ing to introduce to the Boyle Heights community, that even business people wanted to put a stop to the construction of the prison. " Meanwhile, business people and community leaders had formed a group called Coalition Against the Prison and were making regular trips to Sacrament to lobby against the project (Smith 23)". These various individuals felt that things would not change unless they made tremendous moves. Therefore, they decided to take the issues of constructing the prison, in the Boyle Heights community to California's capital, Sacramento. Aside from protesting in Sacramento, more activist groups were created in East Los Angeles.
             One activist that took initiative to stoping the constructing of the prison was Juana Gutierrez. Juana Gutierrez was a mother of nine children. She was one of the individuals who had to move over three times due to the mass reconstruction that took place in East Los Angeles. The hard feelings that the State of California had put on Gutierrez and her family, only made her want to fight more to stop the building of the prison. "In 1984, Gutierrez was an active Neighborhood Watch leader in Boyle Heights when then Assemblywoman Gloria Molina asked her to host a meeting to discuss a prison proposal (Platt 54)".
             Another activist that was fighting against the prison project decided to take protesting to another level. "Father John Morretta at Resurrection Church, a member of the coalition, decided that organizing the women protest would be a good way to bring attention to the issue while ensuring peaceful demonstration (Schuyler 7)". Father John Morretta collaborated with other individuals to make the protest more effective. " He discussed strategy with Frank Villalobos, an Eastside architect and coalition leader, who suggested that they organize a march across the Olympic Boulevard bridge over the site proposed for the prison (Schuyler 8)". The mor...