The
Hartford
Social
Justice
Conference
present
Tracy
Martin
(father
of
Trayvon
Martin)
and
Jacob
Blake,
Sr.
(father
of Jacob
Blake)
as guest
speakers
By
Laydell
Wood
Harper
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Peaceful
protests
have
continued
every
weekend
since
the
death of
George
Floyd.
The
Protesters
are
young,
old,
black,
white
and
brown,
and from
every
background.
Contrary
to what
has been
publicized,
CNN
reports
that the
protests
have
been 93%
peaceful.
The
findings
by the
US
Crisis
Project,
released
last
Thursday
totally
contradict
claims
that the
Black
Lives
Matter
movement
is the
cause of
violence
and
property
destruction.
Peaceful
Justice
Protests
have
become
frequent
and
ongoing
after
the
televised
death of
Floyd
that
ignited
this
movement.
The
nation
watched
in
horror
as a
police
officer
held his
knee on
George
Floyd’s
neck as
spectators
videotaped
the
incident.
Everyone
that has
been
killed
at the
hands of
police,
and
there
have
been
many,
has a
family
that
loves
and
cares
about
them; a
mother,
father,
husband
or wife.
They all
had
loved
ones who
are
still
grieving
their
loss.
Rarely
do we
have an
opportunity
to speak
with
family
members
of those
injured
or
killed
by
police
officers
after
they are
out of
the
lights
and
cameras
of the
media.
Hartford
Memorial
Baptist
Church
(HMBC),
Social
Justice
Ministry
will
host a
Free
Virtual
Conference
on
Friday,
October
16 from
6-8 pm
with
keynote
speaker
Tracy
Martin
(father
of
Trayvon
Martin)
and
Saturday,
October
17 from
9am-12pm
with
keynote
speaker
Jacob
Blake,
Sr.
(father
of Jacob
Blake).
Jacob
Blake
was shot
in the
back
multiple
times by
Kenosha,
Wisconsin
police
officers
in
August.
He is
now
paralyzed
and
still
receiving
medical
treatment.
The
shooting
was
captured
on
camera.
His
father
Jacob
Blake,
Sr. has
started
an
online
GoFundMe
page to
help pay
medical
and
legal
bills.
He has
been
very
outspoken
about
the
shooting.
Young
Trayvon
Martin
was a
suspected
thug by
a
security
guard
because
he was
young,
black
and wore
a
hoodie.
He was
pursued
and shot
down
like an
animal
in the
street.
The fact
that
Trayvon
had no
criminal
record,
was a
good
student,
an
athlete,
and died
with a
can of
Iced Tea
and
skittles
in his
hand
helped
to
illustrate
his
innocence.
And just
to pour
salt in
our
festering
wounds
that we
deal
with on
a day to
day
basis;
we are
reminded
of our
own
venerability.
We are
all
Trayvon
Martin,
anyone
that has
been
treated
unfairly,
improperly
judged,
harassed
and
hounded,
belittled
and
degraded
or hated
could be
Trayvon
Martin.
“We
have the
families
at
Hartford
that
have
inspired
the
modern-day
civil
rights
movements,”
said
Rev.
Charles
Christian
Adams,
Pastor
HMBC.
“Mr.
Martin’s
son was
killed
by a
vigilante,
and Mr.
Blake’s
son was
shot by
a police
officer,
but the
root
cause of
the
incidents
is the
same,
hatred,
racism
and a
false
concept
of the
American
spirit.”
Rev.
Christian
Adams
continues,
“Our
greatness
comes
from our
inclusion
not
exclusion…building
up not
tearing
down…looking
out for
the
least of
these…not
leaving
them
behind.
They are
the
voices
that
inspired
a new
generation
to
re-evaluate
our
priories
and
policies
and we
are
proud to
welcome
them to
HMBC.”
This is
a FREE
Virtual
Conference:
Meeting
ID:
946-324-0430,
Password:
017344,
Phone
Dial-in
# +253
215 8782
Hartford
Church
is well
known in
the
community
for its
long
history
of
giving
back to
the
community
and
bringing
national
iconic
figures
to
Detroit;
Rev.
Jessie
Jackson,
Attorney
Benjamin
Crump,
Rev. Al
Sharpton
and
others.
Hartford
also has
a Drive
through
Food
Pantry
that
operates
every
Wednesday.
Last
Wednesday
the
church
fed more
than 534
people.
The
church
recently
became a
COVID-19
Testing
site for
the
Coronavirus.
For more
information
Visit
the
Hartford
website
www.hmbcdetroit.org
or call
(313)
861-1285.
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