CCR Senior Staff Attorney Darius Charney will speak on a panel about racial profiling at York College.

What: Panel discussion on Change The "Stand Your Ground" Law: Justice for Trayvon Martin: Where Do We Go from here?
Where: York College Atrium
When: Thursday, September 26th at 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Panelists

• Dr. Mychel Namphy, Assistant Professor of English
• Dr. Divine Pryor, Executive Director, Center for NuLeadership On Urban Solutions
• Darius Charney, Senior Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights
• Gloria Brown Marshall, Esq., Author, Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
• Xavier Crandle, Acting Vice President, York College National Society of Leadership and Success
• Ronald Soutar, York College Men's Center

Special Presentation: The Dream Defenders -- Student Civil Rights Activists from Florida
Moderator: Dr. Ron Daniels, Distinguished Lecturer, Behavioral Sciences
Key Questions:

• Was the George Zimmerman Trial Mishandled?
• What is the background and motive behind Florida’s "Stand Your Ground Law?"
• What role did racial profiling play in the death of Trayvon Martin?
• How wide-spread is racial profiling of Black and Brown young men around the nation?
• What can York College students, faculty and staff do to achieve justice out of the Trayvon Martin tragedy?