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03-30-2012, 04:42 PM
Tomorrow 8am @ Guadalupe and Brazos.
I'll be there :hat
Paul F. Chávez, son of the famed civil rights and labor leader César Chávez, gets the honors at Saturday's annual César Chávez March for Justice, the latest of several members of his family to serve as the event's grand marshal.
He'll be the first such honoree to watch participants march down the street newly named for his father.
He is president and chairman of the César Chávez Foundation (http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22C%C3%A9sar+Ch%C3%A1vez+Foundation%22), which operates numerous affordable housing projects throughout the Southwest, including in San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley.
This week, from Phoenix where he was attending another celebration, he took a few questions.
Q: What remembrance of your father most stays with you?
A: My father was always very busy. We learned as children that we had to share him with the rest of the world. But he gave us consejos (advice) along the way. He told us to remember that the work is not like a baseball game. It doesn't end. The struggle only ends when we give up. If you think about it, it's liberating and empowering. It tells us that victory is in our own hands.
Q: How about a personal remembrance?
A: He was a very traditional mejicano and had a tremendous desire to spend more time with his family. I was talking to Julie (the labor leader's granddaughter Julie Chávez Rodriguez (http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Julie+Ch%C3%A1vez+Rodriguez%22), who works in the White House's Office of Public Engagement (http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Office+of+Public+Engagement%22)) recently about a time he took his grandchildren on a Sunday ride. They were singing and laughing. He wasn't a very good driver.
Q: What is your father's legacy?
A: That the lessons learned in the rural parts of the country apply to people of all walks of life. He went and rallied and got people to believe they were important, that the poorest among us could take on and beat the most powerful industry in California. My father's work transcends the farm workers' movement.
Q: What would he be saying about major issues of the day?
A: (On the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan) he believed violence never solves anything and to look harder at diplomacy. He would caution political leaders not to place the country's burdens on poor, working people and always remind us that we all have an obligation to be our brothers' and sisters' keepers.
Q: Where does the César Chávez federal holiday effort stand today?
A: It's something that, as a family, we would endorse. But it's not something we spend our daily time on. It's going to take some work to make it a reality. Eight states recognize César Chávez Day. In California, state employees have a day off. In schools, it's a day on, where children spend the morning learning about my father's life and the afternoon doing community service.
Q: In what shape is the UFW these days?
A: It's a difficult job, probably the most difficult job in labor. They continue the struggle on a daily basis. The UFW has signed a collective bargaining agreement with the largest strawberry grower in the United States. It goes back to my father's consejo, the struggle only ends when you give up. He didn't finish it in his lifetime, and we won't finish it in ours.
Q: Your father received some criticism over how he ran the UFW, especially in the book “The Union of Their Dreams” by Miriam Pawel (http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Miriam+Pawel%22). Would you respond?
A: My father was a human being. He worked in a difficult setting, and he had to make difficult decisions that needed to be made. But he never backed down from the obligations to help people in need.
[email protected]
Twitter: @ElaineAyala
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Ch-vez-s-son-is-grand-marshal-of-Saturday-s-march-3447498.php
The Cesar E. Chavez Legacy and Educational Foundation is proud to help keep the legacy and dream of Cesar Chavez alive for future generations. The people of San Antonio, Texas have been very receptive to the "Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice" and once again, we are proud to announce that the City of San Antonio is a co-sponsor of the 16th Annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice.
We invite you to join us in this historical event.
There is no question in my heart and in the hearts of the people who knew Cesar Chavez which side of the struggle he was on. Cesar showed us through his courageous examples that, "Si Se Puede" (Yes We Can), we can achieve great accomplishments through unity, perseverance, hard dedicated work and a good education.
I invite you on behalf of all the Cesar E. Chavez organizing committees to join us and march with us on Saturday March 31st, 2012 on what would have been the 85th Birthday of Cesar Chavez.
Morning assembly begins at 8:00 a.m. at the corner of Guadalupe and S. Brazos (located on the Westside by the Guadalupe Theater) and the march will begin at 10:00 a.m. to the Alamo. We will be making history by marching to inaugurate Cesar E. Chavez Blvd. We will be stopping briefly in the front steps of City Hall for a Special Declaration on Cesar Chavez Blvd. by our Mayor Julian Castro and honoring our special guest Grand Marshal Paul Chavez (Son of Cesar Chavez) and Ms. Lupe Ramos-Montigny.
Please join us in keeping Cesar E. Chavez's visions and dreams alive and make them a reality through our actions in the march and throughout the year.
