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Today is Cesar Chavez Day. This weekend please join us thousands of supporters across the nation and march to celebrate Cesar's legacy! Click to see partial list of UFW/Cesar Chavez Foundation Sponsored Chavez Day events
03/31/2007


Attending a Cesar Chavez Day event this weekend? Please share your photos/videos with us. Post them on our Flickr or YouTube page. Tag them "chavezday." Keep Cesar's dream alive. Viva Cesar Chavez!

Partial List of UFW/Cesar Chavez Foundation Sponsored Chavez Day Events

Please join us and march to celebrate Cesar's legacy!

 


Saturday, March 31, 2007, 8:00am 
at Historic Olvera Street
125 Paseo de la Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012
(Main St. between Arcadia and Cesar Chavez Ave.) 

Join thousands of supporters, including UFW President Arturo Rodriguez , Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, members of the Chavez family, elected officials, peace and labor activists, and more than 3,000 students.

Want to help with the citrus food drive?  Drop off your non-perishable food donation at the 9th Annual Cesar Chavez Walk.  
Click for flyer and suggested donation list 

For more information: 323-722-0118  

Please RSVP & let us know you're joining the Walk!
 


Santa Rosa, CA: Cesar Chavez March

Sunday, March 25, 11 am
Meet at: 665 Sebastopol Rd,
(Old Albertson's parking lot)

March for comprehensive immigration reform for all; respect and dignity in the immigrant community and help honor the life of Cesar Chavez.

Click here to download flyer



Bakersfield, CA: Cesar Chavez March

Saturday March 31, 12 noon
Martin Luther King Jr. Park
Corner of California Ave and Martin Luther King Jr. St.

Caravan from the following SJV locations:

Delano: "40 Acres" 10am
Porterville: Olive & 2nd: 9:30am
Visalia: Holy Family Church: 9am
Lamont: San Diego Park: 10:30am
Arvin: DiGiorgio Park: 10am
Wasco: Save Mart Parking Lot: 10 am

Click here to download flyer


Phoenix, AZ Cesar Chavez Celebration

Saturday March 31 & April 1, 2007
11 a.m. – 10 p.m. Saturday
11 a.m. -    8 p.m. Sunday
Steele Indian School Park
300 E. Indian School Road
Phoenix, AZ

War, Voices of Latin Rock (featuring members of Malo, El Chicano & Jorge Santana),
Graciela Beltran, Michael Salgado, Emilio Navaira & Los Cuates de Sinaloa

Click here to download flyer


Salinas Cesar Chavez March 

Sunday, April 1, 2007, 10 am
Alisal St. & Sanborn

Music, comedy & entertainment
for the whole family

For more information:
Watsonville-831/763-4820,
Greenfield-831/674-0270,
LUPE- 831/424-4100 
or listen to Radio Campesina 107.9 FM

Click here to download flyer


Oxnard, CA: Cesar Chavez March 

Sunday April 22,2007 at 11:30am
Beginning at Camino del Sol Park.  
Join farm workers at a immigration reform march to celebrate the life and work of Cesar E. Chavez on the anniversary  weekend of his passing.

For more information: 
(805) 486-9674

Click here to download flyer 


San Juan, TX, Cesar Chavez March

March 31, 2007, 9:30 am
Beginning at Arturo Guajardo Park, in San Juan
(located at Business 83 and I Road).

March in memory of César Chávez. "Organizing together, we can make a difference: with his legacy, forging our own legacy."

Participate in the march and the cultural activities to be held in the LUPE office in San Juan.

For more information, please contact one of the LUPE offices
San Juan (956) 787-2233 | Pharr (956) 787-5557 | Alton (956) 584-3636 | Mercedes (956) 565-2761

Click here to download flyer 


San Antonio TX, Cesar Chavez March

11th Annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice,
co-sponsored by the City of San Antonio
Saturday, March 31, 2007
March Assembly & Program
Plaza Avenida Guadalupe
(1321 El Paso) at 11:00 a.m.
March to the Alamo begins at 1:00 p.m.

Join us as we march from the Westside to the Alamo in celebration of the life and legacy of an extraordinary civil rights leader, Cesar E. Chavez

For more information: Jaime Martinez, (210) 842-9339  

Click here to download flyer 





 
Check out our website at: www.ufw.org and keep up with the latest news. Also check out the history, audio and video sections for your Cesar Chavez Day research projects.  Students/teachers, our youth activism section offers various curriculum (for all age levels) and project ideas.



Celebrate the accomplishments of Cesar Chavez by sending your friends and family one of these free inspirational e-cards!

Thank you to the special UFW supporters who created this wonderful art and allowed us to share it with you. 

Viva Cesar Chavez!  Viva the UFW!

 BE A PART OF HISTORY! 

JOIN THE UFW'S CESAR CHAVEZ DAY YOUTUBE CONTEST!

Cesar Chavez Day is soon approaching.

