Everson featured in Tuesday LWV Continuing Conversation
Following the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman after the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi started Black Lives Matter, an organizing tool and platform.
The movement is a global demonstration defending the humanity of Black people, their contributions to society and their resilience in the face of oppression. It aims to support the development of new Black leaders, as well as create a network where Black people feel empowered. It works on the grassroots level to intervene in violence in Black communities with the overall mission of eradicating white supremacy.
The death of George Floyd earlier this year and the subsequent worldwide demonstrations and marches calling for social justice have cast a light on the Black Lives Matter movement.
LaToshia Everson, a lifelong resident of Greencastle, will be the featured speaker at the Greencastle League of Women Voters’ Continuing Conversation at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 15.
Her talk, “Black Lives Matter: Today, Tomorrow and Beyond,” is open to the general public and will be held over Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81331169365.
Everson is the associate director of financial resources and student employment at DePauw University, her alma mater. She is also on the executive board of the local chapter of the NAACP and a member of the Greencastle League of Women Voters.