Chesa Boudin

Chesa Boudin, Chicago, Yale University

Chesa Boudin, editor of Letters from Young Activists written by 44 young activists with diverse backgrounds, ages 10-31, is also author of the book The Venezuelan Revolution: 100 Questions-100 Answers and translator of the book Understanding the Venezuelan Revolution: Hugo Chavez Talks to Marta Harnecker.
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The event highlighted Chesa Boudin, Yale graduate, Rhodes Scholar, and co-editor of the collection, Letters from Young Activists (LFYA).Boudin was joined by fellow LFYA contributors Tiffany King, a Delaware-based teacher and activist, and Najah Farley Samad, Boudin's Yale classmate.
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Boudin took the stage first.Boudin himself is the result of rather contentious circumstances: he is the white, middle-class, Ivy League educated son of parents imprisoned for committing a politically motivated robbery along with members of the Black Liberation Army.As a result of this political act, three men were killed, and while Boudin's mother has been released from prison on parole, his father will more than likely die in prison.

Of the three young activists present, Boudin was the most impressive, perhaps nurtured by his time spent on the road promoting Letters from Young Activists , as well as his newest book, The Venezuelan Revolution: 100 Questions and 100 Answers.By this I mean he was the most articulate and commanding of the three.The event didn't allow for much revelation in regards to his vision as a young activist, though, like so much of the young Left, he admitted to being excited about Venezuela and the democratic revolutions occurring throughout Latin America.As it were, Venezuela gives him much hope for the future of the U.S.

Of course, our friend Amin Sharif provided sparks, engaging Boudin in a bit of back and forth.
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Boudin, like me, only hopes that this is not to be the case.
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I think it was Boudin who opined that young activists were left directionless.

Chesa Boudin, Yale University

The outstanding achievements of these college students were recognized during a dinner reception in the Kaufman Conference Center at IIE's headquarters in New York, Friday, April 20, 2001.

Chesa Boudin, Yale (Chicago, Ill.)

Chesa Boudin
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Elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year, Chesa Boudin is a History major focusing on American and Latin American contemporary history, with a special interest in migration and forced displacement issues.In his first year at Yale, Chesa won an Association of Yale Alumni Community Service Summer Fellowship to defend immigrants' rights and work on sweatshop issues.He has traveled widely and spent his junior year studying at the Universidad de Chile as a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar.This year, he won a Mellon Forum grant from Yale to do thesis research on Peruvian immigrants in Chile.Chesa has participated in a range of community service projects including protecting nature reserves in rural Guatemala, constructing houses in Chile, and volunteer interpreting for Spanish-only speakers at Yale-New Haven hospital.In 2001, Chesa was one of 50 Goldman Sachs Global Leaders selected worldwide for academic achievement, dedication to service, and leadership potential.Chesa is an advocate for criminal justice reform and was a founding member of the Student Legal Action Movement at Yale.He has campaigned for improved prison conditions and protection of prisoners' rights in Connecticut State prisons and has lectured and published essays on the impact of parental incarceration for young children.He has also been an active member of the Yale Coalition for Peace, advocating a peaceful solution to the conflict in Iraq and encouraging campus and community debate about the war.At Yale he works as a study-abroad peer advisor and has a weekly radio show.In his spare time Chesa enjoys traveling, hiking and running.

Chesa Boudin, Chicago, Yale University

Chesa Boudin, Chicago, Yale University