'We believe that all lives matter,' co-founder of Black Lives Matter tells F&M audience

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'We believe that all lives matter,' co-founder of Black Lives Matter tells F&M audience

By Wesley Robinson on March 24, 2016 at 11:05 PM, updated March 25, 2016 at 8:29 AM

LANCASTER — An activist dubbed one of the "new civil rights leaders" by the Los Angeles Times impassionedly discussed race, social justice issues, equality and why some people misunderstand the Black Lives Matter movement Thursday night.

The diverse crowd of more than 500 people packed into Franklin and Marshall College's Mayser Gymnasium to hear Opal Tometi, one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, as a part of the campus "Take Back the Night" event. After a standing ovation from the large crowd, Tometi began a 40-minute speech explaining the need to fight for equality to quell racism, bigotry, homophobia, xenophobia, hate speech and the other issues that she said allow systemic issues to endure.

Tometi also assertively addressed how some interpret Black Lives Matter to be something that is exclusionary or supremacist. Tometi said the movement is about creating a society where everyone can live, love and thrive without any impediments.

"That's what this movement is all about, that's as simple as we could get it," Tometi said. "We actually believe that all lives matter. The movement is really about building a multiracial democracy that works for all of us."

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1. it's not either/or. it is and/and. context matters nt