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THE FIGHT IS NEVER
ABOUT GRAPES OR
LETTUCE. IT
J
IS ALWAYS
Left: Delano to Sacramento march, 1966.
Above: UFW flag.
ABOUT
PEOPLE.
Izquierda: La marcha
desde Delano a Sacramento, 1966. Arriba:
La bandera del UFW.
LA LUCHA NUNCA ES
SOBRE DE LAS UVAS
o LECHUGA. SIEMPRE
ES SOBRE PERSONAS.
-Cesar
Estrada Chavez
With siblings in California, 19305, and in
US Navy, 1946.
Con sus hermanos en
California en la decada de 1930. EI joven
marinero, 1946.
YES, WE CAN!
is!, SE PUEDE!
FIRST-GENERATION
AMERICAN
ESTADOUNIDENSE DE
PRIMERA GENERACION
For much of our nation's history,
the people who labor to put
food on our table were out of
sight and mind, powerless to
confront the industry and laws
that worked against them. Out
of the dusty California fields,
Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta,
Larry Itliong, and countless
others built a movement that
brought migrant workers to
the attention of the world.
Established in 2012, Cesar E.
Chavez National Monument
commemorates
the life and
work of this great American
and the ongoing struggle for
human rights.
Por mucha de la historia de
nuestra nacion, los que laboran para poner la comida en
nuestras mesas quedaban
fuera de la vista y fuera de la
mente. No ternan el poder
para enfrentar ni la industria
agricola ni las leyes. Surgieron
desde 105 sembradios polvorientos de California Cesar
Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Larry
Itliong y innumerables otros
quienes crearon un movimiento que enfoco la atencion del
rnundo a la situacion diffcil de
los campesinos. Este monument national, establecido en
2012, conmemora la obra y
vida de este prohombre norteamericano y la lucha incesante
por los derechos humanos.
Cesar Estrada Chavez was born
in 1927 to Mexican immigrants
outside Yuma, Arizona. The
family lost their farm during
the Great Depression of the
1930s. They soon joined the
hundreds of thousands of other
migrant laborers streaming
into California from the Southwest and Midwest.
Cesar Estrada Chavez nacio en
1927 en Yuma, Arizona, hijo
de inmigrantes mexicanos. Su
familia perdio su granja durante la Gran Depresion, Pronto se juntaron con centenares
de miles de obreros migrantes
Ilegando a California desde el
suroeste y medio oeste del
pars.
Cesar quit school after the
eighth grade but never lost his
love for learning. He was a lifelong avid reader. He joined the
US Navy in 1946 and served in
the Western Pacific. In 1948 he
married Helen Fabela, whom
he met while working in fields
and vineyards, and they made
their home in San Jose.
Chavez dejo la escuela despues
del 8° grado pero nunca perdio
su amor por el aprendizaje.
Toda su vida era un lector avido.
En 1946 lnqreso a la marina. En
1948 se caso con Helen Fabela,
quien conocio trabajando
en
"Ios campos y vifiedos. La pareja establecio su hogar en San
Jose.
Left: Cesar Chavez.
Right: Farm laborers
in California.
Derecha: Campesinos
en California.
PORTRAlT-C
CATHY MURPHY; WORKERSWALTER P. REUTHER UBRARY. WAYNE STATE
UNIV;
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ANDRADE
~nding his 1968
fast, with Helen
nd Sen. Robert F.
ennedy.
With Helen and six
of their children,
1969. Chavez's devotion to family and
his strong Catholic
faith stayed with
him for life.
Dolores Huerta
and Larry Itliong
(right), his close
associates in the
movement. Above:
Huelga, "Strike."
Con Helen y sus hijos, 1969. La devocion a su famila y
su fuerte fe cat61ica
se quedaron con
Chavez para toda
su vida.
Dolores Huerta y
Larry Itliong (derecha) sus colegas en
el movimiento.
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WALTER
P. REUTHER
UBRARY,
WAYNE
STATE
Terminando su ayuno de 1968, can su
esposa Helen y el
senador Robert F.
ennedy.
UNIV.
