Maria Echaveste quoted in San Jose Mercury News, April 12, 2013
Maria Echaveste … former deputy chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, spoke about her youth picking strawberries, tomatoes and “yes, even cotton.” Calling on people to fight for immigration reform and for better schools and health care, Echaveste said, “What makes me believe we could do this is just looking at this room, with all the different colors, different backgrounds, different languages; that we are united in working for justice, in working for change. I’m so glad to be part of the Berkeley community.”