Shit, horrible story if true...
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4/9: Ontario, CA: 14 Yr Old Student Commits Suicide After Vice
Principal Threatens Prison for School Walk-Out
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS CONFERENCE
Sunday, April 9, 2006 12:00 p.m.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
710 S. Sultana Ave., Ontario, CA 91761
Louise Corales, whose 14 year-old son, Anthony Soltero, died on April 1
after committing suicide, will speak to the community and ask for a
prayer
for her son this Sunday, following the 11:00 a.m. mass at Our Lady of
Guadalupe Church in Ontario, California.
Eighth grader Anthony Soltero shot himself through the head on
Thursday,
March 30, after the assistant principal at De Anza Middle School told
him
that he was going to prison for three years because of his involvement
as an
organizer of the March 28 school walk-outs to protest the
anti-immigrant
legislation in Washington. The vice principal also forbade
Anthony
from
attending graduation activities and threatened to fine his mother for
Anthony's truancy and participation in the student protests.
"Anthony was learning about the importance of civic duties and rights
in
his eighth grade class. Ironically, he died because the vice principal
at
his school threatened him for speaking out and exercising those
rights," Ms.
Corales said today. "I want to speak out to other parents, whose
children
are attending the continuing protests this week. We have to let the
schools
know that they can't punish our children for exercising their rights."
Anthony's death is likely the first fatality arising from the protests
against the immigration legislation being considered in Washington,
D.C.
Anthony, who was a very good student at De Anza Middle School in the
Ontario-Montclair School District, believed in justice and was
passionate
about the immigration issue. He is
survived by his mother, Louise
Corales,
his father, a younger sister, and a baby brother.
Ms. Corales will speak to the community after mass on Sunday, April 9,
2006
at 12:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. She will ask for a
prayer
for Anthony, whose funeral and burial are scheduled for Monday, April
10 in
Long Beach, where he was born.
CONTACT: R. SAMUEL PAZ
(310) 410-2981
(310) 989-6815
Anyone who want to send a condolence please send your e-mail to:
E-mail: [email protected]
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4/9: Ontario, CA: 14 Yr Old Student Commits Suicide After Vice
Principal Threatens Prison for School Walk-Out
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS CONFERENCE
Sunday, April 9, 2006 12:00 p.m.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
710 S. Sultana Ave., Ontario, CA 91761
Louise Corales, whose 14 year-old son, Anthony Soltero, died on April 1
after committing suicide, will speak to the community and ask for a
prayer
for her son this Sunday, following the 11:00 a.m. mass at Our Lady of
Guadalupe Church in Ontario, California.
Eighth grader Anthony Soltero shot himself through the head on
Thursday,
March 30, after the assistant principal at De Anza Middle School told
him
that he was going to prison for three years because of his involvement
as an
organizer of the March 28 school walk-outs to protest the
anti-immigrant
legislation in Washington. The vice principal also forbade
Anthony
from
attending graduation activities and threatened to fine his mother for
Anthony's truancy and participation in the student protests.
"Anthony was learning about the importance of civic duties and rights
in
his eighth grade class. Ironically, he died because the vice principal
at
his school threatened him for speaking out and exercising those
rights," Ms.
Corales said today. "I want to speak out to other parents, whose
children
are attending the continuing protests this week. We have to let the
schools
know that they can't punish our children for exercising their rights."
Anthony's death is likely the first fatality arising from the protests
against the immigration legislation being considered in Washington,
D.C.
Anthony, who was a very good student at De Anza Middle School in the
Ontario-Montclair School District, believed in justice and was
passionate
about the immigration issue. He is
survived by his mother, Louise
Corales,
his father, a younger sister, and a baby brother.
Ms. Corales will speak to the community after mass on Sunday, April 9,
2006
at 12:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. She will ask for a
prayer
for Anthony, whose funeral and burial are scheduled for Monday, April
10 in
Long Beach, where he was born.
CONTACT: R. SAMUEL PAZ
(310) 410-2981
(310) 989-6815
Anyone who want to send a condolence please send your e-mail to:
E-mail: [email protected]
=================================================================
ActionLA
Action for World Liberation Everyday!
Tel: (213)403-0131
URL: http://www.ActionLA.org
e-mail: [email protected]
Please Donate to ActionLA!
Send check pay to:
The Peace Center/ActionLA
8124 West 3rd Street, Suite 104
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(at the memo line write donations to ActionLA/SEE, all donations are
tax deductible)
=============================================
The web page has been design by Activist Design Studio
Please visit: http://www.ActivistDesign.net
Toll-Free: (888)635-3307
