Black Lives Matter cofounder stepping down from organization

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors announced Thursday that she is stepping down from her role as executive director of the organization. 

"With smart, experienced and committed people supporting the organization during this transition, I know that BLMGNF is in good hands," Cullors said in a statement Thursday. "The foundation's agenda remains the same — eradicate white supremacy and build life-affirming institutions.  Cullors helped form the organization in 2013, after Florida teen Trayvon Martin was shot to death and the gunman, George Zimmerman, was aquitted. It then expanded to a global foundation called Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) with a mission is "to build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes."