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20.03.26 - 15:21
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California Moves To Rename Cesar Chavez Day Before March 31 Holiday (ZeroHedge)
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California Moves To Rename Cesar Chavez Day Before March 31 Holiday
Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times,
California state lawmakers took steps on March 19 to remove Cesar Chavez's name from a state holiday this year and replace it with “Farmworkers Day” after accusations against the civil rights icon of sexual assault involving children and women surfaced the day before.
The state became the latest to take action to change or cancel plans to celebrate Chavez as fallout over the accusations continued.
Cesar Chavez Day has been celebrated each year on March 31 in California, where Chavez first founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962, which later became the United Farm Workers of America (UFW).
California was the first state to designate the labor leader's birthday a legal holiday, celebrating Cesar Chavez Day as an official state-paid holiday in 2000, after former Gov. Gray Davis signed related legislation into law.
State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, son of a fa...
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19.03.26 - 16:12
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Civil Rights Icon Cesar Chavez′s Family, Officials React To Sexual Assault Accusations (ZeroHedge)
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Civil Rights Icon Cesar Chavez's Family, Officials React To Sexual Assault Accusations
Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times,
The family of Cesar Chavez said they were devastated by allegations of sexual abuse that surfaced against the American civil rights icon in a report published March 18, as officials began canceling celebrations and holidays in honor of him.
“This is deeply painful for our family,” the Chavez family told The Epoch Times in an email.
“We wish peace and healing to the survivors and commend their courage to come forward. As a family steeped in the values of equity and justice, we honor the voices of those who feel unheard and who report sexual abuse.”
The New York Times published an investigation stating that the labor leader, especially of farmworkers and Latino immigrant workers, allegedly sexually abused and groomed minors as young as 13 who worked in the labor movement.
According to the report, renowned labor leader Dolores Huerta—who cofounded the ...
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