The last project my niece worked on with fellow students from UCLA was a huge digital mural in honor of farm workers rights activist Miguel Contreras. The name of the mural is "Gente del Maiz" and the artist is Judith F. Baca. 

I don't have many details, because Damina didn't tell me about this, but I know what is involved in doing mural projects...create concept, obtain wall space and necessary permissions, seek sponsors and funding, develop RFP (Request for proposals), review proposals, select artist, revise and revamp plans based on reality. Since this was a digital mural, that may have altered a few steps.

My niece worked on this while battling brain cancer.  She wanted to live until May so her husband could collect a life insurance policy she bought after her second brain tumor operation. In order to collect she had to live one full year.

And maybe she wanted to be here for this. 

The dedication was May 8, two months after Damina died. Her husband, Jason, was asked to be a part of the dedication ceremony. Some of these people look familiar to me because they were among the 200 that came to the graveside burial.  The mural is enormous, making my nephew, the tallest at 6'3", look smallish. 

I tried to post the mural here in sections, but have discovered through the comments, it isn't coming through.

Here is an  inadequate attempt to describe it. 

There is corn field on the left, a small weathered house with a truck in front with its lights on. Farm workers walk in a line across the horizon. A woman stands in the field, one hand stretched up to catch seeds & soil falling from a giant of a man who is emerging from a corn stalk. Also in the corn stalk is a woman in cap & gown with corn kernels dropping from her hands. On each kernel is the face of a person. A third person is on the right, pouring water  onto a city scene. People are marching in the streets lead by women with babys in strollers. If you look closely at the picture above, you can see the baby strollers.

My niece is listed as one of the workers on the dedication plaque.Her name is the only one italicized .  

Damina Green 

Damina's class used one of her projects to create a plaque for her that hangs with the mural. The middle section is her project, a life collage. 

African proverb, "A woman is not dead, until she is forgotten." 

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You can see the mural through the link below. (Many thanks to , V. Corso, for finding it and letting me know.)

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.457083957651705.122416.162768383749932&type=1