Today [March 31], we celebrated what would have been my uncle César Chávez’s 98th birthday. I was 16 years old when César passed, 32 years ago. I feel blessed to have been raised in Señora Reina de La Paz, the UFW headquarters now known as the National Chávez Center.
The struggle for workers’ and human rights is more poignant than ever. Today, the Dolores Huerta Foundation staff and Vecinos Unidos members will march with thousands of workers and allies across the state in Delano, California, the birthplace of the farmworkers movement.
As I march today, I will be thinking about the lessons that César taught me and so many others…