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Opinion: What a radical Chicano occupation can teach about the power of a church Felipe Hinojosa FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Yolanda Garza Birdwell (far right) and Poncho Ruiz (right), at a press conference to protest eviction of MAYO from Juan Marcos Presbyterian Church, February 26, 1970. Houston Post photographs RGD006N-1970-0928-043, Houston Public Library, HMRC. Via Apostles of Change © 2021 University of Texas PressHouston Post / Houston Public Library, HMRC. Via Apostles of Change © 2021 University of Texas PressShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Felipe Hinojosa is an associate professor of history at Texas A&M University and the author of the new book, 3of3 On a cold and wet Sunday morning on February 15, 1970, members of the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) broke a window at the empty Christ Presbyterian Church (later renamed Juan Marcos Presbyterian Church). The break was just large enough for one of their members to climb in, unlock the door and let others in. On

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