Virginia Tech hosts conversation with Trayvon Martinโs mother
BLACKSBURG, Va. โ Virginia Tech continued to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by hosting a conversation with the mother of Trayvon Martin on Monday. The universityโs Office of Inclusion and Diversity streamed the event with Sybrina Fulton on its YouTube. She spoke about life after her son Trayvon, an unarmed 17-year-old, was killed in Sandford, Florida, back in 2012. Weโve got to have people that encouraging our young people and I think thatโs the key to it all,โ said Fulton. Since losing her son, Fulton has created a support group for mothers who have lost children to violence.