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Chesa Jackson Boudin (b. 1980) is the son of American left-wing radicals and [[Weather Underground]] members [[Kathy Boudin]] and [[David Gilbert]]. His parents were incarcerated when Chesa was a fourteen months old, leaving him to be raised by Weather Underground members [[Bernardine Dohrn]] and [[Bill Ayers]] (who had then emerged from hiding). Dohrn and Ayers later adopted Boudin, but he retained a relationship with his birth mother and father.

Boudin attended Yale University for his undergraduate years and attended [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] as a [[Rhodes scholar]] for graduate school. He speaks and writes regularly on the topic of children with incarcerated parents.

==Links==

An [http://dir.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/01/18/visiting/index.html article] by Chesa Boudin on Salon.com and [http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030929&s=boudin another] on The Nation's website.

An [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/21/1441247 interview] on Democracy Now with Chesa Boudin the day after his mother's successful parole hearing.

[[Category:1980 births|Boudin, Chesa]]