In Unity,
Jaime P. Martinez
Organizer-Founder
Chairman of the Board
Cesar E. Chavez Legacy and Educational Foundation
Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice
Grand Marshal: Paul Chavez, the son of Cesar Chavez and President of the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation
http://www.facebook.com/events/322064637815358/
I'll be there :hat
Paul F. Chávez, son of the famed civil rights and labor leader César Chávez, gets the honors at Saturday's annual César Chávez March for Justice, the latest of several members of his family to serve as the event's grand marshal.
He'll be the first such honoree to watch participants march down the street newly named for his father.
He is president and chairman of the César Chávez Foundation (http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22C%C3%A9sar+Ch%C3%A1vez+Foundation%22), which operates numerous affordable housing projects throughout the Southwest, including in San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley.
This week, from Phoenix where he was attending another celebration, he took a few questions.
Q: What remembrance of your father most stays with you?
A: My father was always very busy. We learned as children that we had to share him with the rest of the world. But he gave us consejos (advice) along the way. He told us to remember that the work is not like a baseball game. It doesn't end. The struggle only ends when we give up. If you think about it, it's liberating and empowering. It tells us that victory is in our own hands.
Q: How about a personal remembrance?
A: He was a very traditional mejicano and had a tremendous desire to spend more time with his family. I was talking to Julie (the labor leader's granddaughter Julie Chávez Rodriguez (http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Julie+Ch%C3%A1vez+Rodriguez%22), who works in the White House's Office of Public Engagement (http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Office+of+Public+Engagement%22)) recently about a time he took his grandchildren on a Sunday ride. They were singing and laughing. He wasn't a very good driver.
Q: What is your father's legacy?
A: That the lessons learned in the rural parts of the country apply to people of all walks of life. He went and rallied and got people to believe they were important, that the poorest among us could take on and beat the most powerful industry in California. My father's work transcends the farm workers' movement.
Q: What would he be saying about major issues of the day?
A: (On the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan) he believed violence never solves anything and to look harder at diplomacy. He would caution political leaders not to place the country's burdens on poor, working people and always remind us that we all have an obligation to be our brothers' and sisters' keepers.
Q: Where does the César Chávez federal holiday effort stand today?
A: It's something that, as a family, we would endorse. But it's not something we spend our daily time on. It's going to take some work to make it a reality. Eight states recognize César Chávez Day. In California, state employees have a day off. In schools, it's a day on, where children spend the morning learning about my father's life and the afternoon doing community service.
Q: In what shape is the UFW these days?
A: It's a difficult job, probably the most difficult job in labor. They continue the struggle on a daily basis. The UFW has signed a collective bargaining agreement with the largest strawberry grower in the United States. It goes back to my father's consejo, the struggle only ends when you give up. He didn't finish it in his lifetime, and we won't finish it in ours.
Q: Your father received some criticism over how he ran the UFW, especially in the book “The Union of Their Dreams” by Miriam Pawel (http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Miriam+Pawel%22). Would you respond?
A: My father was a human being. He worked in a difficult setting, and he had to make difficult decisions that needed to be made. But he never backed down from the obligations to help people in need.
[email protected]
Twitter: @ElaineAyala
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Ch-vez-s-son-is-grand-marshal-of-Saturday-s-march-3447498.php
The Cesar E. Chavez Legacy and Educational Foundation is proud to help keep the legacy and dream of Cesar Chavez alive for future generations. The people of San Antonio, Texas have been very receptive to the "Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice" and once again, we are proud to announce that the City of San Antonio is a co-sponsor of the 16th Annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice.
We invite you to join us in this historical event.
There is no question in my heart and in the hearts of the people who knew Cesar Chavez which side of the struggle he was on. Cesar showed us through his courageous examples that, "Si Se Puede" (Yes We Can), we can achieve great accomplishments through unity, perseverance, hard dedicated work and a good education.
I invite you on behalf of all the Cesar E. Chavez organizing committees to join us and march with us on Saturday March 31st, 2012 on what would have been the 85th Birthday of Cesar Chavez.
Morning assembly begins at 8:00 a.m. at the corner of Guadalupe and S. Brazos (located on the Westside by the Guadalupe Theater) and the march will begin at 10:00 a.m. to the Alamo. We will be making history by marching to inaugurate Cesar E. Chavez Blvd. We will be stopping briefly in the front steps of City Hall for a Special Declaration on Cesar Chavez Blvd. by our Mayor Julian Castro and honoring our special guest Grand Marshal Paul Chavez (Son of Cesar Chavez) and Ms. Lupe Ramos-Montigny.
Please join us in keeping Cesar E. Chavez's visions and dreams alive and make them a reality through our actions in the march and throughout the year.
In Unity,
Jaime P. Martinez
Organizer-Founder
Chairman of the Board
Cesar E. Chavez Legacy and Educational Foundation
Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice
Grand Marshal: Paul Chavez, the son of Cesar Chavez and President of the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation
http://www.facebook.com/events/322064637815358/