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Cesar E. Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union

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Cesar E. Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union

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    1. Cesar E. Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union Presented by Christina Chavez MS II UIC-COM

    2. Who is Cesar Estrada Chavez? How many people here know who Cesar Chavez was? How many people here know who Cesar Chavez was?

    3. Born in Yuma Arizona March 31, 1927 Cesar Estrada Chavez was born March 31, 1927 in Yuma Arizona. In 1938 after loosing their farm the Chavez family moved to California. They traveled up and down Californias central valley working in the different fields during each season. Cesar Estrada Chavez was born March 31, 1927 in Yuma Arizona. In 1938 after loosing their farm the Chavez family moved to California. They traveled up and down Californias central valley working in the different fields during each season.

    4. "The end of all education should surely be service to others. - Cesar Chavez "It is not enough to teach our young people to be successful...so they can realize their ambitions, so they can earn good livings, so they can accumulate the material things that this society bestows. Those are worthwhile goals. But it is not enough to progress as individuals while our friends and neighbors are left behind. - Cesar Chavez Cesar and his brother Richard Chavez attended 37 different schools during this time. After 8th grade Cesar was forced to quit school and go to work in the fields. His father had been injured and so Cesar had to work to support his family. Even though he only had an 8th grade education the walls of his office were lined with books on philosophy, economics, cooperatives, unions and the biographies of Gandi and Kennedy. As this quote says he believed that The end of education should surely be service to others a belief he practiced until his untimely death. Cesar and his brother Richard Chavez attended 37 different schools during this time. After 8th grade Cesar was forced to quit school and go to work in the fields. His father had been injured and so Cesar had to work to support his family. Even though he only had an 8th grade education the walls of his office were lined with books on philosophy, economics, cooperatives, unions and the biographies of Gandi and Kennedy. As this quote says he believed that The end of education should surely be service to others a belief he practiced until his untimely death.

    5. "We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community...Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own. - Cesar Chavez In 1944 he joined the Navy were he experienced much discrimination. In 1948 he married Helen Fabela and moved to Delano to live with his brother Richard. Helen and Cesar had 8 children. In 1944 he joined the Navy were he experienced much discrimination. In 1948 he married Helen Fabela and moved to Delano to live with his brother Richard. Helen and Cesar had 8 children.

    6. "Our very lives are dependent, for sustenance, on the sweat and sacrifice of the campesinos. Children of farm workers should be as proud of their parents' professions as other children are of theirs. - Cesar Chavez In 1962 Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Co-founded the National Farm Workers Association which later became the United Farm Workers Union. It was hard to get the workers to pay dues and effectively be able to organize but by the 1970s the union had over 50,000 dues paying members. In 1962 Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Co-founded the National Farm Workers Association which later became the United Farm Workers Union. It was hard to get the workers to pay dues and effectively be able to organize but by the 1970s the union had over 50,000 dues paying members.

    7. "Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return. - Cesar Chavez The UFW was established to directly help the workers. They opened a credit union, a gas station, and fought many political battles to gain legislation favorable to workers. The union used strikes, boycotts and Cesar Chavez would fast to gain support for their struggles. The first fast was in 1968 for 25 days. The point was to bring attention to the principles of nonviolence.The UFW was established to directly help the workers. They opened a credit union, a gas station, and fought many political battles to gain legislation favorable to workers. The union used strikes, boycotts and Cesar Chavez would fast to gain support for their struggles. The first fast was in 1968 for 25 days. The point was to bring attention to the principles of nonviolence.

    8. "When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit that our lives are all that really belong to us, so it is how we use our lives that determines what kind of men we are. It is my deepest belief that only by giving life do we find life, that the truest act courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice. To be a man is to suffer for others, God help us to be men. - Cesar Chavez The most famous strike was the Delano Grape Strike of the late 1960s. Organizers from the union were sent all of the country to convince people to boycott grapes. They picketed stores that sold grapes and told people about the injustices the farm workers faced in the fields. Millions of people across the United States and Canada stopped buying and eating grapes. The grapes rotted on the selves and stores began to refuse shipments. As a result a majority of the grape growers signed contracts with the UFW. Thought it took 5 years the boycotted had worked as would many more including more boycotts of grapes and lettuce. The most famous strike was the Delano Grape Strike of the late 1960s. Organizers from the union were sent all of the country to convince people to boycott grapes. They picketed stores that sold grapes and told people about the injustices the farm workers faced in the fields. Millions of people across the United States and Canada stopped buying and eating grapes. The grapes rotted on the selves and stores began to refuse shipments. As a result a majority of the grape growers signed contracts with the UFW. Thought it took 5 years the boycotted had worked as would many more including more boycotts of grapes and lettuce.

