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Staff, students, friends and family commemorate local activist in Peace Pole celebration<\/strong><\/p>\n

San Jose City College dedicated a ceremony to Sal Alvarez for his peace work in the Bay Area and around the world.<\/p>\n

Many people had the opportunity to speak about Alvarez and his impact on the community including Byron Breland, SJCC president, Dave Cortese, president of Santa Clara County Board of supervisors, Deacon Ruben Solorio and the San Jose City Mayor Sam Liccardo.<\/p>\n

\"John
[\/media-credit] John Mathias Financial Consultant. up holding Peace pole in Dedication of Deacon Sal Alveraz on Monday\u00a0September 21st at the Tech center\u00a0court yard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\u201cHe taught me to insure love, peace and passion in everything that we do,\u201d Solorio said. \u201cThe three activist mention earlier; Martin Luther king, Gandhi and Cesar Chavez, he was a part of that influence. He took all three spiritualities to form his spirituality. That is why this peace pole is dedicated to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alvarez was active in the farm workers movement with Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. According to the article \u201cSal Alvarez, catholic deacon and social activist in San Jose, dies,\u201d in the San Jose Mercury News, he was also a delegate on peace missions to 20 nations and helped with the Immigration and Reform Act of 1986 with Congressman Peter Rodino and Senator Alan Simpson.<\/p>\n

As a result of all his work, in 2011, he was awarded the \u201cPro Eccesia et Pontifice\u201d (For Church and Pope) by Pope Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlvarez was like a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. You would be impacted by his life even if you (were not) in direct contact with him. He lived a great life,\u201d Cortese said. \u201cI can remember him walking side by side with Yolanda King.\u201d<\/p>\n

Douglas Martin wrote, on his New York Times article \u201cYolanda King, 51, Actor and Dr. King\u2019s Daughter, Dies,\u201d that King was the eldest child of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. She followed her father steps in pushing for civil rights and equality through nonviolence.<\/p>\n

\"Mayor
[\/media-credit] Mayor Same Liccordo of San Jose California speaks at the Peace Pole event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\u201cHe would work with the county, he would work with the city, he would shovel back and forth to the mayor\u2019s office, to (the) president or the supervisors bringing together resources,\u201d Sam Liccardo said.<\/p>\n

A prayer was also held for Alvarez to commemorate his work through the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlvarez was a prophet, someone you grew up with that you didn\u2019t want to hear but it was what you needed to hear,\u201d Liccardo said. \u201cHe woke people up to harsh realities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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