Tuesday, April 24, 2007

More On The Home Of The Mexica Mural

UPDATE: Some more information on Theodore Roosevelt High School in LA. An eye opening account of a woman and her efforts to stop military recruiting at the high school.
Note this paragraph...

But more important than the numbers were the experiences that came out of this campaign. One student, Michelle Villegas, initiated passing out counter-recruitment flyers with her student club (MEChA, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) this past year. The principal stopped her, saying that she needed administrator approval. Her mother joined her effort, searching on the Internet and found CAMS. Mrs. Villegas wrote to us and asked for help. I received her email, wrote a response, and copied it to the ACLU. After a meeting with the district lawyer, the administration changed its position and allowed students to distribute flyers wherever they wanted. But it didn't stop there. This incident energized Michelle and her mother to join CAMS and take the leadership at their high school.
So it boils down to...

US miltary=the bad guys

MEChA=the good guys

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