“Once social change begins it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person

who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You

cannot oppress the people that are not afraid anymore.”Materials for this presentation can be found at the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation

“Like the other immigrant groups, the day will come when we win the economic and political

rewards which are in keeping with our numbers in society. The day will come when the politicians will do the right thing for our

people out of political necessity and not our of charity or idealism.”

Senator

Robert F.

Kennedy

declared,

Cesar

Estrada

Chavez, "one

of the heroic

figures of

our time.."

An American hero, Cesar was

a civil rights leader,

a labor leader, a farm worker, a religious and

spiritual figurea community

servant a social

entrepreneura crusader for

nonviolent social change

an environmentalist

and a consumer advocate.

At age 10, his family

became migrant

farm workers after

losing their farm in

the Great

Depression.

Throughout his

youth and into his

adulthood, Cesar

migrated across the

southwest laboring

in the fields and

vineyards, where he

was exposed to the

hard and injustice

life of a farm

worker.A second-generation American, Cesar was born on March 31, 1927, near his family's farm in Yuma, Arizona.

The minority with the greatest voting potential is

a. Native Americans

b. Vietnamese

c. Hispanics

d. Asian Americans

Obama’s Blue States

2008 Presidential Election

"Fast for our Future,” 2008

Began in La Placita Olvera in the heart of the Los Angeles on

October 15 and continued through the November 4 election.

In 1993, his

family and friends

established the

Foundation to

educate people

about the life and

work of this great

American civil

rights leader, and

to engage all,

particularly

youth, to carry on

his values and

timeless vision for

a better world.The Cesar E. Chavez Foundation

“As farm workers and

laborers across America

continue to struggle for

fair treatment and fair

wages, we find strength in

what Cesar Chavez

accomplished so many

years ago. And we should

honor him for what he's

taught us about making

America a stronger, more

just, and more prosperous

nation. That's why I

support the call to make

Cesar Chavez's birthday a

national holiday. It's time

to recognize the

contributions of this

American icon to the

ongoing efforts to perfect

our union.”

—Barack Obama

The Cesar E. Chavez Foundation

embodies his uncommon and

invaluable legacy. Since his death,

dozens of communities across the

nation have renamed schools, parks,

streets, libraries, other public

facilities, awards and scholarships

in his honor, as well as enacting

holidays on his birthday, March 31.

In 1994, President Clinton posthumously awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in America., declaring, "Cesar Chavez left our world better than he found it, and his legacy inspires us still. He was for his own people a Moses figure. The farm workers who labored in the fields pinned their hopes on this remarkable man."

A common man with an uncommon vision for humankind, he stood for equality, justice, and dignity for all Americans. His ecumenical principles remain relevant and inspiring today.

March 31, 1927 - April 23, 1993