From Dorinda Moreno:

Estimables companeros, Antonio Salazar, Presente!

Comadre Georgia Bowen Quinones, called early this morning to inform that our hermano, Tony Salazar, had passed away yesterday, followed soon after by emails, first from Juana Montgomery in Wash DC, and then Dr. Carlos Munoz, Jr. from Berkeley.

Also, I called and spoke to niece Felicia, who advised that following the San Francisco services, there would be announced a memorial at Tony's home turf, Los Angeles, when details are confirmed.

Though we exchanged many momentous experiences through the years, our favorite thing was to talk about the 70's and 'El Movimiento', The Chicano Moratorium, of Oscar "Zeta" Acosta, (Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, The Revolt of the Cockroach People), and the companeros of Los Four/Con Safos... the most poignant remembranza is always the last... when I saw him at Mission Dolores Park, fitting at a Chicano Moratorium, standing under a tree at mi barrio 'La Mision' that Tony adopted as his. There we both stood and reflected over how quickly time passed, how many of our compas also had passed... there on the hill, at my too brief visit it seemed our 3 decades plus passed before our eyes though he had already lost much of his vision, he embraced the moment... whether on stage, organizing back of the stage, or at the information tables... on the grass with the familia... El Tecolote... Tony, embraced by the sun, by Danza Azteca, Music, Poetry, political presentations, Dolores Huerta/Eva Royale... honoring our Chicano familia of Resistance... Also, I read the prose I wrote at the original Moratorium in l971, 'La Nina Lina', of the child I found, separated from her parents, whose memory never fades... yet, the rambunctious young HipHop rapper, abruptly ended my 3-minute presentation before the poem was over, giving the stage over to their more (they thought) 'Revolutionary rhetoric, 'asi son los jovenes, sometimes, that think they invented, 'El Movimiento, relevancy sometimes in the eye of the beholder... sharing under the sky with companeros presentes y no presentes: Antonio Salazar, Eva Royale, Francisco Herrera, Mesha Monge Irizarry, Mary Jane Robertson, Alfonso Texidor, Pinguino/Hector 'El Indio', Peace and Dignity Journeys runner, and other gente - pleased that in a brief moment at nuestro querido barrio, 'La Mision,' he was adopted as a native son, nuestra historia like moving murals of a blessed kaliedascope of memories... Adios, Companero, Antonio Salazar, Presente!

—Dorinda Moreno

AND from Juana Montgomery-Kleiman:

My adopted brother Tony Salazar, President of Salazar Communications and Teleguia Magazine died yesterday morning. He was a very loving, talented, and a unique person. Passionate about family and passionate about the needs and services to the Hispanic community. He will be remembered and missed by many--family, friends, the Hispanic community, and the media community.

I am sharing with family and friends that the Vigil-Rosary will be held Friday, June 1, 6:00 pm, at Duggan's Funeral Services, 3434-17th Street near Valencia St. ( 415) 431-4900; the Mass will be held Saturday, June 2, 9:30 am, at St. Paul's Catholic Church, 221- Valley St. @ Church Street, (415) 648-7538; and cards and remembrances can be sent to the Family of Antonio (Tony) Salazar, 3505 -19th Street, #207, San Francisco, CA. 94110.

I am leaving Washington, DC tomorrow, and will remain in San Francisco until Tuesday, June 5, lodging at [lodging info and numbers edited].

My thoughts and prayers are with you all,
Juana

Juana Montgomery-Kleiman
Sr. Communications Specialist & EEO Programs Advisor
Federal Reserve Board - EEO Programs Office - MS 156

—Juana Montgomery-Kleiman