4/9: Ontario, CA: 14 Yr Old Student Commits Suicide After Vice Principal Threatens Prison for School Walk-Out FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEWS CONFERENCE
Sunday, April 9, 2006 12:00 p.m. Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 710 S. Sultana Ave., Ontario, CA 91761 Louise Corales, whose 14 year-old son, Anthony Soltero, died on April 1 after committing suicide, will speak to the community and ask for a prayer for her son this Sunday, following the 11:00 a.m. mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Ontario, California. Eighth grader Anthony Soltero shot himself through the head on Thursday, March 30, after the assistant principal at De Anza Middle School told him that he was going to prison for three years because of his involvement as an organizer of the March 28 school walk-outs to protest the anti-immigrant legislation in Washington. The vice principal also forbade Anthony from attending graduation activities and threatened to fine his mother for Anthony's truancy and participation in the student protests. "Anthony was learning about the importance of civic duties and rights in his eighth grade class. Ironically, he died because the vice principal at his school threatened him for speaking out and exercising those rights," Ms. Corales said today. "I want to speak out to other parents, whose children are attending the continuing protests this week. We have to let the schools know that they can't punish our children for exercising their rights." Anthony's death is likely the first fatality arising from the protests against the immigration legislation being considered in Washington, D.C. Anthony, who was a very good student at De Anza Middle School in the Ontario-Montclair School District, believed in justice and was passionate about the immigration issue. He is survived by his mother, Louise Corales, his father, a younger sister, and a baby brother. Ms. Corales will speak to the community after mass on Sunday, April 9, 2006 at 12:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. She will ask for a prayer for Anthony, whose funeral and burial are scheduled for Monday, April 10 in Long Beach, where he was born. CONTACT: R. SAMUEL PAZ (310) 410-2981 (310) 989-6815 Anyone who want to send a condolence please send your e-mail to: E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ================================================================= ActionLA Action for World Liberation Everyday! Tel: (213)403-0131 URL: _http://www.ActionLA.org_ (http://www.actionla.org/) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Please Donate to ActionLA! Send check pay to: The Peace Center/ActionLA 8124 West 3rd Street, Suite 104 Los Angeles, CA 90048 (at the memo line write donations to ActionLA/SEE, all donations are tax deductible) ============================================= The web page has been design by Activist Design Studio Please visit: _http://www.ActivistDesign.net_ (http://www.activistdesign.net/) Toll-Free: (888)635-3307 ============================================= Please join our ActionLA Listserv go to: _http://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/actionla_ (http://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/actionla) or send e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Please join our new Asian American Labor Activism Alert! Listserv, send-e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
