San Francisco celebrated Cesar Chavez Day 2025 with a parade and festival honoring farmworkers, labor rights, and community ...

Cesar Chavez was a steadfast believer in non-violent activism. When it seemed members of his movement were turning to violence to fight back, He launched a hunger strike that would last for 25 days.

Marches and rallies across the state highlighted the role of immigrant workers “as the backbone of American society,” organizers said.

These included the Delano Grape Strike and Boycott of 1965-70, which united Filipino and Mexican farmworkers; the 340-mile march from Delano to Sacramento in 1966; and a 25-day hunger strike in 1968.

Still, the hunger strike is making Kaiser Permanente management ... some trace their history back to Cesar Chavez's historic farm worker strikes. " At least in my reading of it, a very ...

“I think recognizing the work that Cesar Chavez did, the sacrifices that he ... The Forty Acres site is where the historical 1965 grape strike took place in protest of the anti-immigrant climate ...

They also reflected on the 60th anniversary of the Delano Grape Strike of 1965 ... respect and the recognition of humanity.” CESAR CHAVEZ: Farmworker leader left a broad legacy Faith leaders ...