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Artist who's found a way to stitch her passion for social justice interact. her name is sarah trail. just founder of the social justice sewing academy. first vote was a political statement following the death of trayvon martin in 2012. she's drives to focus different threads of activism -- young people have access to quilting in textile arts. here's some of our conversation on the sidelines of the summit last week in -- >> you start selling it for. tell me about the moment when you realized you could marry your love of sowing with your desire for activism. >> i think it was in 2012. trayvon ma...

Trayvon martin, an unarmed black teenager, is shot and killed by george zimmerman. martin's death and zimmerman's acquittal reignited the american debate over race and justice. 17-year-old dylann roof is sucked in. >> i looked his name up, type his name into google, you know what i'm saying? for some reason, it made me type in the words black on white crime, and that was it. >> we know dylann roof, some of his first searches were on topics like black on white crime, a key phrase for someone who might be adopting racist tropes as if this were the root of the problem. >> black on white crime. th...

That just smacks of a political prosecution. >> april 11, 2012. trayvon martin's parents get the announcement they've been waiting for. >> today we filed an information charging george zimmerman with murder in the second degree. a capias has been issued for his arrest. >> george zimmerman comes out of hiding and turns himself in. nine days later, zimmerman takes the stand at his bond hearing and surprises trayvon martin's parents with an apology. >> i wanted to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little bit younger than i am. and i did not...

I'm going to make the decision. that just smacks of a political prosecution. >> april 11, 2012. trayvon martin's parents get the announcement they've been waiting for. >> today we filed an information charging george zimmerman with murder in the second degree. a capias has been issued for his arrest. >> george zimmerman comes out of hiding and turns himself in. nine days later, zimmerman takes the stand at his bond hearing and surprises trayvon martin's parents with an apology. >> i wanted to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little bit ...

Community, initiating a neighborhood watch program and working with sanford police department in an effort to curtail the spike in robberies and home invasions. that's what he claimed he was doing when he crossed paths with trayvon martin on a rainy night in february of 2012. >> trayvon was very friendly. trayvon was very lovable. he was very respectful. and he loved little kids. >> shepard: martin's parents describe him as a good kid. they divorced when he was young. martin lived with his mother, a miami dade government worker, while his older brother attended florida international university...