#FREEVERNONNOW COLLECTIVE
“It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other.
We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
-Assata Shakur
On July 10, 2020, a group of us formed the #FreeVernonNow collective to fight for Vernon's physical freedom from the oppressive prison system. We are a group of educators, healers, health care workers, artists, community organizers, techies who are committed to learning, organizing and fighting to end mass incarceration, starting with our loving friend Vernon Evans.
OUR COLLECTIVE MEMBERS
"No one is free until we are all free!"-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
VERNON EVANS (HE/HIM/HIS)
Entrepreneur
courageous, resilient, loving
NHI TRUONG (SHE/HER)
Educator & Community Organizer
funny, loving, resilient
ALE SANCHEZ (SHE/HER)
Teacher
auntie, loving, & feminist
DREW OLLERO (HE/HIM/HIS)
Social Worker
healer, advocate, connector
JASMINE HARRIS (SHE/HER)
Engineer
passionate, adventurous, fiery
CARLO IGNACIO GUTIERREZ (HE/HIM/HIS)
Teacher
music, food, community
WENDY SENG (SHE/HER)
Build LEGOS
lovable, funny, charismatic
VY TRUONG
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APRIL GARCIA GARNER (SHE/HER)
Production Assistant
motivated, spiritual and stubborn
KATHY LI
High School Student
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MAX JIMENEZ (THEY/THEM)
Garden Teacher
loving, critical, understanding
DIANA DIAZ-NORIEGA (SHE/THEY)
Youth Organizing Program Manager at RYSE in Richmond, CA
Creative, Sister, Loving
BRAD SNYDER
Nurse Practitioner
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XAN BLACKWELL
Teacher
nice, thoughtful, hardworking
HANNAH LAI
College Student
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AMANI JACKSON
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TEE NGUYEN
Accountant
adventurous, logical, caring
STACY GEE (SHE/HER)
Meditator, Poet, Works in Mental Health
Contemplative, Spunky, Hopeful
CATHERINE NGUYEN
High School Student
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JR ARIMBOANGA
Stockton Unified Ethnic Studies Teacher On Special Assignment
student, teacher, photographer
RODRAEL GUADALUPE (HE/HIM/HIS)
Artist & Educator
creative, sensitive, passionate
DORA MEZA (SHE/HER/HERS)
CopyWriter
Creative, Curious, Compassionate
BJ VICTOR (HE/HIM/HIS)
Hip-Hop Artist, Serial Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
genuine, trustworthy, intentional
VICENTE GARCIA (HE/HIM/HIS)
Digital Creator, Artist
multidimensional. free. ascending.
ESTEBAN CUYA-MUNOZ (THEY/THEM)
Love Conduit
learning. evolving. loving.