at 14, on behalf of my sister and myself, spoke to each of my parents asking what the other could do to end the cold war between them and encouraged them to get a divorce. “You are not doing us any favors staying together, but not talking to each other.”
at 17, created the Governor of Fine Arts at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach. Ran and won
at 20, performed a one-woman show about Joan of Arc
at 26, began teaching in South Central. “Why do you teach?” “To empower.”
at 32, began hosting salons in my home
at 37, volunteered with Results “Creating the political will to end hunger and poverty.”
held a fundraiser for Results where Valerie Harper and the Results president spoke
at 48, spoke to the LAUSD school board and the State Education Committee about the unconscionable timing of the
CELDT test and its effect on the lives of ELD students
was invited to present my position to the State Legislature’s Education Committee in Sacramento
at 52, worked with 99Rise activists to overturn Citizens United
marched from LA to Sacramento along Delores Huerta’s route and peacefully occupied the Capitol for eleven
days where now Congressman Ted Lieu publicly appreciated our support and presence in the Capitol. When his
bill passed he held our “one person, one vote” forefinger high in the air and turned in a circle to all of
us in balcony of the Senate.
At 55, changed my email to equalrightsequalpay upon the election of the 45th president and engaged in passing the
Equal Rights Amendment to restore integrity to the United States Constitution by mending the invisible hole
the size of every woman in the 14th Amendment. “Person” does not mean “everyone” according to originalist
jurists of the Supreme Court
At 58, petitioned the court in my own defense