--- title: DNC: Mothers of the Movement Make Emotional Plea description: There was at least one group of Hillary Clinton surrogates who would rather not have taken the stage at the Democratic national convention. canonical: https://time.com/4425437/dnc-mothers-movement/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-27T01:21:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:34:23.666Z article:section: Politics og:title: Mothers of the Movement Make Emotional Plea at Convention og:description: "This is about saving our children." og:url: https://time.com/4425437/dnc-mothers-movement/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2362140d0e714d4c/69889f8c0b72e367cb6ea63a/gettyimages-583551506-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Mothers of the Movement Geneva Reed-Veal (C), mother of Sandra Bland delivers remarks as Lucia McBath (R), mother of Jordan Davis; and Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner look on during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mothers of the Movement Make Emotional Plea at Convention twitter:description: "This is about saving our children." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2362140d0e714d4c/69889f8c0b72e367cb6ea63a/gettyimages-583551506-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mothers of the Movement Make Emotional Plea at Democratic Convention by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 27, 2016 1:21 AM UTC  Mothers of the Movement Geneva Reed-Veal (C), mother of Sandra Bland delivers remarks as Lucia McBath (R), mother of Jordan Davis; and Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner look on during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mothers of the Movement Geneva Reed-Veal (C), mother of Sandra Bland delivers remarks as Lucia McBath (R), mother of Jordan Davis; and Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner look on during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 27, 2016 1:21 AM UTC There was at least one group of Hillary Clinton surrogates who would rather not have taken the stage at the Democratic national convention on Tuesday. The [mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland and other African-American men and women who died at the hands of police, in police custody or from gun violence](http://time.com/4423920/dnc-mothers-movement-speakers/) spoke about how they were brought into activism by their grief. “The majority of police officers are good people doing a good job, and we’re asking, and we’re also going to keep using our voices and our votes to support leaders like Hillary Clinton, who will help us protect one another so that this club of heartbroken mothers stops growing,” said Lucy McBath, mother of Jordan Davis. **Read More:** [_Transcript of the Mothers of the Movement at the Convention_](http://time.com/4424704/dnc-mothers-movement-transcript-speech-video/) The Mothers of the Movement, as they call themselves, made clear they were on stage to give their children a voice. “This isn’t about being politically correct. This is about saving our children. That’s why we’re here tonight with Hillary Clinton, and that’s why, in memory of our childen, we are imploring you, all of you, to vote this election day. Hillary is one mother who can ensure our movement will succeed,” said Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin. 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