are kept here because they see our discipline, because our kids walk in a straight line." The children were described as "hav[ing] a very clear picture in their minds that they don't want to be the same as other blacks in the Watts community". David Jackson, who was 14 when he and his mother Constance Jackson joined the EAA, credits Broussard with rescuing him from gangs, ""[Broussard] actually was the person that got me out of gangs in LA and...taught me that I have options..." Move to Oregon The bulk of the group's members moved to Sandy, Oregon, in 1987, though they did maintain their Avalon Boulevard headquarters. The Sandy property offered a lot more space––on which they planned to organically farm and to build a youth camp with pools and gymnasiums in order to train for the Olympics. Broussard told the neighbors they had a "plan for the welfare of a lost generation". The group quickly dropped their plans for a full youth camp after significant objection from neighbours. The group struggled to farm despite having expensive equipment, though Broussard would later claim the group had grown of produce. By late 1988 Ecclesia housed 53 children ranging in age from six weeks to sixteen years, and the group had a second house in Clackamas, Oregon. The parents of these children were all members of the group; they had been forced to sign a vow of poverty upon joining the group which put themselves, their children, and their assets under Broussard's control. The group never formally registered in Oregon and did not have any sort of license or permission to school its children. The life of EAA residents in Oregon was highly regimented, with the children training under the supervision of Broussard's oldest son, Eldridge Broussard III, who had been born in 1976. Ecclesia members publicly bragged about the physical fitness of the children in the group's Olympic training program, claiming they were capable of performing extensive calisthenics, including one to five thousand continuous jumping jacks and runs of up to ten miles. During a reporter's visit to Oregon, teens and adults were observed working long days in the fields, unable to talk or sing because it would, according to a group spokeswoman, lower productivity. Jackson, who was 18 and a trainer when the EAA moved to Oregon, described the conditions as basic. Neighbors did not notice any signs of