Background: Venceremos prison visits The SLA formed from people who met during prisoner outreach programs supported by the group Venceremos, active in the Palo Alto area, and the Black Cultural Association in Vacaville Prison, about 45 miles from Berkeley. Student volunteers from University of California, Berkeley, some recruited by graduate student and professor Colston Westbrook from his classes in African American linguistics, were encouraged to conduct prisoner outreach at Vacaville.
Background: Venceremos prison visits The SLA formed from people who met during prisoner outreach programs supported by the group Venceremos, active in the Palo Alto area, and the Black Cultural Association in Vac.aville Prison, about 45 miles from Berkeley. Student volunteers from University of California, Berkeley, some recruited by graduate student and professor Colston Westbrook from his classes in African American linguistics, were encouraged to conduct prisoner outreach at Vacaville