BLM Btown Bloomington, IN  05-03-2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bloomington’s election cycle ends for the Primary season and BLM Btown wants to point out to Bloomington that its mayoral seat  was bought for $199,000 in out of state funding.Additionally a community that calls itself inclusive, liberal and welcoming to all was ultimately unwilling to elect a highly qualified Black man to its highest office. Don Giffin served as deputy mayor, has a long list of accomplishments and would have been the first Black mayor in Bloomington’s history. The white privilege that comes with raising ..read more

Hey all we have done it we have left Facebook entirely! All of our social media activity will now be on our Instagram page join us by visiting  ​www.instagram.com/blmbtown/ We hope this new shift will be more accessible to people from all generations and backgrounds to learn about the work that BLM BTOWN is doing. Join us there and follow our journey, learn how to get involved and help, and find educational references.  ..read more

BLM Btown's Statement on our Anti-Racist Training and our local elected officials response.  After national and local protests over the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many other recent victims of police violence, Black residents of Bloomington and Monroe county were victimized in three separate and escalating incidents of harassment and violence in the first week of July. Bloomingtonians responded by holding demonstrations in front of the Monroe County courthouse and at the People's Park. At these demonstrations, the people called for city and county officials to be accountab ..read more

As the long-overdue national recognition that Black lives matter increases, so, too, does the backlash of anti-Black violence. Bloomington, despite its progressive aspirations, is not immune. Though the violence Black Bloomingtonians face is often less virulent (and less visible) than in other parts of the nation, our city still propagates an insidious neoliberal racism that keeps our police overfunded, our schools segregated, and our farmers’ market full of dangerous racists. Combined with more explicit calls to violence coming from national leaders, including the President, we are seeing an ..read more

​BLM Bloomington Core Council will be in discussion about the intersection of Covid19 death rates for Black folks & the recent public lynchings and murders of Black people. As well as discussing, what we should be doing during this time of crisis, Black Joy in spite of Black death. Revolution, dismantling the police force & more. We also hope to provide an educational place to work from for fueling the movement. This is a continuation of our efforts to promote anti-racist work & educate people on how to become an anti-racist. June 6th 2020 at 3:00 pm on Facebook Live Our protest w ..read more

​Hello all currently BLM B-town is not planning an in person event or march due to COVID19 concerns. TO BE CLEAR we are NOT organizing the June 5th event! We encourage those in Bloomington who are healthy & wish to protest to attend the protests in Indy, Louisville & Minneapolis! We are working on a virtual event around the continued murder of unarmed Black folks, Covid19 Black Death & the interconnected issues of state sponsored Black Death BUT we need a little bit of time to make that happen. Additionally we are doing a supply drive for Dignity Bags & accepting donations to g ..read more

Due to the recent outbreak of the Covid19 and the growing concerns around it we are Re-Launching our Necessity Drive to ensure that our local social service organizations are fully stocked with items they will need to help those in the most vulnerable populations in our town.  Items of particular need are Soaps, Hand Sanitizer & Face Masks. ​ ​Please look to giving however you can, we have 3 ways to donate. 1. is by Online Bulk Shopping that you can send directly to BLM via our Amazon Prime Wish Lists separated out into supply need categories. While some prefer not to shop a ..read more

For Immediate Release ​Black Lives Matter Bloomington Indiana  02-11-2020 On February 2nd, the 2nd day of Black History Month, the Herald-Times (HT) in Bloomington published a front-page article supporting white supremacy in our community. This is not the first time the HT has published a celebration of the racist, anti-Semitic, white nationalist American Identity Movement (AIM) and its members. Such pieces are transparently racist in nature and examples of biased journalism at its worst. Therefore, we urge all people who individually subscribe to the HT to cancel their subscriptions and ..read more

BLM B-town was asked several questions about the Bridge Initiative Report and only a few selections of our answers were provided in the article and the context of them was somewhat skewed. So, below is our complete and uncut answers to the questions about the report. We feel you should see and know what BLM B-town is saying about all of these issues without the lens the media put forth. Here is the article: (click here)    Here are our answers:  ​Questions regarding the Divided Community Project report sent to BLM B-town by Emily Ernsberger from the HT Here is the Rep ..read more

After our wonderfully successful event on Oct 26th at the Monroe Public Library we wanna say thanks to all those who helped make it possible and those who showed up to watch live. Please enjoy the whole uncut event below. Please share this video.   Click the link below:  http://catstv.net/m.php?q=7506 Featured on the panels and talks: BLM Core Council Members Michelle Moyd Stephanie Powers-Carter Byron Turner Leah McRath Brandon Drake Stephanie Soloman Jennifer Crossley Tiffany Quash Christie Popp Sofia McDowell Janae Cummings Ken Shan Don Griffin Matt Flaherty Daniel Bigham ..read more