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Free Mario Rocha Film and Discussion, August 27Youth Justice Coalition, members of the Centro Cultural de Mexico, Colectivo Pixen, and members of the Rocha family present a film about Mario Rocha, who is fighting his conviction for murder, and host a discussion about youth incarceration.
Mario is one of many teenagers tried as adults, during an era when young people of color were demonized and public demands to have violent youth tried as adults. He was arrested at a flyer party in East LA, tried for a murder he maintains is a false charge, and now doing 29 years. Thanks to evidence presented by this film, he is awaiting retrial.
August 27th, 321 W. 5th St., Santa Ana, CA. Corner of 5th and Broadway.
08/15/2006
PATHWAYS mentoring program currently has children, ages 8-12 years old, who are waiting to spend just one hour a week with a mentor! The majority of our kids live in the Long Beach/Norwalk areas and they have at least one parent who is incarcerated. In L.A. County alone there are over 110,000 children who have a parent who is incarcerated. Our mentors need to be at least 18 years old and have to complete an application/screening process to ensure the safety of our kids.
Local Mentoring Pgm. For Children Of Incarcerated Parents by Lisa Delmar Edmonds
SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES, April 14, 2006 - According to south central farmers a unit from the LAPD Department of Internal Affairs came to the farm on Thursday to take statements from witnesses about the events surrounding Council Member Zine’s visit to the farm last Tuesday night. Full Story
Update: ... In Los Angeles we need angels of hope, amnesty, empathy, and equality. We do not need “Angelinos of Retribution”. This is the role that Mr. Zine presented when he publicly humiliated a 13-year old girl who went to testify about her traumatic experience in a dark night in South Central Los Angeles. ...
Full report:
Los Angeles City Council Member Dennis P. Zine does a drive-by in South Central by Tezozomoc
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