Black Lives Matter ‘transferred millions to Canadian charity run by the wife of co-founder Patrisse Cullors to buy Toronto mansion formerly owned by the Communist Party’
THE DAILY MAIL | By Harriet Alexander | Jan. 30, 2022
- BLM Canada in the summer of 2021 purchased a three story Victorian mansion in Toronto to turn into a 10,000 sq ft arts center and meeting space
- The $6.3 million mansion was bought by M4BJ, a Toronto-based non-profit set up by Janaya Khan – wife of BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors
- On Saturday, The New York Post reported that the funds for the arts center, named Wildseed, were provided by Black Lives Matter Global Network
- Cullors was executive director of the group until she resigned in May 2021 amid scrutiny of her $3.2 million property empire
- On Thursday, The Washington Examiner reported that no one seemed to know who was currently running BLM, or managing the group’s $60 million funds
Black Lives Matter transferred millions of dollars to a Canadian charity run by the wife of co-founder Patrisse Cullors, according to a report, which was used to buy a $6.3 million Toronto mansion to house an arts center.
News of the transfer of money to the Canadian group has raised further questions about transparency and accountability within Black Lives Matter – coming days after auditors said an inquiry into the handling of BLM’s $60 million war chest was necessary, and less than a year after Cullors was forced to stand down amid questions about her own property empire.
BLM Canada announced in July 2021 that they had recently purchased a three story Victorian mansion in the Baldwin Village area of Toronto, close to downtown. The imposing red brick house was previously the headquarters of the Communist Party.
On Saturday, The New York Post reported that the funds to purchase the property came from Black Lives Matter, and were transferred from the global network to M4BJ – a Toronto-based non-profit set up by Janaya Khan and other Canadian activists.
Khan is the spouse of BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors.
The Victorian red brick mansion, which was previously home to the Communist Party, was bought by BLM over the summer and is being turned in to the Wildseed arts center
Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of BLM (left) is married to Janaya Khan (right), a Canadian activist. Khan was reportedly transferred the cash from BLM to buy the Toronto mansion used to house the arts center
Khan, born in Toronto, is described on a speakers’ website as ‘a black, queer, gender-nonconforming activist (pronouns: they, them, theirs), staunch Afrofuturist and social-justice educator who presents an enlightening point of view on police brutality and systemic racism.’
Khan is one of Canada’s most high-profile activists
Khan and Cullors married in 2016, and have two children.
Cullors stepped down as executive director of the Black Lives Matter Global Network in May 2021, amid scrutiny of her $3.2 million property empire.
It was unclear whether the money was transferred from BLMGN to M4BJ before or after Cullors stepped down, and why the money went to M4BJ rather than directly to BLM’s Canada affiliate.
Neither BLM Canada nor Khan have responded to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.
The property, at 24 Cecil Street, is home to the Wildseed Centre for Art and Activism.
Khan is not listed among the executive team or staff of the site.
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