1.0Fukuoka Nowhttps://www.fukuoka-now.comKayan Calfhttps://www.fukuoka-now.com/author/kayan/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="eURCN9Uf6c"><a href="https://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/black-lives-matter-fukuoka/">Black Lives Matter Fukuoka</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/black-lives-matter-fukuoka/embed/#?secret=eURCN9Uf6c" width="600" height="338" title="“Black Lives Matter Fukuoka” — Fukuoka Now" data-secret="eURCN9Uf6c" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.fukuoka-now.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://i0.wp.com/www.fukuoka-now.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/bml-leaders-WEB-1.jpg?fit=1400%2C1050&ssl=114001050On June 10, Fukuoka Now sat down to speak with Athena and Bako, two of the organizers of Black Lives Matter Fukuoka. Athena is from North Carolina where she studied fashion. One of her favorite designers is Hanae Mori and that inspired her to move to Fukuoka where she works at a language school. Bako came to Japan two years ago from Washington D.C. where she grew up, but was born in Cameroon. “I literally left because I disliked being in America as a black person. I needed to just go somewhere and teaching English was the easiest route.”