--- description: Opal Tometi is the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration and a Co-founder of Black Lives Matter. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Opal Tometi ## Opal Tometi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Opal Tometi is the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration and a Co-founder of Black Lives Matter._ ## Opal Tometi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jan 12, 2018 ### [Democrats Must Not Only Denounce Trump’s Racist Agenda — They Must Defeat It](https://time.com/5101721/donald-trump-racist-democrats/) 'This is about far more than just vulgar language' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 17, 2017 ### [Trump Admin's Haiti Emails Perpetuate the Myth of the 'Black Criminal'](https://time.com/4779810/trump-haiti-emails/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 18, 2016 ### [What the Shooting of Alfred Olango Says About the State of Black Refugees in the U.S.](https://time.com/4531836/black-immigrants/) ‘Mass criminalization is an immigration issue and detention and deportation are black issues' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 29, 2016 ### [The Immigration Challenge No One Is Talking About](https://time.com/4312628/immigration-1996-laws/) We must repeal the 1996 immigration laws [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 10, 2015 ### [Black Lives Matter Is Not a Civil Rights Movement](https://time.com/4144655/international-human-rights-day-black-lives-matter/) It's a human rights one [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/opal-tometi/","name":"Opal Tometi"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/opal-tometi/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/opal-tometi/"},"name":"Opal Tometi","jobTitle":null,"description":"Opal Tometi is the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration and a Co-founder of Black Lives Matter.","url":"https://time.com/author/opal-tometi/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```