Submissions Now Open For 2025 Black Education Matters Student Activist Award: Nominate A Student Today!

Nominations are now open! Since 2016, we have honored over 25 youth with the Black Education Matters Student Activist Award (BEMSAA). The award gives $1,000 and public recognition to students showing outstanding antiracist and intersectional leadership in their schools and communities. What began as an act of police violence became a commitment to youth justice. Nominate a student leader today!

“Young, Gifted, & Black”: #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool Virtual Talent Showcase, Friday, 2/5, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM PST. Don’t miss this culminating event of the week of action to support our Black youth!

Youth dancers, poets, filmmakers, rappers, singers, and speakers will take to the stage for this year's "Young, Gifted, & Black Student Talent Showcase," one of the keynote events of the 2021 Black Lives Matter at School week of action, February 1-5. This event will be held on-line from 5:30pm--7:30pm Pacific. To watch the event, visit the Facebook page for "Young, Gifted, & Black Virtual Talent Showcase"