By Jim Logan Amigos805.com When César Chávez founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW), he did it mostly in Spanish. For more than 30 years, he inspired millions of people —…
LatinaLista — Two weeks ago, at the annual conference of the William J. O’Neil Center for Global Markets and Freedom at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a group of economists, policy analysts, academic researchers and anthropologists gathered to…
By Gabriel Thompson La Voz de Austin On June 9, 1952, Fred Ross knocked on the door of a modest house on San Jose’s eastside. The house belonged to Cesar Chavez, then an anonymous 25-year-old struggling to support his…
LatinaLista — Aside from parents and teachers, role models are an essential part of every student’s learning experience. The Latino community is lucky to have many inspiring role models and next month more students will get the chance to…
By Angela Ortiz Se Fija! After studying and working abroad from his native Mexico, Cruz returned to start the production company Canana in partnership with Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna. Now located in Los Angeles, he’s brought us…
By Herman Baca LatinaLista After viewing the movie, “Cesar Chavez: An American Hero,” and reading reviews about it, many have asked me; what I thought about the movie? First, some of the reviews already written about the movie are…
By Nikoleta Morales Extra! It has been 21 years since the passing of one of the most historic and iconic Latino-American heroes—César Chávez. Considered by many to be the Latino-American Martin Luther King, Chávez inspired and fought for farm…
LatinaLista — At a recent Washington screening for his new English-language directorial debut, Cesar Chavez, Diego Luna explained to the audience one of the reasons he wanted to make the film — for his Mexican-American-born son. He said that…
LatinaLista — Cesar Chavez’s life has become legend among generations of Latinos who have grown up learning about his courage in standing up for farm workers’ rights. This month, March 28, his life also becomes a full-length movie. In…
By Claire O’Brien LatinaLista Considering the struggle that migrant agricultural workers endured to obtain living and working conditions fit for human beings, it’s hard to believe that the food industry can look itself in the eye today. The conditions…
LatinaLista — History knows Cesar Chavez as a Latino Civil Rights leader and an advocate for farm workers. Yet, more of us are learning just how much Chavez integrated Latino culture into his fight for justice and fairness for…
LatinaLista — Economic inequality. Class inequality. Discrimination. Gender inequality. The list goes on and for veteran activist and organizer Marshall Ganz these issues are the focal points for social movements trying to effect meaningful social change. Sitting down with…
LatinaLista — In featuring Mexican American civil rights figure Cesar Chavez in a special GOOGLE doodle, the global search engine probably thought it would be a great hit, especially with Latinos. It would have been had it not been…
By James Harrington LatinaLista We Americans seem to have the idea that our great leaders have descended from heaven to be among us and guide us. It’s a comforting thought, and one that relieves us of personal responsibility. And…
By Barbara Chavez Ybarra La Voz de Austin My earliest childhood memory of my Tata Cesar is being in La Paz where we lived with him and my Nana Helen, spending time with him while he would teach me…
LatinaLista — This year is the 20th anniversary of the passing of Cesar Chavez. Unfortunately, while many gains have been made for farmworkers, there still remain injustices that current farmworkers face every day. Like Chavez, who exemplified peaceful protests,…
By Denis O’Leary Amigos805.com The national conversation around immigration is at its core about how we will define ourselves as Americans, and about our relationships with one another. What we expect and what we consider just are too often…
La Prensa San Diego The life and legacy of Cesar Chavez will be celebrated on Thursday, March 28 at 7 a.m. at the Jacobs Center, 404 Euclid Avenue, San Diego. In addition, the 4th Annual Las Mañanitas Breakfast will…
By Richard Ybarra La Voz As news spread last week that President Obama was coming to Kern County, California. to name Cesar Chavez’s gravesite and home a national monument, the e-mail messages started pouring in. Questions arose as to…
LatinaLista — César E. Chávez is the one iconic figure who draws both praise and criticism. Yet, there’s no denying that his works inspired generations to achieve the impossible with a simple Sí Se Puede! Communities across the country…
La Prensa San Diego To be Presented to Chicano Park for Their Forty Second Anniversary SAN DIEGO — Cesar Chavez once remarked that, “Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students….
LatinaLista — The phrase “Si se puede” has been used so much in the last couple of years that it has become almost a cliche. Though most know the term originated with Cesar Chavez, most people have forgotten how…
LatinaLista — In remembering the birthday of Cesar Chavez, one of the most famous Latino civil rights activists of the 20th Century, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis reveals in her blog post the role Chavez played as an environmentalist…
LatinaLista — March 31 is Cesar Chavez’s birthday. He would have been 83 years old. If there is one organization that has come to personify Cesar Chavez, it is the one that he helped found, lead and which still…
LatinaLista — The Southern Education Foundation released a report last week, “A New Diverse Majority,” that found, that for the first time in history, more than half of all the students attending public schools in the 15 Southern states…
