“We don’t need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.” - Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez News
- 04/02/2009 Bell Gardens Sun: LA County Celebrates Cesar Chavez’s Legacy
- 04/01/2009 The Desert Sun: Coachella Valley students march in honor of labor leader César Chávez
- 04/01/2009 Corvallis Gazette Times: Students honor farmworkers’ rights activist Cesar Chavez
- 04/01/2009 Merced Sun-Star: Cesar Chavez Day: Livingston students take up gardening to celebrate labor movement leader
- 04/01/2009 Tri Valley Herald: Chavez’s legacy of nonviolence honored
- 04/01/2009 UT The Daily Texan: Preserving Chavez’s legacy
- 03/31/2009 The Desert Sun: Online petition asks for César Chávez federal holiday
- 03/31/2009 ABC7: Bay Area Students celebrate Cesar Chavez Day (includes video 2:05)
- 03/31/2009 News release: White House Press Release: STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT TO COMMEMORATE CESAR CHAVEZ’S BIRTHDAY
- 03/31/2009 RTT News: Obama, Pelosi Mark 82nd Birthday Of Late Activist Cesar Chavez
- 03/31/2009 OCRegister: Students pick crops to commemorate Chavez day
- 03/31/2009 Washington Post: Obama Honors the Coiner of a Slogan Heard Round the World
- 03/31/2009 The Desert Sun: Coachella elementary students march for César Chávez Day
- 03/31/2009 San Diego Union Tribune: Generations united by social cause
- 03/31/2009 Statesman Journal: Chavez, farm workers will be honored today
- 03/31/2009 Long Beach Press-Telegram: Labor of love for Chavez
- 03/30/2009 Inperial Valley News: Observance of Labor History Week, State Holiday Honoring César Chávez Encouraged
- 03/30/2009 Fox 35 (Video): UFW Marches End in Salinas
- 03/30/2009 Stockton Record: Celebration honors Chavez, rights (includes video 10:40)
- 03/30/2009 Nearly 300 students honor Cesar Chavez on his birthday with a ‘Day of Service’ at his gravesite
- 03/30/2009 News release: Cesar Chavez’s longtime aide and spokesman at Consumnes River College & Genevieve Didion K-8 school for UFW founder’s birthday
- 03/29/2009 News release: UFW Celebrates Cesar Chavez’s Legacy with a March in Santa Rosa Focusing on U.S. Immigration Reform
- 03/29/2009 ABC 7: Thousand celebrate Cesar Chavez birthday (includes video 1:10)
- 03/29/2009 KSBW: United Farmworkers Rally In Salinas
- 03/29/2009 San Diego 6: San Diego Observes Cesar Chavez Day