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George Floyd’s uncle, Eric Garner’s mother speak at Harvard about turning grief into activism - Boston News, Weather, Sports

Ahead of the four-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by police in Minneapolis, his Uncle, Selwyn Jones spoke at Harvard University on Thursday during a symposium, called “Channeling Grief Into Activism” that also featured Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner. The two speakers shared their experience and insight on transforming personal loss into impactful social advocacy as part of a push for The Medical Civil Rights Act, a bill that wi…