Cesar+Chavez


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"Si se puede” (Kirkwood). One of the many famous quotes by Cesar Chavez that he said during his speeches to the people about the workers needs . Chavez is a motivational speaker that tired to get across the importance of the farm workers conditions . He fought for freedom in the agricultural fields. He spoke up for the ones who didn't have a voice. He saw that they weren't getting treated right ,Chavez didn't want to say quite he wanted to make a difference (Valle). Cesar was rewarded the Medal of Freedom for his conturbution towards the workers (Diaz).

Cesar Chavez has done so many remarkable things in life. Cesar Chavez was born in Arizona On March 31, 1927 (Diaz). He came from a very poor family (Obama). In his family he was one of five kids (Rios). Chavez lived mostly all of his childhood moving from state to state (Valle). When he was 10 his family became migrant workers (Diaz).
 * Personal Background**

This one time Chavez family moved to California looking for work (Valle). That were he started working at the labor camps (Kirkwood). Cesar Chavez family was getting treated very poorly there and he could see this (Rios). He lived a very hard life; he would get look down upon for being a Spanish speaker (Valle). Things got worst once the Great Depression came, his family lost their farm (Diaz). Even thought all these things happen, this gave Chavez the strength to do something about it. He joined the community Service Organization he wanted to do something for the farmers (Diaz).

Chavez family played key roles in his career (Obama). They supported him and all his chose. He did many things for the farmer’s rights. But before all of this he did Naval Service during World War 2 (Obama). He has dedicated his whole life to helping people. But like all good things they have to come to an end. Cesar Chavez died in 1993 (Diaz). His family wanted people to remember him so they buried him in the fields were he use to work in.


 * Personality Traits**

Cesar Chavez is an inspiration to everyone, fighting for the migrant workers rights. He was very delicate to get the worker safe working conditions (Rios). He is really caring because he thought of other before himself (Obama). He showed that he was an honorable person by being true to what he did (Valle). Every one respected him for what he accomplished (Rios).

Chavez did many things that made him a courageous person (Kirkwood). Fighting for people’s lives is not an easy thing to do. It takes a selfless person to do this. Leadership was one of the key traits; he stood up for the ones who did not have a voice (Rios). He influenced people to do good, people started to protest about working conditions and they stared to see the injustice that was happening (Kirkwood).

He is a visionary to all, people made organizations to help his cause (Rios). He is a self-sacrifing person because he gave this time to help out (Diaz). He became an iconic saint because of all the wonderful things he did. He was a touching stone in many people lives (Rappleye).


 * Obstacles **

He was a heroic figure in like and after death (Diaz). For Cesar Chavez to accomplish his goal he had to go through some struggles. The reason why he stared everything was because his family lost their land in 1939, due to injustices (Valle). They made contracts but the former owners would ignore it (Rappleye). Chavez wanted to do something about this, but he would get look down upon for speaking Spanish (Valle).

He had to do something about it though. The workers had many injustices done to them (Diaz). Had the poor protection over all the heavy work they did (Rappleye). They were exposing to pesticides which were harmful to death (Obama). Cesar had to do something, like there were even crippled workers; he had to become their voice. The poor workers went through many hardships working in the fields (Diaz).H e just couldn’t just watch people lose their jobs for no reason (Rappleye).

There was so many obstacles that Chavez has to get through to help the people out. Like cities can be over populated with immigrant who would not stand up to what the land owners would do to them (Rappleye). They would get payed minimum wage, it wasn’t enough for what they were put through. Chavez spoke up about the poor treatment he said, “ What [ the owners] don’t know, … is that it’s not bananas or grapes or lettuce. It’s people (Obama). What he means in this was that the food isn’t getting harm it’s the workers that are.


 * [[image:service (2).jpg align="left" caption="Chavez is strike for the workers rights "]]Historical Significant**

' “We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community…” (Kirkwood). Cesar Chavez was known for helping out the immigrants. He made things possible for the ones who could not do it themselves. Freedom in the American agricultural fields was one of his main points (Obama). Chavez went on protest so he could be heard about the poor treatment the farm workers were getting (Diaz). He stated organization so many people would get involved with this matter (Diaz).

Cesar fought for better pay for the workers (Valle). He guided workers and activist on marathon marches. He was so passionate about his cause that he broke out strikes in the fields (Rappleye). Chavez wanted to get people attention about the farmer’s rights. He led grape boycotts that prompted millions to stop buying the fruits that was grown (Kirkwood). This would get the landowners attention and maybe they would listen and do something.

Workers now in days have better working conditions then before because of Cesar Chavez. He was determined to get safe working conditions for all the famers. He banned pesticides spraying with workers were in the fields (Diaz). He did a lot of bargain agreements with the farm workers and owners to see if they can make peace (Diaz). He was the voice for the people who didn’t have one. Chavez won contracts with powerful agricultural industry (Kirkwood). He was a true American hero to everyone (Valle).

Chavez stared “ La Causa” Because he wanted more people to be aware of what was happing (Valle). This organization grew bigger and started others like the United Farm Workers. He was bringing social justice to the world (Obama). For all of Chavez hard work he received the Medal of Freedom. He was the second person in the world to have gotten this honor (Diaz). He went down in history being known as the defender of the rights of the farmer’s labors (Kirkwood).


 * References**

Diaz, A,Katharine""¿S¿ Se Puede!." //Hispanic//. 01 Oct. 2004: 36. //eLibrary//. Web. 29 Oct . 2014. **Source 4**

Kirkwood, Scott "ANOTHER STEP FORWARD." //National Parks//. 01 Apr. 2007: 16. //eLibrary//. Web. 17 Nov. 2014 **Source 5**

Obama, H, Barack"Proclamation 9092-Cesar Chavez Day, 2014." //Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents//. 28 Mar. 2014: 1. //eLibrary//. Web. 02 Oct. 2014 **Source 2**

Rappleye, Charles."Mexico, America, and the Continental Divide." //Virginia Quarterly Review// 2(2007):61. //eLibrary//. Web. 11 Dec. 2014. **Source 6**

Rios, Margarita."Cesar Chavez, A Hispanic Hero." //Hispanic//. 30 Sep. 1994: PG. //eLibrary//. Web. 17 Sep. 2014. **Source 1**

Valle, Del, Jeanette "Cesar Chavez." //Scholastic Action//. 01 Oct. 2001: 24. //eLibrary//. Web. 15 Oct. 2014. **Source 3**