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Oakland, CA – Two local high school students returned last night after actively participating in the Civil Rights Pilgrimage hosted by Congressman John Lewis (D. Georgia). The youth took their place next to members of Congress intensively listening to presenters and speaking up during reflection periods and other sessions appropriate for dialog among the body of participating members. The youth were selected by the
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Fuller and Cuevas joined Freedom Center Director of Community and Government Relations, Karen Bohlke, as the trio exchanged ideas and emotions with many Civil Rights leaders such as Dorothy Cotton, Rev. James Lawson, Bernard La Fayette and Reverend Joseph Lowry. Rev. Lowry told the group that “today we need to be like the Redwood trees of
Fuller, Cuevas and Bohlke will be making presentations in classrooms and community events informing people of their experience and arousing and mobilizing people to actively engage in making the world better.
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From Left to Right, Gerardo Cuevas, Congressman John Lewis, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Eric Fuller at the