1968

I was in the Cesar Chavez building up at my school waiting for my nine o'clock class to start when I hear the sound of Indians shouting what sounded like a war cry at the moment. I walked outside and saw a crowd of people circled around the stage. I took me a while to find out that today was the anniversary of the SF state student strike 40 years ago. The strike demanded an ethnic studies program and an end to the Vietnam War. As the announcer called out a bunch of names, I realized that I was standing next to many of the participants and leaders of that strike. Ohh, and Cesar Chavez's Grand daughter, and Danny Glover were over here too...