Zimmerman charged with murder of Trayvon, mass rally in Cleveland with Vision of Angels, NAACP, SCLC, United Pastor's in Mission officials, grassroots, Imperial Women Coalition, Black on Black Crime, Oppressed People's Nation, The People's Forum, The Family Connection, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, The Cleveland Chapter of the New Black Panther Party, Peace in the Hood, The Carl Stokes Brigade, The Cleveland Chapter of the New Black Panther Party, Occupy Cleveland, Cleveland Jobs With Justice, elected officials and more, set for Sun, April 15, 3:00 pm, 2nd New Hope Baptist Church, 2917 E. 116th St. at Buckeye Ave., State Sen. Turner to speak, read Senate resolution, Second New Hope Baptist Church Pastor Frank Young to open with prayer, Cleveland City Council Members, Cleveland Area Ohio State Representatives, Office of Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, elected officials, clergy, youth, grassroots to speak
Trayvon Martin
By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News.Com (www.clevelandurbannews.com)
CLEVELAND, Ohio-In the wake of the announcement yesterday by a special prosecutor that volunteer neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman will be charged with second degree murder in the killing of unarmed seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin the Vision of Angels Youth Dance Troop, the Imperial Women Coalition, community activists, clergy, youth, elected officials, the United Pastor's in Mission and Cleveland NAACP and SCLC officials will go forward with a mass rally for Martin scheduled for Sun. April 15 from 3:00 to 6:00 pm at Second New Hope Baptist Church in Cleveland, 2917 E. 116th St at Buckeye Ave . (Editor's note: View a complete list of rally speakers and participating organizations toward the middle of this article)
Mitchell said that Sunday's rally will begin outside of the church at 3:00 pm and that at 4:00 pm Martin's supporters will go inside for an opening prayer by Second New Hope Baptist Church Pastor Frank Young and a praise dance by the Vision of Angels and that State Sen. Nina Turner, will initiate the inside rally with a speech and resolution from the Ohio State legislature. Also included will be a host of other speeches, and song and prayer froM five other youth groups.
Contacts for the rally are Mitchell at 216-548-4478, the office of the Vision of Angels Youth Foundation at 216-543-5330, Second New Hope Baptist Church at 216-229-2022, Imperial Women Leader Kathy Wray Coleman at 216-932-3114, Peace in the Hood Leader Khalid Samad at 216-538-4043, and Black on Black Crime Founder Art McKoy at 216-253-4070.
The charges filed by special prosecutor Angela Corey come after six weeks of national outcries for justice and allegations of overt racism because Martin is Black and Zimmerman, who could face life in prison if convicted of gunning the teen down in an elite neighborhood in Sandford Fl., is White.
National Civil Rights activists such as the Rev. Al Sharpton, NAACP President Ben Jealous and the Rev. Jesse Jackson had called for criminal charges against Zimmerman and are urging that rallies continue across the nation until Zimmerman is brought to justice.
Martin's family is relieved to learn of the charges and said like Sharpton, Jackson and Jealous, that the fight to clear Trayvon's name and hold Zimmerman accountable for his murder is only at the preliminary stages.
"Just knowing that he [Zimmerman] is off the street and in custody shows that the wheels are turning in our favor," Trayvon's father told reporters about the murder charge.
