CGTN is bringing you a special series of conversations with thought leaders who are shaping our choices, and providing a sense of how we can anticipate the changes ahead. In the third episode, our James Chau talked to Alicia Garza, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter, an international activist movement that campaigns against racism and violence against black people. Garza thought people who are not black should also care about Black Lives Matter.

ALICIA GARZA CO-FOUNDER, BLACK LIVES MATTER "We're talking about restoring dignity to lives that have had it robbed from them. We're talking about creating a society and a culture and an economy and a democracy where people actually get to participate without barriers. And so what I say is you don't have to be black to care about Black Lives Matter. What you do have to be is committed to realizing the promise that we all talk about so much. If we want to live in a world that's free, then we all have a contribution to make and part of what your contribution can be is someone who's not black is to ensure that there aren't disparities between black people and people who aren't black none of that serves us."