Three Years After Trayvon Martin Killing, Two Women's Lives Intersect

Three Years After Trayvon Martin Killing, Two Women's Lives Intersect
ST. LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 24: Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, speaks at Peace Fest in Forest Park on August 24, 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Fulton's teenage son was shot and killed by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. Michael Brown, whose teenage son Michael was shot and killed by a police officer in nearby Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, also spoke at the event. Michael Brown Jr. will be buried tomorrow. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
ST. LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 24: Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, speaks at Peace Fest in Forest Park on August 24, 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Fulton's teenage son was shot and killed by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. Michael Brown, whose teenage son Michael was shot and killed by a police officer in nearby Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, also spoke at the event. Michael Brown Jr. will be buried tomorrow. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

When people are faced with overwhelming trauma in their lives, some become consumed by their difficulties, while others emerge stronger for it. In special circumstances, they may find their destiny, and seek to heal the world and make all of us stronger.

Myrlie Evers-Williams and Sybrina Fulton are two great women whose achievements demand our attention. Although their personal stories are separated by five decades, these women share parallel lives. Thrust into a position of leadership for the greater good of society, they have used personal grief over the loss of a loved one to become agents for change.

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