Welcome to the Habits and Hustle Podcast. A podcast that

uncovers the rituals, unspoken habits and mindsets of extraordinary people.

A podcast powered by Habit Nest. Now here's your host, Jennifer Cohen.

It's very nice to have you on Habits and Hustle. I've actually been very excited to speak to you.

This is a real treat to have you on here. I didn't even properly introduce you.

We have Opal Tamati. She's one of the founders of Black Lives Matter.

But beyond that, you're just extremely accomplished and very impressive.

I mean, that's just, you know, in like breeding your bio and checking out everything about you,

it's unbelievable. You are named one of times 100 most influential women of the century,

one of four of 50 most influential people in the world, a glamour award for

justice seekers. I mean, the list, you're also awarded a Sydney Peace Prize in an honorary PhD.

And that's just the beginning. I mean, I literally have notes and notes and notes based on

like your successes. So it really is a pleasure to meet, to kind of virtually meet you and have

you here. So thank you for being here. Of course. Thanks so much for having me. This is my pleasure as

well and definitely excited to connect with you and your community. Oh, thank you.

Well, let's start from the beginning because really, I was really anxious to speak to you because,

well, first of all, I wanted to start from the basics. I think what's the origin of Black Lives Matter?

Because I don't think myself included. I don't want to sound like an ignoramus.

But I think it's really important to like start from the beginning. This shouldn't be a master class

in it because a lot of people who I think have misinformation and don't really understand. So

let's start with the basics of the origin of how everything began with Black Lives Matter.

Yeah. So yeah, once again, thanks for having me. I love to share about how we originated because I

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