MEChA fights to honor Cesar Chavez
Tagged: activist, cesar chavez, Chicano, MEChaPosted on: March 28th, 2007“Members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Atzlan are launching a petition this week asking Congress to create a national holiday honoring labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez.
The effort is part of a campaign by MEChA chapters across the country to push for a House bill calling on state legislatures to establish the holiday, MEChA Social Action Chair Edgar Diaz-Machado ’09 said. The groups will give their petitions to the United Farm Workers ”” formerly known as the National Farm Workers Association, which Chavez helped found ”” to be consolidated and presented to members of Congress, Diaz-Machado said.”
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