Call to Action
REVOLUTIONARY WOMAN OF THE DAY: Comandante Ramona (1959-2006) was an indigenous street-seller who became a revolutionary leader to fight for the indigenous and marginalized peoples of Mexico. She joined the EZLN (Zapatista Army for National...
REVOLUTIONARY WOMAN OF THE DAY: Nguyễn Thị Định (March 15, 1920 – August 26, 1992) was a Vietnamese resistance fighter and leader in the revolution against French colonialism and later against US forces in Vietnam. She was arrested and...
REVOLUTIONARY WOMAN OF THE DAY: Ines Carinugan of the Itawes region of Cagayan, Philippines (executed in 1661). Ines was a babaylan (priestess) and healer who led the rebellion of East and West Cagayan’s peoples against Spanish...
REVOLUTIONARY WOMAN OF THE DAY: Lucy Parsons (circa 1853 – March 7, 1942) was a labor organizer, socialist, and legendary orator. Lucy was of Native American, Black, and Mexican ancestry, born in Texas as a slave. She moved to Chicago...
REVOLUTIONARY WOMAN OF THE DAY: Minerva Mirabal, or María Argentina Minerva Mirabal (March 12, 1926 – November 25, 1960) was a woman from Salcedo, Dominican Republic who militantly opposed the US-backed dictatorship of Rafael...
REVOLUTIONARY WOMAN OF THE DAY from THE ORIGINAL “OCCUPY MOVEMENT”: LaNada Boyer/Means (Shoshone Bannock), head of the Native American Student Organization of UC Berkeley, who helped lead the occupation of Alcatraz, which began...
REVOLUTIONARY WOMAN OF THE DAY: Haydee Santamaria Cuadrado (1922-1980); Cuban revolutionary and advocate of politically dissident artists; peasant turned guerrilla who fought in the Marianas, a women's battalion of the rebel army. She...
In honor of International Human Rights Day, AF3IRM San Diego supported
the 102 walkers who made the 18 mile trek from the San Ysidro Border
to Chicano Park to help raise awareness for the human rights
violations of those who lost their...
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