Ms. Shirley joined our participatory defense meetings at the beginning of 2025 in support of her grandson Rodrigo, who is currently serving a life without parole sentence at Solano State Prison. Ms. Shirley and her daughter in law have been in full support of Rodrigo throughout his incarceration and through them, we have learned that Rodrigo found healing and a way to express himself through art.
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The #Google8 were arrested and detained on Dec 4th in protest of the public land sale to Google for a new downtown San Jose campus. Two months later they marched into their court date with community support and the message that opposition to this campus is not a crime and the land should be donated back to the community.
