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Pontiac Teacher Claims She Was Fired For Trayvon Martin Effort
April 10, 2012 6:45 AM
PONTIAC (WWJ/AP) Activists are planning a protest in support of a Pontiac teacher who says she was fired for helping students organize a fundraiser in support of the family Trayvon Martin, a teen shot to death by a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer.
A news conference was planned for Tuesday, followed by a rally for justice at 6 p.m. at Detroits Historic King Solomon Baptist Church, in support of Brooke Harris who was fired from her job at Pontiac Academy for Excellence Middle School...
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/04...aims-she-was-fired-for-trayvon-martin-effort/
April 10, 2012 at 9:42 am
Pontiac teacher says she was fired because of Trayvon Martin fundraiser
By Josh Katzenstein
The Detroit News
Pontiac A Pontiac charter school teacher said she lost her job because of a fundraising idea to honor Trayvon Martin, the teen shot in Florida.
The firing has generated national attention. The Mississippi-based Southern Poverty Law Center demanded Monday that Brooke Harris be reinstated and a petition at change.org had nearly 5,000 signatures Monday night.
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120410/SCHOOLS/204100353#ixzz1reXFJ8M7
April 10, 2012 6:45 AM
PONTIAC (WWJ/AP) Activists are planning a protest in support of a Pontiac teacher who says she was fired for helping students organize a fundraiser in support of the family Trayvon Martin, a teen shot to death by a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer.
A news conference was planned for Tuesday, followed by a rally for justice at 6 p.m. at Detroits Historic King Solomon Baptist Church, in support of Brooke Harris who was fired from her job at Pontiac Academy for Excellence Middle School...
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/04...aims-she-was-fired-for-trayvon-martin-effort/
April 10, 2012 at 9:42 am
Pontiac teacher says she was fired because of Trayvon Martin fundraiser
By Josh Katzenstein
The Detroit News
Pontiac A Pontiac charter school teacher said she lost her job because of a fundraising idea to honor Trayvon Martin, the teen shot in Florida.
The firing has generated national attention. The Mississippi-based Southern Poverty Law Center demanded Monday that Brooke Harris be reinstated and a petition at change.org had nearly 5,000 signatures Monday night.
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120410/SCHOOLS/204100353#ixzz1reXFJ8M7