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The date has passed<\/strong><\/em> for our National Virtual Town Hall<\/a> to discuss our long-term Trayvon Martin response, post Zimmerman verdict. It was a very powerful Town Hall event, with nearly 1,800 people from around the country participating via phone. Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, Uncle Bobby, uncle of Oscar Grant, and a number of phenomenal and diverse Hip Hop generation leaders spoke during the Town Hall.\u00a0Please check out the recap of the Town Hall<\/a>, including audio of the full Town Hall, and audio clips of each speaker. You can also check out the event Media Advisory<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n We have returned this page to providing an outline to our long-term organizing plan pertaining to gun violence, racial profiling, and the justice system:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n After the acquittal of George Zimmerman, we cried for the deep injustice we witnessed. Now, in the days following the verdict, we are out in the streets, demonstrating, marching, chanting, sharing the experience publicly, and making sure the rest of the country and the world sees that we will not be silent. Although the marching in the streets, by necessity of the demands of our daily lives, will die down, our resolve to fulfill the promises we have made to fight for justice for Trayvon Martin and all the young lives we have lost to gun violence, racial profiling, and police violence, wont.<\/p>\n The Hip Hop Caucus’ grassroots and national leadership has put forth a long-term organizing plan, honoring our collective promise to continue to the fight for justice, and for civil and human rights in the 21st century. Below is the outline for that plan. Register<\/a> <\/strong>for the July 31st Town Hall to discuss it in more detail.<\/p>\n Immediate<\/em><\/p>\n In coalition with our civil rights partners, we are calling for the Department of Justice to open a Civil Rights case against George Zimmerman, for racially profiling, stocking, and taking the life of Trayvon Martin. We are weighing in with Attorney General Eric Holder. A number of our partners are circulating online petitions to the Department of Justice, including the NAACP<\/a> and Color of Change<\/a>. We don’t want to duplicate efforts, so we encourage you to sign one of these petitions.<\/p>\n Long-Term<\/em><\/p>\n Honoring the too many young lives lost to gun violence, which are disproportionately lives of young Black men, we are working long-term for changes to our laws on these fronts:<\/p>\n 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n August 28th is the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. This will be just six weeks after the Zimmerman Verdict, and we will mobilize for this historic anniversary, lifting up the memory of Trayvon Martin by calling for justice.<\/p>\n On Saturday, August 24th, we are organizing a major march on the National Mall in Washington, DC, with our partners in the civil rights movement. We encourage you to join us in DC.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, August 28th, the official anniversary, we are asking folks around the country to host “Freedom Parties” in their cities to bring people together locally to discuss what our movement for civil and human rights needs to look like for the next 50 years. Get involved in these mobilizations here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Trayvon Martin Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n Join with the Trayvon Martin Foundation, which was established by Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin in March 2012, to create awareness of how violent crime impacts the families of the victims, and to provide support and advocacy for those families. The scope of the Foundation\u2019s mission is to advocate that crime victims and their families not be ignored in the discussions about violent crime, to increase public awareness of all forms of racial, ethnic and gender profiling, educate youth on conflict resolution techniques, and to reduce the incidences where confrontations between strangers turn deadly. Get involved with the Trayvon Martin Foundation here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nOur Plan of Action<\/h3>\n
Legal and Policy Strategy<\/h3>\n
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