| “Across the San Joaquin Valley, across California, across the entire nation, wherever there are injustices against men and women and children who work in the fields-there you will see our flags-with the black eagle with the white and red background, flying. Our movement is spreading like flames across a dry plain.” — Cesar Chavez |
Ventura College MECHA will present a celebration in honor of César Chávez from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 30 in the VC Quad Area.
César Chávez is known as the founder of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW). He was a tireless advocate for nonviolent social change, and dedicated his life to working in service to others, the college reported in a media release.
For more than three decades Chavez led the first successful farm workers union in American history, achieving dignity, respect, fair wages, medical coverage, pension benefits and humane living conditions as well as countless other rights and protections for the hundreds of thousands of farm workers. His union efforts brought about the passage of the passage of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act. Today it remains as the only law in the nation that protects the rights of farm workers to unionize.
The program will include speakers, food, music, and Folklorico dancers. For more information, call Mayo de la Rocha at 805.654.6400, ext. 3123, send an email to mdelarocha@VCCCD.net or click here