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Today is Cesar Chavez’s birthday
2:09 pm By la Macha · Activism| Politics| history · Comments Off
31 Mar 2009
You all know who Cesar Chavez is, right?
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy called Cesar, “one of the heroic figures of our time.” He led the historic non-violent movement for farm worker rights and dedicated himself to building a movement of poor working people that extended beyond the fields and into cities and towns across the nation. He inspired farm workers and millions of people who never worked on a farm to commit themselves to social, economic and civil rights activism. Cesar’s legacy continues to educate, inspire and empower people from all walks of life.
Let’s make Cesar’s birthday one to remember. Sign the petition to make his birthday a national holiday.
Why the U.S. Senate Isn’t Celebrating Cesar Chavez
3:15 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · California| Immigration| Washington DC| history · 1 Comment
2 Apr 2007
This past weekend Chicano labor and human rights activist Cesar Chavez would have celebrated his 80th birthday. While some in California enjoyed Friday off from school as an official holiday and others walked out of school, others in Arizona, where Chavez was born and raised marched. Who didn’t celebrate the late Cesar Chavez? The U.S. Senate.
Senate Democratic leaders joined pro-immigrant groups to chastise Republicans for rejecting a resolution in honor of the late Mexican-American labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. The resolution, sponsored by two Democratic lawmakers and defeated, would have honored the Chavez legacy on the eve of what would have been his 80th birthday.
Why did the resolution not pass? Because of Chavez’s participation in a march against undocumented immigrants.
History Channel Celebrates Cesar Chavez
4:32 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| TV| history · Comments Off
28 Mar 2006
This Friday, March 31, marks the birthday of legendary farmworkers’ rights leader Cesar Chavez. To commemorate the date, The History Channel en Español will be featuring a documentary about Chavez’s life, called “La lucha en el campo” (”The Fight in the Fields”):
The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers’ Struggle, produced, directed and written by Rick Tejada-Flores and Ray Telles, covers the full arc of Cesar Chavez’s life.A social history using archival footage, newsreel, and interviews with Ethel Kennedy, former California Governor Jerry Brown, Dolores Huerta, and Chavez’s brother, sister, son and daughter, among others, the documentary traces the remarkable contributions of Chavez and others involved in this epic struggle for safer working conditions, equality, and better pay for farm workers.
The compelling two-hour documentary, which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, garnered numerous awards including a CINE Golden Eagle, a Gold Apple from the National Educational Media Network, an ALMA award from National Council of La Raza, and was also named Best Documentary at the San Antonio CineFestival.
It’s nice to see cable networks such as HBO and The History Channel honoring Latino history for once. I’m used to having to rely on PBS for that.
The film airs on The History Channel en Español this Friday at 8:00 pm EST – 5:00 pm PST
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