2005

Themes: resistance; resilience; healing; land and people struggle

Artist Salvador Barajas created the poster for the 35th Chicano Park Day celebration. The theme for the year was "La guerra está aqui," (The war is here). This was a reference to the ongoing "War on terrorism," which affected border communities as Homeland Security began launching invesitagation in the name of national security.

This Union Tribune article retells the story of the way that students took over the land beneath the I-5 overpass that became Chicano Park.