'A VOICE FOR
FARM WORKERS
PORTAVOZ DE LOS
CAMPESINOS
MARCH TOWARD
UNITY
LA MARCHA
HACIA LA UNIDAD
A LEGACY OF "WE"
UN TESTAMENTO
DE NOSOTROS
After 10 years as a community
organizer, where he worked
hroughout California with
Dolores Huerta, Gilbert Padillo,
:and other activists, Chavez was
ready to pursue his dream of a
farm workers' union. He of all
people understood the cycle
of poverty that had trapped
farm workers for generations.
Despues de 10 anos trabajando por todo California con
Dolores Huerta, Gilbert Padilla
y otros activistas como organizador comunitario, Chavez
estaba dispuesto a seguir su
suerio de un sindicato de campesinos. EI entre todas las
personas, entendio el cicio de
pobreza que habia atrapado
a 105 campesinos por generaciones.
In 1965 Larry Itliong led Filipino
American grape workers in a
strike against growers. They
were soon joined by the NFWA
and other unions, college
students, church groups, civil
rights leaders, and others. The
landmark strike led to a consumer boycott and a 300-mile
march from Delano to Sacramento-the
longest protest
march in US history.
En 1965, Larry Itliong y 105 obreros de ascendencia filipina
emprendieron
una huelqa contra los productores de uva. La
NFWA y otras sindicatos, estudiantes, religiosos organizados
y minorias se unieron. Esta
huelga destacada provoco
una boicot de consumidores y
una marcha de 500 km desde
Delano a Sacramento-Ia
rnanifestacion
mas larga en
la historia estadounidense.
-nergized by their success,
the UFW used strikes, boycotts, marches, hunger fasts,
education, and other nonviolent tactics to change
laws and lives. Among their
oremost achievements was
California's Agricultural
Labor Relations Act of 1975,
the first state law to recognize collective bargaining
rights for farm workers.
Energizados por su exito, la
UFW uso huelgas, boicoteos,
manifestaciones,
ayunos,
educacion y otras tacticas
no violentas para cambiar
las leyes y vidas. Entre los
logros mas grandes fue la
Ley de Relaciones Laborales
Agricolas de California en
1975, la primera ley que
reconocio que los campesinos tienen el derecho de
neqociacion colectiva.
En 1962, Chavez deja un empleo seguro y se mudo con
Helen y sus ocho hijos al pueblo de Delano. Alii, Chavez,
Huerta, Padilla, Manuel Chavez,
Jim Drake y Julio Hernandez
fundaron la National Farm
Workers Association (NFWA).
En 1966 la renornbro United
Farm Workers (UFW), 0
'campesinos unidos.'
It also led to the nation's first
union contracts between farm
workers and growers, securing
better pay, health benefits,
protections against pesticides,
and safer working conditions.
n 1962, Chavez left his secure
[ob and moved with Helen and
their eight young children to
Delano. There, Chavez, Huerta,
Padilla, Manuel Chavez, Jim
Drake, and Julio Hernandez
founded the National Farm
Workers Association (NFWA),
renamed the United Farm
Workers in 1966.
Tarnbien resultaron los primeros contratos sindicales entre
los obreros y los productores,
asegurando sueldos mejores,
beneficios para la salud, protecciones contra los plaguicidas
toxicas s y condiciones laborales
mas seguras.
Use of this short-handled
hoe-el cortito-forced
laborers to stoop and twist
for hours at a time.
Usando el 'cortito,' 0
azad6n con mango corto,
forzaba a los obreros
agacharse y torcerse par
muchas horas a la vez.
havez continued to work
until the day he died, April
23, 1993. A common man
with an uncommon vision,
Cesar Chavez stood for
quality, justice, and dignity
for all Americans. His voice
is as compelling today as
during his lifetime.
Chavez continuo trabajando
hasta el dla que rnurio, el 23
de abril de 1993. Un hombre
cornun con una vision magnifica, Cesar Chavez se alzo
para defender la igualdad,
la justicia y la dignidad para
todos sus conciudadanos.
Su
voz elocuente continua tan
persuasiva hoy en dia como
10 fue durante su vida.
New citizens celebrate
after naturalization
ceremony.
