Associated Press.“I’ve created the infrastructure and the support, and the necessary bones and foundation, so that I can leave,” Cullors told the AP. “It feels like the time is right.”Cullors said she’s been planning her departure for the past year from the organization she founded with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi.
She said she’s leaving in part to focus on upcoming projects including a TV deal with Warner Bros. and the release of her book The Abolitionist’s Handbook, due out this fall.BLM organizer Monifa Bandele and chief strategist at Higher Ground Change Strategies in Jackson, Miss.