,\u201d said Sup. Mitchell. \u201cPatrisse has demonstrated her understanding of this and has experience using various mediums of art and community engagement to inspire and create change. Patrisse shares my commitment to equity and justice and will use her creativity to make arts and culture more accessible for the residents throughout the Second District.\u201dAccording to Mitchell\u2019s office, \u201cThere are over 107 arts organizations that primarily serve Second District residents and are using a wide range of artistic mediums to address key social justice challenges that include: anti-recidivism, healing trauma, and dismantling systemic racism.\u201dCullors has been creating art to complement her grassroots activism for at least seven years. During that time, she emerged as one of the most prominent organizers in Southern California and led numerous efforts and organizations demanding systemic change. The first meeting of what would become the Black Lives Matter Global Network took place at an L.A. art center called St. Elmo\u2019s Village, known as a black artists\u2019 community. Street protest dances, poetry, and other artistic concepts are often incorporated into her projects and demonstrations.\u201cArtists and cultural workers historically and presently play a significant role in shaping movements,\u201d Cullors said in 2018 after she joined the faculty of the Social Justice and Community Organizing program at Arizona\u2019s Prescott College. She created a course examining how social practice, cultural work, and art impact community organizing.Cullors recently co-founded \u201ca reimagined art gallery and studio located in the Second District that is dedicated to shifting the trauma-induced conditions of poverty and economic injustice through the lens of Inglewood and its community,\u201d according to Mitchell\u2019s office.\u201cWe can create meaningful change by investing in our imaginations and collective skills, give dollars towards beautifying our communities with art that is for us and by us, and continue to educate and amplify what justice can look like if we first invest in ourselves,\u201d said Cullors. \u201cAll of these areas of work are areas that the Department of Arts and Culture is also committed to, and I am very excited to join this collaboration as an Arts Commissioner.\u201dDuring a 2015 interview, Cullors said both she and fellow BLM co-founder Alicia Garza were \u201ctrained Marxists,\u201d and that ideological theory had been influential in building the BLM movement.Cullors is not the first Black Lives Matter leader appointed as an L.A. County commissioner.Dr. Melina Abdullah, a professor at Cal State L.A. and lead organizer of BLM\u2019s L.A. chapter, sat on the Human Relations Commission for four years. During her tenure, Abdullah pushed the Sheriff\u2019s Department to reveal information about ongoing investigations, initiated hearings on community experiences with law enforcement, and was instrumental in replacing Columbus Day as an official County holiday with Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day. Abdullah was appointed to the post in 2014 by then-L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, a Democrat who was recently indicted on federal corruption charges.RELATED: The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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