Lila Thulin: Ever heard of Fred Ross Sr.? New #documentary chronicles the legendary organizer’s work: 'American Agitators,' an award-winning film by UC Berkeley's Raymond Telles, profiles an activist who mentored Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.

#Film #labor #farmworkers #ucberkeley #CesarChavez #DoloresHuerta #union
https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/26/ever-heard-of-fred-ross-sr-new-documentary-chronicles-the-legendary-organizers-work/

Today marks the 32nd anniversary of #CesarChavez passing. Can you share how he influenced you?

Hoy se cumplen 32 años del fallecimiento de César Chávez. ¿Puedes compartir cómo te influyó?

In the old days, miners would carry birds with them to warn against poison gas. Hopefully, the birds would die before the miners. Farm workers are society's canaries. Farm workers-and their children-demonstrate the effects of pesticide poisoning before anyone else. - #CesarChavez 1/

People forget that the soil is our sustenance. It's a sacred trust. It is what has worked for us for centuries. It is what we pass on to future generations. - #CesarChavez #EarthDay

Our newsletter celebrates César Chávez Day and provides educational resources about Chávez and the farmworker movement. It also shares students' positive reviews of the Farmworker Oral History Dramatization Project and publicizes the availability of the David Blumenkrantz Photographic Collection for researchers at the University Library’s Special Collections and Archives, including his collection related to homelessness in Los Angeles. #CesarChavez #farmworkersrights

https://bradleycenterliberated.substack.com/p/cesar-chavez

Happy Cesar Chavez Day.
Observed on March 31 every year, especially in #California.
Also a U.S. federal commemorative holiday, proclaimed by President Obama in 2014. The holiday celebrates the birth and legacy of the #CivilRights and #Labor movement activist. #CesarChavez #Peace #Vegan #SíSePuede

"History will judge societies, govts & insts: by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor & the helpless."
#CesarChavez

CS King: “César Chávez isn't an accident; he's a genius of his ppl, & their farm WKRs union -hero union. When you've succeeded in making your lives more secure & richer -whole nation will benefit. That's why your struggle has deeper dimensions than a strike for wages. You're demanding a place in the halls of man -no lowly ppl -only ppl who're forced down.”
#Unions

Today, March 31, would have been #CesarChavez’ 98th birthday. It is an official holiday in California and a handful of other U.S. states. Sí se puede!

"History will judge societies and governments - and the institutions - not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless." - #CesarChavez

Today in Labor History March 31, 1927: Birth of Cesar Chavez. In 1965, Chavez led farm workers in California on their first grape boycott. The nationwide protest lasted five years and ended with the first union contract for U.S. farm workers outside of Hawaii. In 1966, Chavez’s organization officially became the United Farm Workers. Chavez was inspired by the nonviolent civil disobedience of Gandhi. In addition to strikes, boycotts and pickets, he was famous for going on hunger strikes. Later he became infatuated with the religious cult, Synanon. He used Synanon’s “game” to punish union members and enforce conformity. Chavez also supported the brutal Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos. This alienated Filipino members of the union, as well as many of the religious organizations that had supported the UFW.

Day off to celebrate #CesarChavez - https://buff.ly/Sb0Egjw

Saw exhibit on #UnitedFarmWorkers strike & laughed at the short-handled #hoe. Thought it was a mistake, that they'd lost real tool & put child's toy in place. Eye-opening!

Happy Birthday #CesarChavez! Together we can continue his life’s work of organizing farm workers. Make your donation today. https://ufw.org/chavezmarch2025 or https://paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou

“...Is it so much to ask that the poorest people of the land have a measure of justice?” - #CesarChavez

"... ¿Es mucho pedir que las personas más pobres de la tierra tengan un poco de justicia?" - César Chavez

"Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore." -#CesarChavez #WeFeedYou

Today is Cesar Chavez Day. Take a moment to look up the good he did.

"When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering and caring for his own family, the whole community of man is sick.” #CesarChavez

We are sons and daughters of the farm workers’ revolution, a revolution of the poor seeking bread and justice.” #CesarChavez

"Somos hijos e hijas de la revolución de los campesinos, una revolución de los pobres que buscan pan y justicia."
- César Chavez

Society is made up of groups. As long as the smaller groups do not have the same rights & protection as others...it is not going to work. Somehow the guys in power have to be reached by counterpower or through a change in the hearts & minds or change will not come. #CesarChavez

"There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.” - #CesarChavez