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Students at 34 Miami Schools Walk Out of Class for Trayvon Martin - Trayvon Martin case escalates into a cause
Do your walkout kids – stand up in solidarity! It could have been any of us, it was me at 18 years old.
Krop Senior High Students Honor Fallen Classmate Trayvon Martin With "Chain of Life"
Flagler students stage walkout to pay respects to Trayvon Martin
"A few hundred students" at Flagler Palm Coast High School gathered in the school's courtyard this morning to pay respects and pray for Trayvon Martin.
The student-led gathering started about 10 a.m. and lasted about 30 to 40 minutes, said Janet Valentine, superintendent of Flagler County schools. She said school staff told her the students were "extremely respectful and cooperative."
What began as a shooting at a complex in a Florida town north of Orlando that many people had probably never heard of has now become a cause for thousands of people. Even President Obama has weighed in.
A prayer vigil in Sanford Friday night was the latest show of support for slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin.
And the flame sparked by his death, at the hands of a neighborhood watchman, is engulfing the country.
As many as 8,000 people gathered in Philadelphia Friday night to march in memory of the unarmed 17-year old who was shot to death last month.
Trayvon Martin’s Death, LeBron James, and the Miami Heat
Thank you ‘Heat’, anyone of you could have been Trayvon.
http://www.thenation.com/blog/167027/trayvon-martins-death-lebron-james-and-miami-heat
Of all teams in the League, the Heat had the greatest responsibility to step up and be heard. They were Trayvon's favorite and he was killed that late afternoon after leaving his house for a snack during halftime of the NBA All-Star game, which featured the Heat's Big Three, of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh.
Given the depth of this movement, particularly in southern Florida, it's not too surprising that the Heat made this powerful gesture. But maybe it is surprising for many fans to learn that the effort was driven by “The King” himself, LeBron James. The photo was reportedly James's idea and it was first posted to his personal twitter account with the hashtag #WeWantJustice.
James later said, "It was very emotional, an emotional day for all of us. Taking that picture, we're happy that we're able to shed light on the situation that we feel is unjust."
Congregants wear hoodies, remember Trayvon Martin
Wearing hooded sweatshirts similar to the one that Trayvon Martin wore on the night he was killed, many preachers and worshippers echoed calls for justice Sunday in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida last month.
The one-month anniversary of Martin's death is Monday. He was shot while wearing a "hoodie" as he walked home on a rainy night in a gated community. The neighborhood watch volunteer who shot him, 28-year-old George Zimmerman, is the son of a white father and Hispanic mother, and the demands to charge him in Martin's slaying have grown ever louder. He had called police to report the hooded figure as suspicious; the 17-year-old Martin was carrying a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea, talking to his girlfriend on his cellphone.
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