People of Watsonville 3 - Stopping the Death of our Children By David Bacon Watsonville, CA 11/7/10
The 17th annual memorial and march for young people in Watsonville, who have died as a result of violence in the Latino community. Domiciano Ramirez, who lost his son, sits next to his wife Teresa, and his granddaughter Brenda. Brenda Ramirez lost her uncle, Greg, when he was 26. Margarita Renteria lost her son Servando when he was 16. Carolina Cervantes' son Ray was shot and killed when he was 21. The memorial was organized by members of the Watsonville Brown Berets. Aztec dancers led a march after of the ceremony, while political and labor activist Robert Chacanaca looked on. Brenda Ramirez, Margarita Renteria and Carolina Cervantes all held photographs of the young men in their families who have been killed, as they walked in the rain around the central plaza downtown. Later Watsonville Mayor Luis Alejo comforted the mother of one of the murdered young people. Alejo, who was just elected to the California State Assembly, was one of the original organizers of the community marches against violence, and was the Watsonville attorney for many years for California Rural Legal Assistance. "Stopping the death of our children is the best way we have to remember those who've already died," said Carolina Cervantes. For more articles and images, see http://dbacon.igc.org See also Illegal People -- How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants (Beacon Press, 2008) Recipient: C.L.R. James Award, best book of 2007-2008 http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=2002 See also the photodocumentary on indigenous migration to the US Communities Without Borders (Cornell University/ILR Press, 2006) http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4575 See also The Children of NAFTA, Labor Wars on the U.S./Mexico Border (University of California, 2004) http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9989.html -- __________________________________ David Bacon, Photographs and Stories http://dbacon.igc.org __________________________________ [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]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
