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DESCRIPTION:When: July 18th, 2013 at 6:30\nWhere: Old Court House in Downtown Napa off 
 3rd street\nWhat: Somos Trayvon Martin\nPress contact: Haley Rekdahl 707 
 266 8664\n\nA Ceremonial dance will be performed by Danza Mexica 
 Nanahuatzin. Speakers will include Napa Valley College Professor of 
 Humanities and Africana Studies Janet Stickmon, Napa Valley College 
 Instructor of Chicano Studies and Napa Valley Unified School Board Member 
 Carlos Hagendorn, representatives from the Napa Valley Dream Team, and from 
 the Napa Valley Ethnic Studies Advocates.\n\nIn light of recent protests, 
 several Napa residents have decided to organize a “Somos Trayvon 
 Martin” rally in Napa to demand justice for Trayvon Martin.\n\nOrganizers 
 believe what happened to Trayvon could have happened to almost any person 
 of color. In Napa, Over 30% the population is Latino. \n“Somos Trayvon 
 Martin is meant as an expression of black and brown unity,” organizer 
 Rhina Noemi Henriquez explained. “We want to bring awareness to this 
 issue to show we are all in this together.”\n\nTrayvon Martin was 17 
 years old. He was a black youth and a junior in high school. On February 
 26th, 2012 he was racially profiled and shot by George Zimmerman during an 
 altercation.\n\nOn July 13th, Zimmerman was found not guilty. This has 
 sparked national protests and acts of civil disobedience.\nFor some 
 protesters, Somos Trayvon Martin is about changing the social 
 narrative.\n\n“The narratives imposed on communities of color tend to 
 criminalize and place people like Trayvon in situations where they have to 
 defend their existence,” explained Edgar-Arturo Camacho-González. “I 
 am not Trayvon Martin, but as a Queer Person of Color I understand all 
 struggles are common struggles and that it could have been me wearing a 
 hoodie and profiled that night.”\n\nOthers feel that no one is truly free 
 while others are oppressed. Many white Americans have been standing up in 
 solidarity with Trayvon Martin.\n\n“I believe this should be a wake up 
 call to every color including whites - that racism and sterotyping still 
 exist,” said Tayler Tildsley. “It is important for all of us to work 
 together in order to change the path of thinking in order for all of us to 
 live with justice that we all deserve.”\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/07/17/18739943.php
SUMMARY:Napans organize “Justice for Trayvon” Rally
LOCATION:Old Court House in Downtown Napa off 3rd street
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/07/17/18739943.php
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