NCAP - Inaugural Cesar Chavez Commemoration Webinar
Cesar Chavez Day is celebrated on March 31, annually. It is also Cesar Chavez’s birthday. In 2014, President Barack Obama declared Cesar Chavez Day a national holiday. Chavez was a child of a migrant farm family, a former Navy serviceperson, and cofounder of the National Farm Workers' Association (now the United Farm Workers). In this new role, Chavez became the best known Latino American civil rights activist. Leading the struggle for better rights for farm workers, his steady but nonviolent tactics made the farm workers' struggle a moral cause with wide support.
During this webinar, Chavez will be highlighted as a civil rights champion and Community Action leaders will showcase local efforts aimed to build pathways to social and economic wellbeing for farmworker families.
