MARCHERS RECALL CHAVEZ'S LEGACY.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer 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. - Led by dancers dressed in elaborate Aztec garb, thousands of marchers on Sunday paraded past a mural of the late labor activist and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez Noun 1. Cesar Chavez - United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born 1927) Cesar Estrada Chavez, Chavez , whose legacy has been honored over the last week in a number of events. Participants in the 13th annual March for Justice, which started the year after Chavez died, listened to speeches and a Spanish performance of ``We Shall Overcome'' at Brand Park in Mission Hills before starting the walk. ``(Chavez) believed in nonviolence, and he lived it,'' said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Councilman Tony Cardenas Tony Cardenas served in the California State Assembly. In the Assembly, he had the powerful position of chair of the Budget Committee. He is now a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing the 6th district, which includes parts of the San Fernando Valley. . ``He believed that one man, one person together with his family, with his friends and with his community can change the world. And he did.'' An estimated 2,300 participants joined the event, said Fire Inspector Dennis Clemons of the Fire Department. More than 130 dancers wearing feathers and clutching incense incense, perfume diffused by the burning of aromatic gums or spices. Incense was used in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome and is mentioned in the Old and the New Testaments. It is also found in the major religions of Asia. pots, shakers Shakers, popular name for members of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, also called the Millennial Church. Members of the movement, who received their name from the trembling produced by religious emotion, were also known as Alethians. , conches Conches may refer to: the plural of the Conch, a type of mollusk. Places:
As they approached Cesar E. Chavez Park in San Fernando, the marchers passed by a statue of Chavez and a mural dedicated to him. Artist Ignacio Gomez and his wife, Imelda, created the memorial, and on Sunday he recalled meeting Chavez years ago and being struck by his charisma. ``He was soft-spoken and gentle, but when he got up there you just couldn't help ... (listening) to him,'' Gomez said. Chavez founded the 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 union and led boycotts to win better pay and working conditions for his members. Mushroom picker Rogelio Lona, 57, of Gilroy, Calif., was with Chavez at the bargaining table and spoke to the crowd before the start of the march. ``I am an immigrant to this country, I came here when I was between 15 and 16 years old,'' Lona said in Spanish. ``At that time there was a lot of discrimination. If you think there's discrimination now, you should have lived back then.'' Students in the march held banners and chanted, Miss San Fernando 2006 wore a tiara as she walked in front of a giant Mexican flag and a Northridge couple wearing Mexican wrestling masks followed behind. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Diane Velarde-Hernandez, left, and daughter Natalie Hernandez of Acton march down Brand Boulevard on Sunday during the 13th annual March for Justice in honor of Cesar Chavez. (2) Eddie Garcia, a head dancer of Grupo Tezcacaohtli, performed Sunday as marchers made their way from Mission Hills to San Fernando. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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