Dec. 10, Death of Mary Jesus Anniversary/ Photo

In Memory of Mary Jesus...

Click below for the photo taken of Mary Jesus, right before she died...

http://stream.paranode.com/imc/portland/images/2005/11/329641.jpg


The Message of Mary Jesus

The suicide of Mary Jesus was a prophetic warning, written in blood and death, that rent hikes and evictions destroy the lives of the poor...

Click below for full story...

http://www.tcrnews2.com/Evictions_Poor.html

http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2005/Mary-Jesus-Message1feb05.htm


The Last Testament of Mary Jesus
author: Lynda Carson       

Blood In The Streets Of Oakland.

The Last Testament of Mary Jesus
A Voice From the Past

(Includes last photo before her death)

By Lynda Carson November 28, 2005

Oakland CA -- A year ago December 10, a tragic scene unfolded at Oakland's Tribune Tower as hundreds gathered to watch Mary Jesus plunge to a bloody death.

There were no tickets sold for this event. No ticket takers, no ushers, no charge.

This was street theater of the damned, and everyone was welcome to watch the final curtain close, on the life and times of Mary Jesus.

Click below for more...

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/11/329632.shtml


From the June 10, 2005 Los Angeles Tmes:

A Tenant Who Paid Tragically

By Lee Romney Times Staff Writer Fri Jun 10, 7:55 AM ET

OAKLAND — After scattering hundreds of copies of her suicide note from the seventh-floor ledge of a downtown building, Mary Jesus held her nose and raised an arm in the air.

Then, like a swimmer taking a plunge, she leapt to her death.

"Goodbye cruel world and all that," said the note, which blamed her suicide on an eviction she had battled fiercely — and unsuccessfully. "Everyone will say what they always say when something totally preventable isn't prevented, 'Why didn't anybody do anything?' "

Click below for full story...

http://www.createpeaceathome.org/stories/deathstories/marylatimes6-10-05.htm


OAKLAND
Dozens see woman jump from Trib Tower

Chronicle Staff Report

Saturday, December 11, 2004
 
A 33-year-old woman jumped to her death Friday from the landmark Tribune building after tossing copies of a suicide note to a crowd gathered below.

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/12/11/BAEBDIGEST3.DTL


OAKLAND
Memorial for woman who leapt from tower

Henry K. Lee

Thursday, January 6, 2005
 
The Oakland Fire Department will hold a public memorial Monday for a woman who jumped to her death from the landmark Tribune building last month. Mary Jesus Brazil, 33, died after leaping from the building in downtown Oakland at about 1:50 p.m. Dec. 10. Before jumping, she tossed copies of a suicide note to a crowd at 13th and Franklin streets.

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/06/BAGOQAL6U51.DTL


Death of Mary Jesus
Mary Jesus, a longtime Oakland renter, had a message that she wanted to get ... About 50 people came to an Oakland memorial on January 10 for Mary Jesus. ...

http://www.thestreetspirit.org/Feb2005/mary.htm