A LEGACY ENDURES : SAN FERNANDO RESIDENTS CELEBRATE CESAR CHAVEZ'S BIRTHDAY.Byline: Virginia Gonzalez Daily News Staff Writer About 100 people marched through the heart of San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. on Saturday afternoon to celebrate the birthday of the late union leader Cesar Chavez Noun 1. Cesar Chavez - United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born 1927) Cesar Estrada Chavez, Chavez and to promote community peace and other goals. Chanting inspirational messages such as ``Si, se puede'' (Yes you can) and ``El pueblo El Pueblo (The People) was a Spanish daily newspaper, the central organ of the Syndicalist Party during the 1930s. unido jamas sera vencido'' (A united community will never be defeated), the crowd, mostly young Latinos, walked about three miles from San Fernando High School San Fernando High School, located in San Fernando, California, is a secondary school that is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school colors are black and gold. All girl teams are referred to as Lady Tigers, all boy teams simply as Tigers. to City Hall. ``I'm just tired of the racism, the violence, and I want it to stop,'' said Leslie Satterthwaite, 40, of San Fernando, who marched with her sign-carrying son and his two friends. Satterthwaite said print and televised stories about United Farm Workers The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) is a labor union that evolved from unions founded in 1962 by César Chávez, Philip Vera Cruz, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong. This union changed from a workers' rights organization that helped workers get unemployment insurance to that of founder Chavez over the years have motivated her to march and protest against injustices suffered by Latinos for the sake of her community and her son, Cruz Bernal, 10. ``He's one of my heroes, just like Martin Luther King (Jr.),'' Satterthwaite said. Gathered along a blocked-off section of MacNeil Street in front of City Hall, Chavez supporters listened to two hours of speeches. ``This is a commemoration and celebration of Cesar Chavez,'' said Mayor Joanne Baltierrez. ``He's kind of like our Martin Luther King, a leader, someone who was consistent no matter what, and we wanted to honor him in a special way.'' Manuel Tovar, 60, and Julio Martinez Julio Martinez is the weekly host of KPFK Radio’s Arts in Review, is a theatre critic for Daily Variety and Features Editor of Latin Heat Magazine. His articles have appeared in Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, Backstage West, L.A. , 21, held signs and a large Mexican flag to pay homage to the Latino leader - who died of natural causes in 1993 at the age of 66. ``I wanted to honor a great man who paved the way for (Latinos) to do something about our problems, to show us that it could be done by organizing and uniting,'' Tovar said. ``It's important for youth to get the message of peace, to have an open mind and learn to respect people for the one purpose of being a human being like Chavez showed us,'' Martinez said. The march was organized by the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Partnership's youth organization. In 1994, San Fernando became the first government entity to declare a holiday on Chavez's birthday. The activist would have turned 69 today. The city also sponsored a Chavez commemoration Friday night that featured a speech by a Cal State Northridge Chicano studies professor, Chavez artwork and photographs, and Mexican food from a local restaurant. In 1966, Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association - the predecessor of the UFW UFW United Farm Workers (union) UFW United Factory Warehouse - to address the health hazards, low wages and other problems that plagued the mostly Latino workers. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: San Fernando High student Richard Aguirre, 14, march es to City Hall in Saturday's birthday celebration for United Farm Workers founder Cesar Chavez. David Sprague/Daily News |
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