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DESCRIPTION:JUSTICE FOR ALEX SANCHEZ!!\n\nOn Wednesday April 14th at 7:00pm in the 
 Namaste Lounge we will be screening the film "Hijos De La Guerra" followed 
 by a Panel Discussion on Alex Sanchez facilitated by Nane Alejandrez of 
 Barrios Unidos and the wearealex.org Bay Area Committee\n\nHijos De La 
 Guerra-\n("Children of the War") is a documentary about the worlds largest 
 and most violent street gang the Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13. 
 The Mara Salvatrucha was formed in Los Angeles during the late 1980s by 
 teenage refugees from the Salvadoran civil war, as a means of protecting 
 themselves from the crossfire of ethnic rivalries. The gang channeled the 
 widespread trauma that a genocidal civil war had wrought on an entire 
 generation of orphaned and militarized kids into fanatical violence. This, 
 among many other reasons, has lead the FBI to declare the MS-13 to be the 
 fastest-growing and most violent street gang in the United States.\n\nAlex 
 Sanchez-\nAlex Sanchez's family migrated from El Salvador in the 1970s. He 
 was a former MS-13 gang member who turned his life around becoming an 
 internationally recognized peacemaker and co-founding Homies Unidos in Los 
 Angeles in 1998. On June 24, 2009, Alex was arrested and named in a federal 
 indictment based on weak evidence charging him, among a group on 23 others, 
 as an active gang member. He is currently out on bail but is far from free 
 as he is under strict probation and awaiting his trial in October. But Alex 
 and his supporters continue to fight for his freedom.\n\n*****We want to 
 host this event to not only inform the community on the issues but in hopes 
 of getting people involved with the We Are Alex campaign and also to *FUND 
 RAISE* for his case. We will be selling T-Shirts (15$), Prisoner Artwork 
 (5-10$), Post Cards (2-5$) and accepting donations of any amount, so please 
 come with a some funds if it is in your capacity to do 
 so.*****\n\n\nSponsored by the College Nine & College Ten CoCurricular 
 Programs Office and the Chicano/Latino Resource Center (El Centro)\n\nWe 
 wish to make this event accessible to all, for accommodations please 
 contact Rachel Ogata at rogata@ucsc.edu \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/14/18644712.php
SUMMARY:Hijos de La Guerra Screening at UCSC
LOCATION:Namaste Lounge, UCSC
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/14/18644712.php
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