Richard Santillan, left, Raul Cardoza and Monte Perez speak with members of the Gaza solidarity encampment at Cal State L.A. on Saturday. California Column: Pringles, plywood and chalk: The supply chain sustaining the Cal State L.A. encampment The Cal State L.A. encampment is at a commuter school on the Eastside, with a blue-collar, Latino-majority student body of all ages who wouldn’t seem to have the time to protest, let alone live in a tent town for days. Besides Cardoza and Gutiérrez, who were Cal State L.A. alums at the time, the rest of the six were students. “We always remained activists afterward,” said Castro, a Cal State L.A. student at the time who later became the second Latina on the Los Angeles Unified school board. Cal State L.A. Chicana(o) and Latina(o) Studies Chair Anita Revilla Tijerina was approaching.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 21, 2024 14:22 UTC