Nuevos ciudadanos
durante la ceremonia
de naturalizaci6n.
PODEMOS ELEGIR USAR
NUESTRAS VIDAS PARA
OTROS PARA REALIZAR
UN MUNDO MEJOR Y MAs
JUSTO PARA NUESTROS
HUOS.
WE CAN CHOOSE TO USE
OUR LIVES FOR OTHERS TO
BRING ABOUT A BETTER
AND MORE JUST WORLD
FOR OUR CHILDREN.
Cesar E. Chavez rose and yellow
Peace rose in La Paz garden. Wall
fountain with relief sculpture
evoking farm workers' march.
Rosa roja nombrado por Cesar
Chavez y una rosa amarilla en el
jardin. Fuente mural, con bajo
relieve de una manifestaci6n
labradora.
Portrait of Chavez, with pesticide
protests in background.
Chavez's
office is preserved exactly as it
was during his lifetime.
Retrato de Chavez. En el fondo, las
protestas contra pesticidas. Se conserva el despacho de Cesar Chavez
exactamente
como 10 fue durante
su vida.
PLACE OF ACTION,
PLACE OF REFUGE
CENTRO DE ACCION Y
REFUGIO
PLANNING YOUR
VISIT
SOBRE TU VISITA
Since 1971, Nuestra Senora
Reina de la Paz has been the
United Farm Workers (UFW)
headquarters and home to the
Chavez family. During the last
quarter-century
of Cesar's life,
thousands of farm workers
and supporters came here to
set strategy, plan boycotts,
learn how to run their union,
celebrate milestones, mourn
losses, and look ahead.
A partir de 1971, los Campesinos Unidos (UFW) ha tenido su
sede en la hacienda 'Nuestra
Senora Reina de La Paz.' Tambien estaba el hogar de la familia Chavez. En los ultirnos 25
afios que vivfa Cesar Chavez,
miles de campesinos y partidarios vinieron aquf para formular estrategias, orqanizar
boicoteos, aprender como dirigir sus sindicatos, celebrar
hitos, lamentar perdidas y obtener una vision para el futuro.
This is a new national park
area managed by the National
Park Service and the nonprofit
National Chavez Center. Visitor
services and programs will continue to develop in the coming
years.
Este es un nuevo parque naclonal, manejado en cola boracion con el National Park
Service y el National Chavez
Center, una orqanizacion
sin
fines de lucro. Continuaremos
desarrollar programas para
nuestros visitantes en los proximos anos.
La Paz was also a welcome
respite from the bitter-sometimes violent-struggles
on
the front lines of the movement. Here, Chavez built community and refreshed his spirit
and resolve.
La Paz tarnbien sirvio como un
respiro bienvenido de las luchas amargas-y
a veces violentas-de
la vanguardia del
movimiento.
Aquf, Chavez fortalecio comunidad y refresco
su espfritu y su resolucion.
The park is open daily 10 am to
4 pm; closed on major federal
holidays. The visitor center has
photos and exhibits, including
Chavez's preserved UFW office.
The memorial garden surrounds
the burial site of Cesar and
Helen Chavez. Enjoy walking
around the grounds, but please
respect the privacy of the people who live and work here.
Horario diario: abierto de las
10:00 hasta las 16:00. Cerrado
en dlas feriados. EI centro de
visitantes presenta exposiciones
que incluye la oficina preservada de Cesar Chavez. EI jardln
conmemorativo
rodea las turnbas de los Chavez. Disfrute su
visita, pero, por favor, respete
la privacidad delia gente que
vive y trabaja aquf.
Villa
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INFORMACION
Cesar E. Chavez National Monument is one of over 400 parks
in the National Park System.
To learn more about parks and
National Park Service programs
in America's communities, visit
www.nps.gov.
Cesar E. Chavez National
Monument es uno de mas
de 400 sitos que componen
el sistema de parques nacionales. Para aprender
mas sobre los parques nacionales y los programas
del National Park Service
(en inqles), visite
www.nps.gov.
Cesar E. Chavez National
Monument
29700 Woodford-Tehachapi
Keene, CA 93531
661-823-6134
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