National Chicano Moratorium Speaker & Entertainment Lineup

J.B. Tucker & Associates

News Release

P.O. Box 433 Torrance CA 90508-0433 Tel: 310.618.9596 Fax: 310.618.1950

Cell: 818.720.3719 [email protected]

Criminal Justice Columnist, Counter Punch Magazine

Commentator, Black Talk Radio

“Public relations guru”—Los Angeles Times 1996

Former 1^st Vice President, LA Newspaper Guild

Member, CWA Local 39521, Pacific Media Workers Guild

For Immediate Release: August 19, 2016

For Information: Jan B. Tucker, 818.720.3719, Jaime Cruz 323.687.0963

46TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CHICANO MORATORIUM KICKS OFF

AUGUST 28 2016 AT SALAZAR PARK

The 46^th Annual National Chicano Moratorium commemoration of the death of crusadiing Chicano Journalist Ruben Salazar will kickoff with a march and rally to the park that now bears his name on August 28, 2016. Participants will gather at 9:00 am and march from Atlantic Park, 570 S. Atlantic Blvd., & 6thSt., to Ruben Salazar Park, 3864 Whittier Blvd., and Ditman Ave., for the 12:30pm Rally.

Rally speakers and entertainment at this year’s event include:

• Kwazi Nkrumah of the Martin Luther King Jr Coalition

• Jan B, Tucker & Michael D, McCarty

  Black Panther and professional story teller Michael D. McCarty for spoken word presentation

• Allegra Casimir Taylor

  Allegra Casimir Taylor, daughter of the late Black Panther Party political prisoner (51 years, murdered in prison last year) Hugo “Yogi Bear” Pinnell who will discuss her father’s case and the ongoing events since his murder

• Wayne Arroyo, longtime American Indian Movement (AIM) activist who will talk about the ongoing protests in North Dakota against the Dakota Access Pipeline

• Kiko Salazar who will speak on long time Chicano political prisoner Ramsey Muniz

• James Preston Allen

  James Preston Allen folk/labor singer (and Publisher of San Pedro’s Random Lengths community newspaper)

• Roberto Tijerina, internet radio talk show host from UC Riverside

• David Rico

  David Rico, Commander of the National Brown Berets de Aztlan

• Relf Alison Star (Native American activist) and Cindy Allaire, folk singers

• Deacon Alexander

  Deacon Alexander of the Black Panther Party Alumni Association

• Bamby Salcedo, TransLatina

• Jan B. Tucker of the California League of Latinos And Chicanos (CALLAC) will speak on immigration and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

• Seferino Garcia, Orange County National Brown Berets de Aztlan

• Son Real

  Son Real, a Los Angeles based son Jarocho band

• Elisa Mejia and Rodrigo, KPFK - FM, Pacifica Radio for Los Angeles

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