DOCUMENT #10 - Mujeres en Lucha - Patricia Marín, Page 3. October 2, 1952 to December 19, 1995. Text originally published in the October – December 1995 issue of ¡La Verdad! Revised and re-published for aguilaycondor.net on the 15th Anniversary of the passing of Compañera Patricia Marín. Below is a text version of the revised text, and the menu to the right provides an audio version that can be downloaded and listened to, as well as a video version.
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Patricia had spent the week before her death in San José, assisting and providing direction for the compañeras and compañeros building Unión del Barrio in that area. With her return back to San Diego she was full of positive information - energized and excited by the bright future of our organizing efforts in northern California. If she had lived two weeks longer she would have seen the results of her nomination for the position of Coordinator of the San Diego chapter of Unión del Barrio. Patricia Marín passed away at the pinnacle of her activism and development. There is no doubt in any of our minds that if she had lived she would have easily reached the highest levels of leadership possible in Unión del Barrio - her determination and dedication to La Causa could not have produced any other results.
During her activism in Orange County she was chosen to represent the Orange County Chicano Moratorium at the 1990 Twentieth Commemoration of August 29th. Her presentation at this historic event focused on the building of unity and organization towards the betterment of La Raza. "We must build for Unity. . . " was what she exclaimed during the East Los Angeles event. From that point forward, Patricia put her words into action - every year until her passing she served on the national Mesa Directiva of the National Chicano Moratorium Committee. Later, after her move to San Diego, she assumed a leadership role within the Raza Rights Coalition, and at the time of her death she was the Outreach Coordinator for the mobilization against the 1996 Republican Convention.
Patricia joined Unión del Barrio in 1993, and immediately played a central role in several Unión del Barrio projects, most notably the Chicano Mexicano Prison Project (CMPP). In many ways, Patricia was the heart of the CMPP - she organized meetings, maintained records for all its participants, corresponded with the prisoners, originally served as Secretary on the Mesa Directiva, represented the CMPP by giving presentations, and wrote articles printed in the CMPP newsletter Las Calles Y La Torcida. Patricia Marín was central to formulating a vision and purpose for the project in general, and at the time of her death she had recently been elected into the position of Coordinator of the Chicano Mexicano Prison Project. Patricia also played a leading role in the founding and building of Unión del Barrio's Women's Commission. Her life experience tremendously enriched this process, and the growth of the Commission is partially due to her commitment and dedication.
Patricia Marín was the best example of what a true compa is and should be. She molded her personal life around her commitment to liberation struggle. Originally her move to San Diego was for the purpose of expanding her activism and developing herself as a revolutionary fighter by immersing herself in struggle. While in San Diego and maintaining an incredible level of activism, she still found time to study; at the time of her death she had recently been awarded a Master's Degree in multi-cultural Counseling. She was always quite open about the motives behind her studies - "I'm doing this so I can offer more monetary help to the group." The true revolutionary character Patricia possessed becomes readily apparent - especially since her educational/career goals had become side-noted in her life because, in all honesty, the Movimiento had become her life.
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