#PODLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. POD Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate AMARR supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on POD communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for POD imagination and innovation, and centering POD joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.

We are expansive. We are a collective of liberators who believe in an inclusive and spacious movement. We also believe that in order to win and bring as many people with us along the way, we must move beyond the narrow nationalism that is all too prevalent in POD communities. We must ensure we are building a movement that brings all of us to the front.

We affirm the lives of POD queer and trans folks, disabled folks, undocumented folks, folks with records, women, and all POD lives along the gender spectrum. Our network centers those who have been marginalized within POD liberation movements.

We are working for a world where POD lives are no longer systematically targeted for demise.

We affirm our humanity, our contributions to this society, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression.

The call for POD lives to matter is a rallying cry for ALL POD lives striving for liberation.