    9. "We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community...Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own. - Cesar Chavez In 1988 Cesar went on a 36 day water fast which he called The Fast for Life. His goal was to put pressure on the companies that were using pesticides to grow our food. He was concerned about the children who lived near the huge farms where their parents worked and were being born with deformities. The rates of cancer in California central valley was also growing. In one central valley town in was noted that the cancer rates for children was 150 times higher than other cities with in California.In 1988 Cesar went on a 36 day water fast which he called The Fast for Life. His goal was to put pressure on the companies that were using pesticides to grow our food. He was concerned about the children who lived near the huge farms where their parents worked and were being born with deformities. The rates of cancer in California central valley was also growing. In one central valley town in was noted that the cancer rates for children was 150 times higher than other cities with in California.

    10. In the early 1990s Cesar Chavez continued to fight for human rights and safety. He spoke at many rallies and colleges throughout the United States spreading the message that our produce should be pesticide free, and that the health of the farm workers and their families was worth fighting for.In the early 1990s Cesar Chavez continued to fight for human rights and safety. He spoke at many rallies and colleges throughout the United States spreading the message that our produce should be pesticide free, and that the health of the farm workers and their families was worth fighting for.

    11. "...there has to be someone who is willing to do it, who is willing to take whatever risks are required. I don't think it can be done with money alone. The person has to be dedicated to the task. There has to be some other motivation. - Cesar Chavez On April 23, 1993 Cesar Chavezs body finally gave out. He died peacefully in his sleep near were he was born in Yuma Arizona. He was in town defending the Union in a court action. Doctors believe his kidneys gave out after the stress fasting put on his body. His funeral took place on April 29, 1993 in Delano California the birthplace of the UFW. Over 30,000 people attended the 3 day event. He is buried at UFW headquarters, which is known as La Paz (in English The Peace) in Keene California, about 40 miles outside of Bakersfield in the Tehachapi Mountains. The site is a former Tuberculosis sanitarium. In 1994 Cesar Chavez was given the presidential medal of freedom by president Clinton who called him a remarkable man.On April 23, 1993 Cesar Chavezs body finally gave out. He died peacefully in his sleep near were he was born in Yuma Arizona. He was in town defending the Union in a court action. Doctors believe his kidneys gave out after the stress fasting put on his body. His funeral took place on April 29, 1993 in Delano California the birthplace of the UFW. Over 30,000 people attended the 3 day event. He is buried at UFW headquarters, which is known as La Paz (in English The Peace) in Keene California, about 40 miles outside of Bakersfield in the Tehachapi Mountains. The site is a former Tuberculosis sanitarium. In 1994 Cesar Chavez was given the presidential medal of freedom by president Clinton who called him a remarkable man.

    12. What can we do today to fulfill the legacy of Cesar Chavez? After hearing all of this, how is it that we can help the UFW something Cesar Chavez started, believed in and would want to continue to help workers? Go to the UFW website at www.UFW.org. Here you can find out information on what the union is doing now and ways you can support it. If you get on their email list you can sign petitions that go to state legislators about new laws that effect farm labor and workers. Finally you can support Cesar Chavez Day which is not a day off but a day on. A day of education and service for others. After hearing all of this, how is it that we can help the UFW something Cesar Chavez started, believed in and would want to continue to help workers? Go to the UFW website at www.UFW.org. Here you can find out information on what the union is doing now and ways you can support it. If you get on their email list you can sign petitions that go to state legislators about new laws that effect farm labor and workers. Finally you can support Cesar Chavez Day which is not a day off but a day on. A day of education and service for others.

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