Dedication to Cesar Chavez
Hispanic Connect along with the Hispanic Community dedicates the months of March and April to Human Rights Activist Cesar Chavez. Below you will find links to several key websites that provide biographical and historic information about Cesar Chavez.
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The Cesar E. Chavez Institute for Public Policy
San Francisco State University
César Chavez Biography
The late Cesar Chavez was recognized for more than 30 years for his leadership and nonviolent civil rights work on behalf of migrant farm laborers. His efforts on their behalf have been instrumental in assuring benefits such as worker's compensation and unemployment insurance for migrant farm workers.
Cesar Chavez is a native Arizonan, born on his grandfather's small farm near Yuma. He became a migrant farm worker at the age of 10, and left school after the eighth grade to support his family. He was living in the San Jose barrio of Sal Si Puedes when he first became involved with the Community Service Organization (CSO), coordinating voter registration, battling racial and economic discrimination against Chicano residents and organizing CSO chapters across California and Arizona.
In 1962, Cesar Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association, which developed into the United Farm Workers Union, part of the AFL-CIO.
His dedication to creating better working conditions for farm laborers has expanded into a lifetime commitment to creating a better, healthier, environment for all Americans.
An avid supporter of education, Cesar Chavez has provided young people with a role model encouraging them to follow their dreams and remain committed to what they believe is just. He once said, "If you're outraged at conditions, then you can't possibly be free or happy until you devote all your time to changing them and do nothing but that." Words he has lived.
In recognition of his significant humanitarian contributions to our state and our nation, Arizona State University was honored to bestow upon Cesar Chavez the degree Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa.
Leadership Institute Cesar Chavez
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César E. Chávez Instructional Center
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