Cesar Chavez service fair inspires non-profit work
March 27, 2013
Community involvement was on display at the Cesar Chavez Service Fair on Wednesday. This was the third annual installment of the fair, hosted by the campus organization Unified We Serve and the Chicana/o Studies department. Justin Weiss, activities coordinator for Unified We Serve, said he hoped stude...
Cesar Chavez not a hero for immigrants’ success
March 27, 2012
Michelangelo Landgrave Contributor With Cesar Chavez’s birthday fast approaching, you are sure to read more about how great he was. One can admire his nonviolent approach to pressing for his cause, and he can be considered great in this sense. Whether the ideas he promoted were great, however,...
Remembering the Delano Manongs: The Filipinos behind Chavez and Huerta
March 27, 2012
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta are two very well-known historical figures and Mexican-American civil rights activists to Californians and Americans across the nation. The two are known to have organized Chicano farm workers to demand better working conditions and wages, and fought for political power....
CSUN commemorates César Chávez with service fair
March 30, 2011
CSUN commemorated César Chávez Day with a keynote speech given by his granddaughter in the first annual César Chávez Service Fair. The event, which was co-hosted by Unified We Serve and the Department of Chicano/a Studies comes two days before the state holiday that honors the farm worker le...
