The 45th annual Chicano Park Day celebration will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2015 from 10 am to 5 pm in historic Chicano Park, located in the Barrio Logan community, south of downtown San Diego, under the San Diego-Coronado bridge. The theme will be “El Movimiento Continues: 45 years of Protesta, Cultura, y 40 years of Danza Azteca.”
The poster for the celebration this year honors the memory of Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzáles (June 30, 1928 – April 12, 2005), Emiliano Zapata (August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919), Reies Lopez Tijerina (September 21, 1926 – January 19, 2015), and compañero Ernesto Bustillos (March 2, 1952 – March 26, 2012). The artwork for the poster was created by Tlaloc Bustillos.
Compa Neto was among the original founders of Unión del Barrio. He was an educator, journalist, and an exceptional organizer. He was a theoretician, internationalist, and unrepentant combatant for class struggle. And he was forever a barrio-based homeboy, friend, and a comrade. Read more about Ernesto…