Overnight Update: $450 donated so far, and an additional $40 pledged. Amazing! Let’s keep it going!
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I’m not a cynical person, but this man seems determined to make me one.
As Melissa McEwan notes:
Yes, he really said that. He wants to use the money raised to fight back against Black Lives Matter and President Obama and Hillary Clinton. By selling his murder weapon as if it was a trophy.
There are people out there who will help him do that, that will actually compete for the privilege to do that, and like him, they lack even a trace of decency and humanity.
But not us. That will never be us. And I believe there are so many more of us then there are of them.
Sybrina Fulton established the Trayvon Martin Foundation in honor of her son:
The Trayvon Martin Foundation is a social justice organization committed to ending senseless gun violence, strengthening families through holistic support, S.T.E.A.M. education for women and minorities and mentoring. Our strategy is to move from intervention to reform. Positively changing the lives of youth and their families through strategic programming and perpetual services is at the core of our existence.
In declining to comment on today’s news, Ms. Fulton still made her priorities clear:
“The family does not want to dignify this with a response,” Parks said, echoing a statement issued earlier by his legal office. “Everyone agrees this is insulting and disrespectful. Without question, as time passes, we are seeing more and more the real person — who George Zimmerman really is versus who he was portrayed to be by his defense team.”
Instead, Parks said, the Martin family will continue its efforts for the annual Circle of Mothers event, hosted by Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon’s mother, that is planned for later this month.
“The Trayvon Martin Foundation is continuing to work to support the families who have been victims of gun violence,” Parks said. “That’s what they’re focusing on.”
Today, I stand with Sybrina Fulton. I will make another donation to the Trayvon Martin Foundation.
Please join me.
Please share your donation in the comments. I’ll tally it all together and inform the Foundation that this wave of donations came from the Daily Kos Community.
When donating, pick the Trayvon Martin Foundation from the drop down list provided by the parent organization — The Miami Foundation.
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Special Instructions: This is a donation from the Daily Kos community, which stands in solidarity with Sybrina Fulton and the Trayvon Martin Foundation.
Event Name and Date: Daily Kos: May 12. 2016