Sí Se Puede: Remembering Cesar Chavez

President Obama, commemorating Cesar Chavez on what would have been his 82nd birthday yesterday:

Cesar Chavez's legacy as an educator, environmentalist, and as a civil rights leader who struggled for fair treatment and fair wages for America's workers is important for every American to remember.

Having begun as a farmworker, Cesar Chavez eventually co-founded the United Farm Workers and struggled to provide hundreds of thousands of people with better working conditions and the chance to live a better life. The cause of fair treatment and fair wages for America’s workers lives on today through the work of countless others.

Chavez’s rallying cry, “Sí Se Puede” – “Yes We Can,” was more than a slogan, it was an expression of hope and a rejection of those who said farmworkers could not organize, and could not take on the growers. Through his courage, Cesar Chavez taught us that a single voice could change our country, and that together, we could make America a stronger, more just, and more prosperous nation.

Sí Se Puede. Yes We Can.

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This is so sad. But at least he saw Obama elected and knew that hope was on the way once more. His cry for justice "Si Se Puede" has become a rallying cry by workers everywhere in this dysfunctional, failed globalized economy.

He was a pioneer in both human rights and better wages and conditions for all workers. He will be missed but his cry for justice lives on.

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SandyH on April 1, 2009 at 01:40 PM

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