business letter

chelsea

howard zinn at city college

today is april 20, 2010 and today i attended the honoring the passing of HOWARD ZINN at city college. it was really nice to hear all the speeches about current and past activists that fought for not only their rights but the rights of others. they all stood out to me especially the ones who were talking about the war. one quote from one of the ladies reciting that stood out to me was, "Fuck the yellow ribbon, bring our troops home!" and also the one where the girl was talking about the passing of her husband in the military and how she has three kids and forget about the government and the check they send to her because the passing of her husband and she tears up the check and sends it back to them each and everytime becuase no check will bring her husband home. i was just so struck by the power of the words that were coming from these students at city college. what also stood out to me was when at the end the lasy was saying how they are going to sacremento to the governors office and protest that they are not tolerating the unjust anymore.

about me

my name is chelsea galkoski. i am 17 years old. i am born and raised here in san diego. i have a pretty outrageous family. i have 4 sisters and two brothers. i would have had 5 brothers but two got adopted out at birth and one died at 3 months of age. i have a pretty close relationship with my mother and i talk to her about everything. i myself am a mother. i gave birth to my daughter Maliyah Renee Wilson on January 29, 2010 at Grossmont Hospital. she weighed 9lbs and 60z and was 22inches long. she was a healthy and happy baby. her dad and i are always off and on, we fight a lot. he is 20 and goes to college for mechanics. i currently am still in high school in my senior year. i hope to grduate, get my own apartmet, a job, and go to college to pursue some kind of career to not only create a better future for myself but also for m.y daughter so she is always healthy and happy because i want her to have everythig i didnt and i dont ever want her to go with out. also so im not another satistic in the book.