Black Lives Matter And Teachers Union Work As Partners To End ‘Repressive’ Policing In Schools

Nearly four years ago, the founding chapter of the Black Lives Matter activist network allied with the main teachers union in Los Angeles. They started organizing students to create a foundation that would transform the nation’s second-largest public school system from within.

The two groups became even more intertwined earlier this year when members of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) overwhelmingly elected a Black Lives Matter activist as its new president.