Shout outs

Hi Team Chavez/Vera Cruz,

SHOUT OUTs to

Angela Colendres - for finishing her research on civil rights activist Angela Davis and writing some great information about her on our team blog!

Citizen Schools at ECP - for their google blogging apprenticeship.  We're excited to be following you!

Team Chavez-Vera Cruz - for showing teamwork and respect on our San Francisco State University Field trip last week!  Take a look at some of our pictures:

Team Chavez/Vera Cruz in front of the Cesar Chavez Student Center:

Angela Davis by Angela Colendres

Angela Davis was a American Political Activist, Scholar, and a author. She was most political during the 1960's - 1970's. She was born on January 26, 1944. She was with the Communist Party USA, The Civil Rights Movement, and The Black Panther Party. She was once charged for murder and Kidnapping. They say she killed 3 people and a judge at the Civic Center, August 7th, 1970, in San Rafael. She was trying to free George Jackson from a courtroom, but she got arrested a few moments after. Authorities say the 2 guns in the shooting were purchased by Angela Davis. A Los Angeles say that she got a passport and went to Canada. Judge Hayley, McCain, William Christmas, and Jonathan P. Jackson are the suspects. She was claimes not guilty but she was briefly on the "Worlds Most Wanted List". She joined the Communist Party USA when Martin Luther King JR. was assinated in 1968. She was active with the SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) before the Black Panthers. She ran for U.S Vice President on the Communist Party ticket in 1980. Angela Davis has been an activist and writer promoting women's rights and racial justice while pursuing her dream as a philosopher and teacher at The University of Santa Cruz and San Francisco University. Angela Davis did a part in our freedom.
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