Tracy Martin Joins Congressional Black Caucus Hearing On Capitol Hill

Tracy Martin To Join Congressional Black Caucus Hearing On Capitol Hill

Less than 2 weeks after child murderer George Zimmerman was acquitted on all charges despite the fact that he gunned down unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in February 2012, Trayvon’s father Tracy will be present for a progressive meeting of the “Congressional Black Caucus on Black Men And Boys” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

via Huffington Post

The Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys is holding its first-ever meeting on Wednesday, and Tracy Martin, the father of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, will be in attendance.

The panel invited Martin to attend the meeting as a special guest, according to a press release. Martin will meet privately with caucus members ahead of the meeting and then stay for its duration. The topic of the meeting is “The Status of Black Males: Ensuring Our Boys Mature Into Strong Men.”

The caucus previously announced three speakers for Wednesday’s meeting, but did not mention Martin would be there. Expected speakers include MSNBC host and Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson, former congressman and NAACP President Kweisi Mfume, and David J. Johns, the head of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans.

The caucus was created in March and is led by Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), both members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Norton’s office confirmed that Martin will be giving opening remarks at the hearing.

The meeting comes less than a week after President Barack Obama weighed in on the not guilty verdict in Martin’s case and put the spotlight on the nation’s struggles with racial bias toward black men and boys.

This is awesome. We look forward to hearing more about this newly-formed CBC committee and will keep you posted as they continue to make positive progress towards justice for Trayvon in an effort to take action against racial bias toward black men and boys in the justice system.