Ep. 274 - Let's help elect Sybrina Fulton

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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The world knows her as Trayvon Martin's mother. And she embraces that. But Sybrina Fulton is more than her greatest moment of pain. Now, after 7 years of fearless advocacy for victims of gun violence and racial injustice, she's running for office in Miami! Let's help make that happen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Earlier today I had the wonderful, powerful opportunity to interview Sabrina Fulton, who most of us first know as the mother of Trayvon Martin.
0:11.0	But that's not all she is. None of us are any one thing. And what I've come
0:16.8	to understand is that victims and families of victims of police brutality and racial injustice
0:24.2	often get reduced and minimized and caricatured
0:28.6	into just one single part of their life, which is often their greatest moment of pain.
0:35.6	Well today Sabrina Fulton is actually running for office in Miami-Dade County
0:41.1	in Florida and she's going to talk to us all about her run for office,
0:46.1	what that looks like, what she stands for, and I was just blown away by her power in this
0:52.1	moment. Can't wait for you to hear it.
0:54.0	The breakdown.
0:55.0	The breakdown.
0:57.0	The breakdown.
1:00.0	The breakdown.
1:01.0	The breakdown. I'm on here now with I'm on here now with
1:08.0	I'm on here now with Sabrina Fulton.
1:11.0	Sabrina, you are a hero to me and to so many people,
1:16.0	not just for your courage and determination,
1:20.0	but you are a fearless advocate for the legacy of your son Trayvon for your entire family,
1:29.7	but you've also become a spokesperson for victims of gun violence, victims of racial injustice, and now you
1:39.5	are taking a leap into running for office there in Miami-Dade County and I want to talk with you
1:47.6	about that. We are both parents and I don't think there's ever a time that I don't see myself as a parent, but I know so many people see you and speak to you through the lens of you being Trayvon's mom.
2:09.2	How does that fuel your desire to run for office,
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