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Trayvon Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton joins panel discussion on racial profiling in Arizona

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 Sybrina Fulton is entrenched in a national  campaign  to help save others with her son's death. On Monday Fulton spoke to the National Bar Association about repealing self defense like stand your ground around the nation.  Fulton says she will use her "broken heart" to get justice for Trayvon.  Later this week she will spak at the 38th National Ass0ciation of Black Journalist Convention in Kissemee, Fla. By Mid August attorney Benjamin Crump will join Fulton  in Phoenix, Az. for a panel discussion on racial profiling.

Are Black and Brown Men Under Attack?

Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayon Martin,  will be a featured speaker during a community dialogue addressing illiteracy, unemployment, urban violence, disproportionate incarceration and premature death among minority men.  Along with Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump, will take part in  a distinguished panel set to examine the systemic impact of race bias and profiling on communities of color.   

The panel discussion will be facilitated by Fatimah Halim - Author, activist, speaker, television show host, and founder of the Rites of Passage Programs for Youth.

Featured panelists from the literary, legal and entertainment genres are as follows:

Charlene Tarver – United States Supreme Court attorney -Tarver Law Group.

Rick “Freeway” Ross - Former trafficker best known for the "drug empire" he presided over in Los Angeles, CA in the early 1980s.

Dr. Ray Winbush – Scholar/activist in the field of developmental psychology of African boys; Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University (Baltimore, Maryland).

Alex Munoz- Director and documentary filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and founder of FYI: Films by Youth Inside, a non-profit organization that teaches film production to incarcerated youth.

Roger “Rampage” McNair - Multi-platinum rap artist and hip hop mogul.  Former 1st Lieutenant of Flipmode Squad.  Rampage has collaborated with and been featured on numerous platinum and multi-platinum projects with Busta Rhymes, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys and Mariah Carey.

Racial Profiling: Life to Death
Saturday, August 17, 2013
10:30 am – 1:30 pm

Memorial Hall, Steele Indian School Park, Phoenix, AZ

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