The award-winning, best-selling Chicano author and community peace activist Luis J. Rodriguez visits the Bay Area to launch his new memoir: “It Calls You Back: An Odyssey Thru Love, Addiction, Revolutions & Healing,” a sequel to his previous memoir “Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.”

Drawing on his decades of experience as a community peacemaker working with gangs in cities across the globe, Luis will  appear in SF for a book reading and signing. Venue: City College of San Francisco, Mission campus, 1125 Valencia St., Room 162 • Sponsored by Journalism Dept, Latino/a Studies Dept and Concert & Lecture Series • Info: (415) 239-3126 • www.ccsf.edu • Media contact: Mojica Arts (415) 225-3725