One-On-One with Nativo Lopez, National Director of the Mexican American Political Association

“In advance of May Day activities, more than 650 students vacated their classrooms throughout Los Angeles, as well as Orange and San Diego counties, on Mar. 30, demanding national and state holidays in honor of Cesar Chavez, a beloved farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist.

Nativo Lopez, National Director of the Mexican American Political Association, believes that May Day is not just specific to immigration issues, but it generally centers on worker rights. He recently interviewed with Final Call Staff Writer Charlene Muhammad, expressing that within the context of Latino participation in May Day, certainly the demand for the Cesar Chavez Holiday recognition is being raised, and imparted the need for such recognition and how it is relative to the Black-Brown movement for unity.”

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