[IMC] Event Announcement: Portland Marches for Trayvon Martin

[Cameron Whitten]

For Immediate Release
March 27th, 2012

Contact: Cameron Whitten
(503) 890-5716
media.cameron at gmail.com

Portland Activists March in Solidarity with Trayvon Martin

Portland, Ore.-- On Saturday, March 31st at Peninsula Park, Occupy Portland
Activist and Candidate for Mayor Cameron Whitten is pairing up with a new
organization named ‘Trayvon’s Mothers’ to march in demand of justice for
Trayvon Martin, the 17 year old African-American male who was gunned down
in Florida last month.

The march comes a week after the latest rally held at the same location,
where many church leaders alluded Trayvon Martin to the case of Aaron
Campbell, a 25 year old African-American Portlander who was fatally shot by
a Portland Police Officer in 2010.

“There is so much unrest within Communities of Color across the nation. I’m
only twenty years old, I could still be the next Trayvon Martin. Unarmed
black youth are often profiled as gangsters, then murdered in cold blood.
This tragedy continues to happen to people of color in America, and it
needs to be stopped,” says Cameron Whitten.

The gathering is scheduled for 10am, with a march through North Portland
beginning at 11am. Trayvon’s Mothers hopes this demonstration will instill
a sense of community in Portland and motivate people of all colors to speak
out for justice and racial harmony.

For more information, visit: http://www.facebook.com/events/385307441487840/
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