The hashtag/concept #BlackLivesMatter was created in 2012 after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin’s killer, Florida armed suburban patrol volunteer George Zimmerman, was acquitted.
It since has fostered both a rallying cry for racial justice and a degree of social backlash. Twin Citians will join at 7 p.m. April 26 to try to clarify what #BlackLivesMatter means and how it impacts the community.
Diversity Trainer Art Taylor will moderate "Black Life That Matters" in the Normal Public Library Community Room. The panel discussion is co-sponsored by Not In Our Town: Bloomington/Normal, YWCA McLean County, The League of Women Voters, Bloomington First Christian Church, and Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington-Normal.
The public event is presented by the B-N Humanist Group.