No doubt our families, our brothers and sisters around the world have been faced with so much pain that has been further exacerbated by the recent killings in the USA and around the world as well as the continued oppression of black men, women and children, especially in the western world. 

Today, along with our friends and families, we are calling all humans to take part in taking a stand not just in words but in actions. 

Black lives matter should not just be a platitude to use to hide the real issues. 

We do not want to be carried away with the casualness of saying black lives matter. 

We want to see actions, we want to see these social declarations by organisations and governments reflected in their hiring, promotions, representations. 

We want to see the media giving a fair account and image representation of black people. 

We want to see charities not make poverty porn images of black children.

We want to see black lives matter reflected on national and international government policies. 

We want to see the time when police officers are immediately held accountable when a black person gets murdered in police custody. 

We want to see when it is a norm for a black person to reach a milestone and go beyond it. 

We want to see when people who call the police on black people for no reason are arrested and punished immediately. 

We want to real change - where black people can live their lives in confidence, afraid of not being killed for just being black!

That is the black lives matter we are interested in. Say the words and then do the actions. #Blacklivesmatter.