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Show FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2001 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE self is the most radical and revolutionary thing you can do. It's an everyday act against oppression." Rodriguez spoke about the trauma he has experienced. "Even though I have been diagnosed with post traumatic stress syndrome, it doesn't mean I live with SPEECH continued from page Bend-in-Riv- er Project Seeks Volunteers "I don't want to stay with the pain in this speech, but I just wanted to let you know where I'm coming from," she said. Her healing began when she communed with Mother Earth, she said. "I realized the feminine energy of Mother Earth, which made me find my own feminine energy," she said. "Mother Earth is the great recycler, and I had to recycle the trash that Thanks to the Olympic Winter Games, Salt Lake City will have more "cool space" in the future. Saturday, the Bennion Community Service Center will plant ioo trees donated by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, at the Urban Tree House and Green Space. As part of its campaign to minimize the environmental impact of the games, SLOC initiated a program to promote urban forestry and selected the project as one of its beneficiaries. Sonja Hervi, the project coordinator, is asking for volunteers to help plant the trees. There is no age or skill requirement, and the project will provide the tools and Bend-in-the-Riv- Bend-in-the-Riv- remembered being called a "wet back" everyday. However, the most traumatic event he experienced happened on March 23, 1979. He photographed about a dozen police officers severely beating a man. The officers then turned on Rodriguez and hit him about 50 times and cracked his skull, he said. He was jailed, hospitalized and then charged with trying to kill four police officers. Throughout his lifetime, he was arrested more than 60 times. "Every time I was arrested, I thought I was going to be killed," he Gonzales has explored many herbalist and naturalist paths in her healing. She recently attended a seminar on the power of the heart in healing and found out that there is a physio- logical change in the brain that occurs when a person is traumatized. The neural pathways get shifted to the lower brain, which is the most primitive part of the brain, she said. "When you focus more on your heart than your head, you have more emotional power, which gives you more control over your fate," she er Chrony 001-704- little." t rp until noon. ii f I I ii I I ;': M- iH fl?l i ""' p i'l it - Meet Squatters Provo cfli 'v o ii II , 1 JLJ It tA ('rl &l locicliill Drive. Salt I aki- M: I If.ili. 84 108 id KOI.S82.7?')8 t'.ix Slll.SSrSV, www jiihlhuus.cimi ji)n.i,"jn!illi.iiis.i mn Mon-l:r- i 7: JO.im rr 7: 50pm. S.ir 7: iOam to 6pm 'SMt - f -- y Op-- r-t- m Patrisia Gonzales speaks at "On the Road to Rehumanization" Thursday. Roberto Rodriguez spoke as well. The married couple are syndicated columnists. ject. 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However, after the trial ended, the officers involved were promoted. People of color understand instinctively racial and social hate, he said. seven-and-a-ha- "They arc always saying that our youth are hopeless. They have hope, they need faith they can change their fate," she continued. "Loving your "Participants should wear work clothes," Hervi said. "We'll provide the rest." Hervi expects 50 to 100 volunteers, about half from the University of Utah community. A free breakfast is served at 8 a.m., then the planting lasts from 9 a.m. See news? Tell it to said. He had two trials, which lasted a said. gloves. r, it," he said. In i960, Rodriguez's family immigrated to the United States. He was in me." er The project has selected trees native to the Jordan River flood plain. These include poplars, sumacs and elderberries. a The Bendin-the-Rivenatural green space along the Jordan River, is located at 1030 W. Fremont Avenue (noo South). The Bennion Center, along with a number of community groups, maintains the site, which was founded in 1996 as part of the Bennion Center's 10th anniversary celebration. The Michael Foundation and various sources fund the pro- 1 "I had a lot of hate put in me, I didn't want it, but it was forced there," he said. "One time, when I was talking about my experiences. I lost my voice. I recognized then something bad had happened to me. I meditated, and I had visions, which is something very special." Rodriguez described the beginning of his rehumanization process. "I wasn't human. I couldn't sing, I couldn't dance. I had so much rage in me," he said. "Someone prayed over me with sage, and I sang for the first time in 29 years. Now I sing for the Hopi elders. I still have some of the hate, but it's peeling away little by MKmnmiwwms wwsBymiimi.wwjw- I tiaus fflarkrt r t If m 3 |