Are you going to a Chavez Day march? Is your school or organization putting together a program for Chavez Day? Are you putting together a video on Cesar Chavez for a school project? 

Please share these special events/projects with the UFW. Join the UFW's YouTube group and share your video with us.  Be sure to tag it "chavezday."

Producer of the winning video will receive a UFW flag signed by Cesar's widow Helen Chavez and UFW President Arturo Rodriguez.  Second prize will be a limited edition UFW padfolio.  The winning video will also be featured on ufw.org.

For rules and directions go to: www.ufw.org/youtubecontest

If you have any questions e-mail us at: ufwofamer@aol.com.

Si Se Puede!  Viva Cesar Chavez!



Attending a Cesar Chavez Day event?

Please share your photos with us. 

E-mail them to the UFW at unitedfarmworkers@gmail.com  or post the photos on Flickr.  Join our flickr group at: www.flickr.com/groups/unitedfarmworkers/. Please tag Flickr photos "chavezday."



VOLUNTEER AND  MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

First Lady Maria Shriver
 and California Volunteers
Launch Effort To Build
Community Playspaces
That Honor Cesar E. Chavez

In celebration of Cesar Chavez Day, ten playspaces will be built across California in partnership with national nonprofit KaBOOM!
 
Sacramento, March 19, 2007 – In celebration of Cesar Chavez Day 2007, California First Lady Maria Shriver and CaliforniaVolunteers have launched an effort to build community playspaces for more than 100,000 California children.  Beginning on March 24, more than 2,500 volunteers will construct playgrounds and a skate park in ten different communities across California in partnership with national nonprofit KaBOOM!

Click to read entire news release

Sites and Contact Information
Where You Can Volunteer

Salinas
3/31/2007
8:30am - 3pm
L.U.P.E.
1330 E. Alisal St.
93905
Ceremony: 2:30pm
Gabriela Herrere
831-424-4100
 e-mail

Del Rey
3/31/2007
9am - 3pm
Ceremony: 2:30pm
Boys & Girls Clubs of Fresno County
5705 Carmel St.
93616
Meg Keaney
650-670-6131
e-mail

Mecca
3/31/2007
8:30am - 3pm
Mecca Comm. Ctr.
Ceremony: 2:30pm
 
65-250 Cahuilla Rd
92254
Paola Herrera
760-220-6961
e-mail

Fresno
3/31/2007
8:30am - 3pm
Ceremony: 2:30pm
Romain Park
745 North 1st
03702
Jerry Haynes
559-621-2910
Redlands
3/31/2007
8:30am - 3pm
Ceremony: 2:30pm
Franklin Elementary School
850 E. Colton Ave.
92374
Jerry Haynes
559-621-2910

Sacramento
3/30/2007
8:30am - 4:00 pm
Ceremony: 2:30pm
Cordova Meadows Elementary School
2550 La Loma Dr. Rancho Cordova, 95670
Whitney Hampton
650-375-1050 x304 e-mail
San Diego
3/31/2007
8:30am - 3pm
Ceremony: 2:30pm
MAAC Project
5471 Bayview Heghts Place
92105
Jan DeMelo
650-375-1050 x303 e-mail
San Francisco
3/31/2007
8:30am-2:30pm
2:30pm - 4pm Ceremony
Flynn Elementary School
3125 Cesar Chavez, 94110
Kyle Lafferty
650-375-1050x309
San Jose
3/31/2007
8:30am - 3pm
Ceremony: 2:30pm
Mayfair Head Start
Mexican-American Community Services
660 Sinclair Dr.
95116
Adolfo Pando
408-410-0200 (offc.)
e-mail
Watts
Watts Labor Community Action Committee
3/24/2007
9:30am - 3:30pm
Ceremony: 2:30pm
10950 S. Central Ave,
Timothy Watkns
323-563-5639
e-mail


Make it Possible for Farm Workers to Attend Sunday's Historic Cesar Chavez Mass



Help honor Cesar E. Chavez’ legacy of justice & dignity for low-wage workers.

This Sunday, March 25, hundreds of farm workers from Oxnard and the San Joaquin Valley want to board buses and attend a special worship service presided over by Cardinal Roger Mahoney to honor the legacy of Cesar Chavez.

This year’s annual Cesar Chavez Mass is scheduled on a Sunday--a day farm workers have off—so they can attend. Farm workers are eager to take part in this historical day joining with thousands of UFW supporters from throughout Southern California.

Please help us raise the funds to charter buses so they can attend this special event. The cost for chartering four buses and providing food and water for the trip is $30 per worker. Please consider sponsoring a farm worker--or a farm worker family--and help make it possible for them to join in this special recognition of UFW Cesar Chavez.

Also, for those in Southern California, please join the farm workers at this special tribute to UFW Founder Cesar Chavez. The Mass will be held at on Sunday at 3:30 pm at the Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels located at: 555 West Temple St. in Los Angeles.

Thank you as always for your generosity and commitment to La Causa.

Please make your donation today!