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Download official Extensions PDFReturn to issue contextHON. FREDERICA S. WILSON
of florida
in the house of representatives
Ms. WILSON of Flordia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, as Chair of the U.S. Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys, on the occasion of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference, where we gathered to officially cut the ribbon for the Commission and to honor the memory of young Black boys who were murdered, and the parents who continue to carry their sons' legacies forward. It is in that spirit that I pay tribute to Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, whose advocacy in the years since her son's death has given comfort and community to countless mothers across this country.
Florida, in February 2012. In the aftermath, Sybrina did not have the benefit of an established community of mothers who understood exactly what she was carrying. So she built one. Alongside Tracy Martin, she co-founded the Trayvon Martin Foundation to raise awareness of gun violence and support families facing similar loss. From that same grief came the Circle of Mothers, an organization Sybrina created to bring together mothers who have lost children or family members to gun violence, offering them a space for healing, empowerment, and fellowship.
retreat where grieving mothers gather not as strangers but as a family bound by shared loss. Sybrina has described the organization as something she dreamed into being because nothing like it existed when she needed it most. What began as one mother's search for connection has grown into a national network that has reached mothers far beyond South Florida, offering them what Sybrina herself was once without.
speaking to communities, students, and policymakers across the country about the toll of gun violence and the resilience required to survive it. She co-authored “Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin,” bringing her family's story and her ongoing advocacy to an even wider audience, and she has continued to show up, year after year, for mothers who never asked to join this circle but found strength in it nonetheless.
rather than stay on her knees, and that spirit runs through everything the Circle of Mothers represents: turning unimaginable grief into a source of strength for others. Her willingness to keep opening that circle to new mothers, again and again, has made her one of the most enduring voices in this country's fight against gun violence.
Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Sybrina Fulton for her advocacy through the Circle of Mothers, and for the healing and hope she has extended to mothers across this Nation who have suffered as she has.