Red Ribbon Week

In the last week of October, we celebrated Red Ribbon Week as a commemoration of Officer Enrique Camanera who had given up his life while fighting against the drug lords in Mexico. Officer Camanera had been a part of the Drug Enforcement Agency and he was sent as an undercover agent to Mexico where his efforts led to a successful operation of discovering a multi-million dollar drug manufacturing facility. However, the drug lords were not happy about this and they sought revenge which led to the brutal murder of Officer Camanera and his partner. Since 1985, we've been celebrating Red Ribbon Week to honor Officer Camanera as well as the other men and women who have fought and given their lives to keep drugs and alcohol off our streets and communities. As a part of this effort, ACT-UP came to different schools within the Sacramento County Unified School District and gave mini-presentations to students ranging K-12.