Arnulfo Timoteo Garcia was our mentor and best friend. He died in a car crash shortly after gaining parole, but I still feel his hand guiding everyone in the San Quentin News family to do the best for our community, including our advisers, volunteers and prison administrators. He’d always say: Moving forward! When we first met, I didn’t see myself working for a prison newspaper. But Arnulfo saw a reporter in me. He brought me into the San Quentin News family and it ended up being the most important job I’ve ever … [Read more...] about Remembering a great brother, father, son and friend
Arnulfo T. Garcia Foundation
Arnulfo T. Garcia a dream continues to prosper
This newspaper has previously reported on the life and untimely death of former editor Arnulfo T. Garcia. However, Garcia was much more than editor of the San Quentin News (SQN), he was a towering visionary and dreamer. Unlike most dreamers, he had the rarely bestowed persistence and determination to carry out his dream. The result was the newspaper’s Social Forums and the respect of news organizations from around the world. “Some 70 million Americans have a criminal record – a number equal to Americans with a college degree,” according to … [Read more...] about Arnulfo T. Garcia a dream continues to prosper