Thank you to every single person who has signed, shared, or spoken Shawn’s name. Because of you, this petition is being seen by decision-makers — and your support is making a difference.

Today, I received a direct call from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Job Corps. A representative named Erin contacted me to say they’ve officially received my concerns and will be reviewing the Pittsburgh Job Corps Center more closely. That’s a huge step forward.

But — and this is important — they admitted their power is limited. They can request records from police, but they can’t demand them. They can’t force full transparency. As his mother, I’m still the one doing the heavy lifting. But I’m not stopping.

💬 Why This Still Matters:

From day one, I’ve faced walls.

The police tried to blame fentanyl before toxicology was even completed. They said my son may have brought it up from Baltimore, even though there was no evidence of that — just narrative spinning.

One officer even told me there were texts warning my son about pill use — but they never gave me proof, and those texts were never in the report.

All of this feels like a cover-up — a convenient story to hide institutional negligence. And now, we see more news headlines:

25 people overdosed on fentanyl right here in Baltimore

Trump passed a “Fentanyl Act” just days later

And he was in Pittsburgh, where my son died, just this past Tuesday

The timing makes you think.

It’s not conspiracy — it’s pattern recognition.

🧾 What’s Next:

The petition is growing. Over 200+ people have signed, and now we’re asking even more:

✅ Contact your elected officials

✅ Tag them in posts

✅ Demand an independent investigation

✅ Share the petition with your networks

I'm also requesting that Job Corps be investigated not just for Shawn’s case, but for their entire mental health protocol, staff training, and emergency response failures. No more brushing these deaths under the rug.

📚 A Bigger Vision — In Shawn’s Name

If the federal government continues to ignore this, then we ask for something bigger:

🔹 The creation of a national Youth Mental Health & Life Skills Initiative

🔹 Programs to prepare young men — especially Black youth — with emotional tools, mentorship, leadership skills, and guidance

🔹 Mandatory curriculum reform in schools to include financial literacy, self-care, taxes, survival skills, and career readiness — not just textbook material that doesn’t serve them in the real world

If they won’t give us justice, then give us change. Give us reform. Give us protection for the next young man like Shawn.

We are not done.

We are not backing down.

Keep sharing. Keep signing. Keep saying his name:

Shawn Lee Fortune.

With gratitude and fight,

Trishawnna Dandridge

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