DREAM DEFENDERS ANNOUNCE THEIR OWN SPECIAL SESSION
DREAM DEFENDERS RESPOND TO FLORIDA GOVERNOR’S REFUSAL TO HOLD A “SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION” BY CONVENING OUR OWN
Today we marked the one-week anniversary of #TakeoverTuesday of the Florida statehouse by announcing plans to convene our own special legislative session to examine the circumstances that led to the killing of Trayvon Martin over a year ago: the school-to-prison pipeline, stand your ground vigilantism, and racial profiling. During the session, we will introduce “Trayvon’s Law,” a bill that proposes to fix these pressing problems.
We held a press conference at the Florida State Capitol on Tuesday, July 23rd to lay out their