Speakers for Cleveland's rally include SCLC Member and United Pator's in Mission Executive Director The Rev. Tony Minor, Missing Persons Advocate Albert Hudson, the Lucasville Uprising Freedom Network and Cleveland Chapter of the New Black Panther Party Leader Abdul Qahhar, area clergy, Linda Matthews of the Office of Congresswoman Marcia L.Fudge, East Cleveland City Councilman Nate Martin, East Cleveland Coalition Leader Charles E. Bibb Sr., Asst. Pastor Mike Oliver, youth participants, Carl Stokes Brigade President and Group Members David Patterson, Marva Patterson and Genevieve Mitchell, Underground Railroad Leader and Cleveland NAACP Vice President Dr. Eugene Jordan, Peace in the Hood Founder Khalid Samad, Empowerment of Women and Goddesses Blessing Goddesses Leader The Rev. Dr. LaDonna Blalock, Occupy Cleveland Members Leatrice Tolls and Peter Schanz, Criminal Defense Attorney and 100 Black Mem Member Michael Nelson, Cleveland Councilpersons Kenneth Johnson, Mamie Mitchell, Jeff Johnson and Zach Reed, State Reps. Bill Patmon (D-10) and John Barnes Jr. (D12), Survivor/Victims of Tragedy Founder Judy Martin, Imperial Women Leader Kathy Wray Coleman, Community Activist Donna Walker Brown, Cleveland Jobs With Justice Executive Director Debbie Kline, Black on Black Crime Founder Art McKoy, Committee to Bring Home Jamela and Jamyla Leaders Angelique Cunningham, Black on Black Crime Youth Rappers Leader Al Porter, Oppressed People's Nation Leader Ernest Smith, and a host of others.
Other participating organizations and people include 100 Black Men of Cleveland, the Cleveland Chapter of the New Black Panther Party, the East Cleveland Coalition, the Call and Post Newspaper, the Moses Sisters, Peace in the Hood, Cleveland Urban News.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog. Com, the Cleveland African American Museum, the United Pastor's in Mission, Occupy Cleveland, Cleveland Jobs With Justice, the Task Force for Community Mobilization, Cleveland NAACP Officials, the National Institute For Restorative Justice, the Greater Cleveland Shurah Council, the United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the International Council for Urban Peace, Justice and Empowerment, V.O.I.C.E.S., the Northeastern Ohio Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, Cleveland F.I.S.T, Workers's World, the Imperial Women, Divine Mind Grind Organization, Enlightened Jewels, Spirit of Sankofa Center for Women, The Social Justice Committee of Greater Cleveland, The Urban Justice Society, Organize Ohio, Henley Consultants, the Oppressed People's Nation, the Carl Stokes Brigade, the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, the People's Forum, the Empowerment of Women, Goddesses Blessing Goddesses the People's Fight Back Center, the Joaquin Hicks Real People's Movement, People for the Imperial Act, the Bronaugh Sisters Committee, the People's Forum, the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, the Committee to Bring Home Jamela and Jamyla, the Cleveland African-American Museum, the People's Fight Back Center, the Lucasville Uprising Freedom Network, Occupy the Hood Cleveland, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, Women Speak Out For Peace and Justice, the Baptist Ministry Conference, the Family Connection, the Spot Youth Empowerment Organization, Revolution Books, In Touch, the Audacity of Hope Foundation, the Knowledge Youth Group Committee, Survivors/Victims of Tragedy, 11 Congressional District Representatives, Ohio State Legislators and Cleveland City Council members.
Zimmerman's lawyers say that their client will plead not guilty to the murder charge.
Reach Journalist Kathy Wray Coleman at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and phone number: 216-932-3114.
Mitchell said that Sunday's rally will begin outside of the church at 3:00 pm and that at 4:00 pm Martin's supporters will go inside for an opening prayer by Second New Hope Baptist Church Pastor Frank Young and a praise dance by the Vision of Angels and that State Sen. Nina Turner, will initiate the inside rally with a speech and resolution from the Ohio State legislature. Also included will be a host of other speeches, and song and prayer froM five other youth groups.
Contacts for the rally are Mitchell at 216-548-4478, the office of the Vision of Angels Youth Foundation at 216-543-5330, Second New Hope Baptist Church at 216-229-2022, Imperial Women Leader Kathy Wray Coleman at 216-932-3114, Peace in the Hood Leader Khalid Samad at 216-538-4043, and Black on Black Crime Founder Art McKoy at 216-253-4070.
The charges filed by special prosecutor Angela Corey come after six weeks of national outcries for justice and allegations of overt racism because Martin is Black and Zimmerman, who could face life in prison if convicted of gunning the teen down in an elite neighborhood in Sandford Fl., is White.
National Civil Rights activists such as the Rev. Al Sharpton, NAACP President Ben Jealous and the Rev. Jesse Jackson had called for criminal charges against Zimmerman and are urging that rallies continue across the nation until Zimmerman is brought to justice.
