Alexander Gaguine on the Stan

Alexander was a huge force in the Stanislaus campaigns and one of the key strategists in the overall non-violence approach used to fight the flooding of the river. He was an FOR staffer for many years along the way and a voice of passion and ethics. He says: “I’ve never been more certain of anything than this: it was wrong to destroy the life, beauty, and ongoing human experience and love of that place.”  For years he was FOR’s most articulate communicator of the campaign, of the River’s magic, and core issues; he was central for growing the community and the Stanislaus prose that touched hearts everywhere.

Alexander says of this photo: Alexander added, “Tim Palmer took this photo of me apparently rowing on the Stanislaus without a life jacket. In the photo I am grinning – because the boat was tied to the bank. River left.”