Concepcion Picciotto
Concepcion Picciotto (born 1945),[1] also known as Conchita or Connie, has lived in Lafayette Square on the 1600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., in a peace camp across from the White House, since August 1, 1981, in protest of nuclear arms.[2][3] She has carried on the longest continuous act of political protest in the United States.[1]
Born Concepción Martín in Vigo, Spain, she immigrated to the United States at the age of 18.[4] She worked in New York at the Spanish consulate. She fell in love with an Italian businessman and married him at 21. However, a bitter separation and custody battle cost her her home, her daughter and her job.
Picciotto was inspired by fellow activists William Thomas (who originally began the protest and died in 2009)[1][5] and Norman Mayer[citation needed] (who was shot by capitol police in 1982)[6]. She currently trades off occupation of the camp with a friend, Jay McGinley, who goes by the name Start Loving.[7]
Picciotto was featured in Michael Moore's 2004 film Fahrenheit 9/11.
[edit] See also
- Brian Haw, an English protester who lived in a similar peace camp in Parliament Square, London, from 2001 until his death in 2011
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Mathes, Michael (March 15, 2009). "Washington protester who outlasts presidents". Agence France-Presse (The Sydney Morning Herald). http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/washington-protester-who-outlasts-presidents-20090315-8yuk.html. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
- ^ Tanber, George Joseph (December 4, 1988). "A life of protest". The Blade (Google News Archive): p. 12. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Gn0UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IgMEAAAAIBAJ&dq=concepcion-picciotto&pg=5393%2C2492797. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
- ^ Associated Press (November 4, 1992). "For some, the vigil isn't over yet". Times-News (Google News Archive): p. 8A. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gx4aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1CQEAAAAIBAJ&dq=concepcion-picciotto&pg=6682%2C1398104. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
- ^ Rogin, Josh (January 19, 2009). "Mr. Obama, Welcome to the Neighborhood". CQ Politics. http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/being_there/2009/01/mr-obama-welcome-to-the-neighb.html. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
- ^ Lee, Andrea (August 15, 2008). "CBC News - World - Pennsylvania Avenue's other famous couple". CBC News. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/08/15/f-washington-peace-protest.html. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
- ^ Jury Says Officers Acted Properly in Capital Death, New York Times; Retrieved 17 July, 2011
- ^ Walther, Konstanze (June 27, 2009). "D.C. vigil keeper gives peace a chance, shift by shift". The Philadelphia Inquirer (Richmond Times-Dispatch). http://www2.timesdispatch.com/lifestyles/2009/jun/27/i-vigi0612_20090625-165005-ar-39004/. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
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