African American Clergy and Civil Rights Leaders from around the country, Rev. Jesse Jackson, the NAACP, Michael Baisden, Central Florida Urban League, AME Ministerial Alliance, Students from Howard University, Bethune Cookman University, Florida A&M University, Morehouse College, Spelman College, University of Central Florida, the African American Student Union, National Pan-Hallenic Council, as well as concern citizens and the community will join Rev. Dr. Jamal Bryant of the Empowerment Movement to Rally against the injustice of Trayvon Martin.

The rally will begin at 4:00pm on March 26, 2012 at Centennial Park located at 400 Park Ave in Sanford, Florida and they will march to Sanford City Hall (300 North Park Ave) where the City Commission will be held, a month after the victim was slain. Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin will speak, immediately following the rally at the Sanford City Council Meeting at 5p.m.

The rally is being led by Pastor Jamal Bryant of the Empowerment Movement with support from local and national African American Clergy, Civil Rights organizations and leaders and the community. Protesters are asked to bring their voice and a bag of skittles in honor of Trayvon.

WHEN: Monday, March 26, 2012 at 4p.m. (EDT)

WHERE: Begins at Centennial Park (400 Park Ave.) at 4:00pm and then March to Sanford City Hall (300 North Park Ave., Sanford, FL.)

Rev. Dr. Jamal Bryant, the pastor of Empowerment Temple and President of the Empowerment Movement, vowed to "Shut down Florida" at a rally last week in Florida to demand justice for slain Miami-Dade teen Trayvon Martin. The organization is asking everyone to come out to rally in support of the Martin family.

The Empowerment Movement, is a faith based coalition of African American Clergy with initiatives that will bring together leaders of the faith based community of all denominations, designed to move the African American Community forward in social justice, politics, education and economics with the use of Christian principles. The organization's involvement in the case is to rally for justice for Trayvon Martin and his family and other victims.

In addition, the Empowerment Movement has taken on a massive undertaking, with a goal to register one million voters on one day, Easter, April 8, 2012, by challenging every black church in the United States to register 20 people on that day. For more information visit: Dr. Bryant is a pastor with a global mission, which is to Empower the World Through the Word. He has the fastest growing church in the A.M.E. denomination. This new millennium minister is an impassioned social activist, community developer, and cultural philanthropist; an author, motivational speaker, and TV and radio personality.

Metlife Serves As The Platinum Sponsor

The National Bar Association (NBA) is accepting applications for the 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice Advocacy Competition. More than $25,000 in scholarships will be awarded to high school juniors and seniors who place in the regional and national competitions. All students must submit an essay about the “Occupy Movement” by March 31, 2012 to compete. MetLife is proud to be the Platinum sponsor of the program for the third consecutive year.

The Delaware Health Information Network (“DHIN”) announces full participation of all acute care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities in the state, along with the vast majority of Delaware providers, in the first statewide community health record. This enhances a health care information exchange started in May 2007, when DHIN became the first operational statewide health information exchange in the country.

On Saturday, March 3rd, more than thirty of Delaware’s best and brightest musicians will come together on the Copeland Theater stage to present an evening full of music celebrating fifty years of the Rolling Stones to benefit the Light Up the Queen Foundation. Each and every song will feature a different lineup of the area’s most talented, influential and prominent musicians from each generation. Shine a Light on the Queen promises to be not just a celebration of The Rolling Stones, but also of the people who have played locally in Wilmington for decades and have worked hard to support the Light Up the Queen Foundation.