Chicano Park Steering Committee Remembers and Celebrates
- Jose Gomez - resident of Barrio Logan and one of the leaders of the struggle to create and preserve Chicano Park died in January, 1985.
Laura Rodriguez - elder and barrio resident also involved in the struggle to gain Chicano Park passed away in 1994.
- And those who participated in the takeover of the park:
- Mario "Torero" Acevedo - takeover, artist muralist
- Felipe Adame - takeover, City College student, artist muralist
- Alurista - takeover, poet, writer, teacher
- Gabby Alvarez - takeover, Brown Beret, deceased 1979
- Mike Amador - supported takevover, market business owner
- Guillermo Aranda - takeover, artist, co-founder Centro Cultural de la Raza
- Angie Avila - supported takeover, staff Neighborhood House- "insider"
- Cesar Barajas - takeover, resident, "hellraiser"
- Gloria Bartlett - takeover, City College student
- Oscar Borrego - supported takeover, Neighborhood House staff
- Father Brown - supported takeover
- Brown Berets - takeover
- Rico Bueno - takeover, City College student, former chair CPSC - 1972, designed logo
- Ernesto Bustillos - takeover, San Diego High School student, deceased 2012
- Tomasa "Tommie" Camarillo - takeover, resident, activist (presently chair, CPSC)
- Tomas "Coyote" Castañeda - takeover, artist, organizer
- Father Chavez - supported takeover
- Anastacia and Alfredo Cortez - takeover, barrio residents, (Alfredo is deceased)
- Felipe Esparza - takeover, City College student
- Mr. Estupion - supported takeover, former Vice Principal San Diego High School
- Rosario Gallardo - takeover, barrio resident
- Carlos Garcia - student
- Manuel Garcia - resident
- Ralph "Holy Mole" Gomez - takeover, Vietnam vet, brother of Jose Gomez
- Richard Gomez - takeover, City College student
- Alejandro Gonzalez - supported takeover, welfare rights organizer
- Richard Gonzalez - supported takeover, former director Chicano Federation
- Stevie Guttierez - takeover, SDSU student, Brown Beret
- Maria Guadalupe Guzman - takeover, barrio resident
- Max Hernandez - supported takeover, former chair Chicano Federation
- Jesus Hueso - supported takeover, coordinated Head Start Program
- Father Juan Hurtado - supported takeover, blessed the park
- Marta Hurtado - takeover, resident, first group of strikers in the park
- Margarita & Juan "Chiquis" Ledesma - takeover, planting, barrio residents
- Tony Leyva - takeover, Brown Beret
- Joe Loder - takeover, City College student
- Carmen Lopez - supported takeover, staff of Planned Parenthood
- Ronnie Lopez - takeover, City College student
- Irene Mena - takeover, resident, activist, Brown Beret, elder
- Gracia Molina de Pick - SDSU professor, took tools & students to the park
- M.E.Ch.A./M.A.Y.A. (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano en Aztlán/Mexican American Youth Association) chapters - takeover and supporters
- Mike Nava - takeover, former chair, Brown Berets, co-chair of CPSC, 1972
- Rosa Olga Navarro - takeover, City College student
- Victor Ochoa - takeover, artist, muralist, co-founder Centro Cultural de la Raza
- Nano and Connie Ojeda - supported takeover, Nando worked for Neighborhood House
- Joe "Kiki" Ortega - takeover, Brown Berets
- Horacio Osuna - takeover, Brown Berets
- Abran Quevedo - takeover, artist
- Octaviano Quintero - takeover, Brown Berets, member CPSC, Jose Gomez Brigade
- Jessie Ramirez - supported takeover, former director Chicano Federation
- Gil Robledo - supported takeover, Chicano Studies teacher whose class included Josie Talamantez, Rico Bueno, David Rico and others central to the takeover of the Park
- Graciela Romero - barrio resident supported takeover
- Guillermo Rosete - takeover, artist, activist
- Gloria Sanchez - supported takeover, worked at Neighborhood House (now Logan Clinic)
- Pedro Sanchez - supported takeover, now a Catholic priest
- David Savage - takeover - Brown Beret
- Mario Solis - takeover, "Paul Revere" of Chicano Park, City College student, deceased
- Joe Suarez - takeover, resident, former chair CPSC
- Josie Talamantez - takeover, activist, resident, City College student
- Salvador "Queso" Torres - takeover, artist, muralist, concept of public murals on pillars
- Ronnie Trujillo - takeover, City College student
- Charlene "Güera" Valencia - takeover, supporter
- Rigoberto Vendiola - takeover, Brown Beret
- ...and the many others who have been forgotten.
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Map of Chicano Park featuring each mural, names of artists, and dates.
What is the Chicano Park Steering Committee?
The Battle of Chicano Park: A Brief History of the Takeover
Press on Chicano Park
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