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Criminal Justice Columnist, Counter Punch Magazine
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Member, CWA Local 39521, Pacific Media Workers Guild
For Immediate Release: 8/21/13
For Information: Jaime Cruz 323.687.0963 Jan Tucker (as above)
43rd Annual Chicano Moratorium Commemoration
Speakers for August 24, 2013
The 43rd commemoration of the August 29, 1970 National Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War will take place with an August 24th East Los Angeles march from Belvedere Park and rally at Salazar Park—the locale named for crusading Chicano reporter Ruben Salazar who was killed when a sheriff’s deputy fired a tear gas projectile through his head. The event also is a memoir to the 30,000 people who took to the streets in what was then the largest anti-war demonstration ever seen in Los Angeles, the killings of members of the Brown Berets and of a Sephardic Jew at anti-war demonstrations in 1970 and 71.
The event masters of ceremony are Pablo Aceves of Union del Barrio and independent journalist/film maker Patricia Nazario. Speakers include NCMC Chair Jaime Cruz, Seferino Garcia speaking on police abuse in Anaheim, attorney William “Bill” Shibley son of Sleepy Lagoon Trial defense attorney George Shibley, Martha Equivel-California Families Against Solitary Confinement, Hank Jones-Black Panthers, Kathy Esptia-Prison Project, Jan Tucker-California League of Latin American Citizens and author of the Model Ordinance for Civilian Oversight of Police Misconduct, Lori Gonzalez-National Brown Berets de Aztlan (NBBA), Aloni Bonilla-victim of police brutality, attorney Guillermo Suarez speaking on political prisoner Ramsey Muniz, Enrique Morones-Border Angels, Irene Mena-NBBA, Maria Juarez (NBBA), speakers from the East Los Angeles Brown Berets (ELABB) and Brown Berets National Organization (BBNO), Bobby Verdugo, Sergio Garcia and a speaker from ELA Mecha discussing educational issues, David Rico-National Commander NBBA, Ross Romero-Chicanos Unidos, Ari Gutierrez-Latino Equality Alliance, Bamby Salcedo-Trans Latina, anti-war speaker Marco Amador, and Tomas Zuniga-Garinagu Empowerment Movement.
Entertainment and cultural performances will be made by Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc, Native American folk singer Relf Alison Star, and poets Max Cedillo and David Romero.
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