Marisol Ramirez is the People's Organizer in Anaheim
Nobody knows the effects of Anaheim City Hall's neglect on its neighborhoods better than Marisol Ramirez. Long before knocking on doors or doing house visits for Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development (OCCORD), the 24-year-old grew up in the Brownwood barrio on the west side of town. "I always had a sense of community with posadas, birthday parties and other celebrations," she says.
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