COLUMBUS, Ind. — A chapter of Black Lives Matter of Columbus has returned after the local group disbanded in December 2018.
Chapter leaders at that time said they struggled to make time for the group’s efforts while working and raising families. That happened a few months after Columbus native Brittany King, who founded and led the chapter in July 2016, left Columbus to study at New York University.
Columbus native Anthony Hayden, 31, a 2008 Columbus East High School graduate, has launched the reincarnation in part to promote racial equality, push against what he termed “systemic oppression” and to advance “peaceful and civil conversation about race” and related matters, as he put it.
“We’re not saying that white people are bad,” Hayden said. “We’re saying that the (societal) system is bad.”
The group’s first virtual meeting, via Zoom, was scheduled for Tuesday night. Organization of new leadership still is unfolding. And the group’s public presence for now is the Facebook page for New Blacklivesmatter of Columbus.
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