Western Oregon University is the latest institution in the state taking steps to rid itself of any association with the deceased labor leader Cesar Chavez.
University officials announced Thursday that it will remove his name from the institution’s student leadership conference.
The conference is an annual springtime event that draws hundreds of high school students from across Oregon to Western for leadership workshops and a career fair. The conference was originally developed more than 30 years ago, by the same community groups who founded Colegio César Chávez. Many of the students who attend the conference each year identify as Latinx or Hispanic…