Rosa Clemente

Overview

Rosa Clemente born South Bronx, NY April 18, 1972; vice-presidential candidate of Green Party 2008 winning 161,797 votes; journalist, nonviolent community organizer; opposed all US wars; arrested for Black Lives Matter protests Ferguson, Los Angeles, Baton Rouge.

Quotations

“Not only do you speak out—you act against power. . . That’s putting your body on the line. . . You’re putting your freedom on the line. . .” (Oct. 29, 2013, Latino Quote of the Day)

“[W]e now have to talk about creating departments of peace. And we have to also talk about withdrawing troops wherever they reside in other people’s homelands.” (Democracy Now, Oct. 3, 2008; photo 1nedrop.com)