Martin's family is relieved to learn of the charges and said like Sharpton, Jackson and Jealous, that the fight to clear Trayvon's name and hold Zimmerman accountable for his murder is only at the preliminary stages.
"Just knowing that he [Zimmerman] is off the street and in custody shows that the wheels are turning in our favor," Trayvon's father told reporters about the murder charge.
Speakers for Cleveland's rally include SCLC Member and United Pator's in Mission Executive Director The Rev. Tony Minor, Missing Persons Advocate Albert Hudson, the Lucasville Uprising Freedom Network and Cleveland Chapter of the New Black Panther Party Leader Abdul Qahhar, area clergy, Linda Matthews of the Office of Congresswoman Marcia L.Fudge, East Cleveland City Councilman Nate Martin, East Cleveland Coalition Leader Charles E. Bibb Sr., Asst. Pastor Mike Oliver, youth participants, Carl Stokes Brigade President and Group Members David Patterson, Marva Patterson and Genevieve Mitchell, Underground Railroad Leader and Cleveland NAACP Vice President Dr. Eugene Jordan, Peace in the Hood Founder Khalid Samad, Empowerment of Women and Goddesses Blessing Goddesses Leader The Rev. Dr. LaDonna Blalock, Occupy Cleveland Members Leatrice Tolls and Peter Schanz, Criminal Defense Attorney and 100 Black Mem Member Michael Nelson, Cleveland Councilpersons Kenneth Johnson, Mamie Mitchell, Jeff Johnson and Zach Reed, State Reps. Bill Patmon (D-10) and John Barnes Jr. (D12), Survivor/Victims of Tragedy Founder Judy Martin, Imperial Women Leader Kathy Wray Coleman, Community Activist Donna Walker Brown, Cleveland Jobs With Justice Executive Director Debbie Kline, Black on Black Crime Founder Art McKoy, Committee to Bring Home Jamela and Jamyla Leaders Angelique Cunningham, Black on Black Crime Youth Rappers Leader Al Porter, Oppressed People's Nation Leader Ernest Smith, and a host of others.
Other participating organizations and people include 100 Black Men of Cleveland, the Cleveland Chapter of the New Black Panther Party, the East Cleveland Coalition, the Call and Post Newspaper, the Moses Sisters, Peace in the Hood, Cleveland Urban News.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog. Com, the Cleveland African American Museum, the United Pastor's in Mission, Occupy Cleveland, Cleveland Jobs With Justice, the Task Force for Community Mobilization, Cleveland NAACP Officials, the National Institute For Restorative Justice, the Greater Cleveland Shurah Council, the United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the International Council for Urban Peace, Justice and Empowerment, V.O.I.C.E.S., the Northeastern Ohio Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, Cleveland F.I.S.T, Workers's World, the Imperial Women, Divine Mind Grind Organization, Enlightened Jewels, Spirit of Sankofa Center for Women, The Social Justice Committee of Greater Cleveland, The Urban Justice Society, Organize Ohio, Henley Consultants, the Oppressed People's Nation, the Carl Stokes Brigade, the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, the People's Forum, the Empowerment of Women, Goddesses Blessing Goddesses the People's Fight Back Center, the Joaquin Hicks Real People's Movement, People for the Imperial Act, the Bronaugh Sisters Committee, the People's Forum, the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, the Committee to Bring Home Jamela and Jamyla, the Cleveland African-American Museum, the People's Fight Back Center, the Lucasville Uprising Freedom Network, Occupy the Hood Cleveland, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, Women Speak Out For Peace and Justice, the Baptist Ministry Conference, the Family Connection, the Spot Youth Empowerment Organization, Revolution Books, In Touch, the Audacity of Hope Foundation, the Knowledge Youth Group Committee, Survivors/Victims of Tragedy, 11 Congressional District Representatives, Ohio State Legislators and Cleveland City Council members.
Zimmerman's lawyers say that their client will plead not guilty to the murder charge.
Reach Journalist Kathy Wray Coleman at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and phone number: 216-932-3114.
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