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Happy Cesar Chavez Day

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Mar 31

Today, we celebrate Cesar Chavez’s birthday. Since 2000, only eight states have made this day a holiday - Arizona, California, Colorado, Michigan, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin. In Washington, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and others have pushed for a federal holiday since Chávez’s death in 1993.
Chávez stood for equality, justice, and dignity [...]

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The Real Legacy of César Chávez

Put forth by XicanoPwr

Jan 15

I am compelled to write this post because I can no longer stay silent on one of the greatest injustices being done towards César Estrada Chávez - the greatest leader for la causa of his generation, next to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy. I cannot let this travesty continue.
César Chávez made the [...]

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Lets Honor Cesar Chavez

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Jan 09

Sign the Petition for a National Cesar E. Chavez Holiday!

The United Farm Workers and the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation are proud to support the grassroots efforts of the Cesar E. Chavez National Holiday Coalition.
Cesar was in Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s words, “one of the heroic figures [...]

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In Honor of César Chávez - ¡Sí, Se Puede!

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Mar 31

En memoria de César Chávez - ¡Sí, Se Puede!
¡Para Paz, Justicia y Libertad!

I Am Joaquin (abridged)
by Rodolfo Corky Gonzales
Yo soy Joaquín,
perdido en un mundo de confusión:
I am Joaquín, lost in a world of confusion,
caught up in the whirl of a gringo society,
confused by the rules, scorned by attitudes,
suppressed by manipulation, and destroyed by modern society.
My [...]

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Justicia ⇒ “Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything - even our lives - in our struggle for justice.” — César Chávez

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