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  • Chavez's early life divided into school and farm work
  • Chavez did not like school
  • Teachers punished him for speaking Spanish
  • The teachers did not respect his Mexican heritage
  • A teacher shortened Cesario Chavez's name to Cesar when he started school
  • The nickname stuck for the rest of his life

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    Chavez's family had to sell their store and farm.

    • In 1938,the family moved to California to find work
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  • Librado is Chavez's dad
  • There were no laws to protect farm workers.
  • Librado would not work for owners who cheated people's money
  • Librado stop picking crops
  • Librado would strike with some of his workers
  • Librado taught Chavez to stand up for what he believed in
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  • Chavez took a job with the Community Service Organization (CSO)
  • The CSO taught many Mexican Americans  about their rights
  • Chavez learned how to organize people
  • Chavez learned how to form groups and how to run events
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  • After five long years , the grape strike ended. The boycott hurt the owners badly.
  • During the strike about 95% of the workers lost their homes and cars.
  • Chavez was very very weak during his fast he needed help even walking short distances.

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  • Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC)
  • United Farm Workers (UFW)
  •  In the 1070s, with the UFW behind him, Chavez again asked in California's government for help.
  •  In 1975, he got it.
  • - In 1966, a union called the (AWOC) was trying to help Filipino farmworkers.  
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  • Chavez  tried to fix the problem of pesticides in the 1980's.
  • Chavez  asked Americans to boycott grapes again in the 1980's 
  • These chemicals can make farmers sick. 
  • The government made pesticides illegal.
  • Many people asked the government to make pesticides aganistthe law.

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  • Chavez led his union for more than 30 years to help make a better life for thousands of farmworkers 
  •  Chavez still kept working when he turned 60 
  • Chavez body slowly began  to tire 
  • He died in his sleep when he was 66 in April 23, 1993

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  • In 1994, President Clinton honored Chavez with the Presidential medal of Freedom.
  • Chavez was the second Mexican American to be given this honor.
  • People continue to remember and honor Cesar Chavez.
  • Many cities have schools, park, and libraries named after him
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    - People complained that Chavez was bossy
    - Chavez  job wasn't easy
    - Chavez was away from his family and didn't make a lot of money
    - Chavez worked years of farm work   that it made his back hurt
    - Chavez never stopped helping workers
    - The union wasn't always successful, sometimes Chavez got frustrated
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  • Cesario Chavez was born on March 31, 1927
  • He was the second of the six children in his family
  • His mother Juana taught him to be kind to all people
  • He was taught all about animals and farming
  • Cesario Chavez helped his family grocery store and farming.

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  • Chavez knew conditions for farmworkers were not getting any better
  • A lot of workers were willing to work for any price
  • In 1962 they started the National Farm Workers  Association (NFWA)
  • Chavez started a union to protect  their rights 


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  • In 1994, President Clinton honored Chavez with the Presidential medal of Freedom.
  • Chavez was the second Mexican American to be given this honor.
  • People continue to remember and honor Cesar Chavez.
  • Many cities have schools, park, and libraries named after           him
  • But most important, the union he led continues to help farmworkers have better lives. 
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  • As a teenager Chavez met a young girls named Helen Fabela
  • In 1948 the two where married
  • Over the next 10 years,they had eight children
  • Chavez and his wife both worked in the fields
  • Together they taught farm workers to read and write
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  • Chavez´s family picked up crops such as lettuce and  sugar beets.
  • They spent all day bending over in the fields and their backs hurt.
  • The Chavez children also worked in the fields with their parents.
  • After eighth grade, Chavez quit school to work in the fields full time.
  • And he was not going to attend high school




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  • Chavez tried to fix the problem of pesticides in the 1980's


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  • parents moved town to town looking for work
  • migrant work was not easy
  • no bathrooms on fields
  • no drinking water on fields
  • owners paid very little to workers 
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  • National Farm Workers Association  (NFWA)
  • In 1965 , grape farm owners in  Delano lowered workers ' wages.
  • Union members refused to work. 
  • Chavez decided to ask the government for  help.
  • With about 100 members he marched 300 miles to Sacramento.


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  • Chavez led his union for more than 30 years to help make a better life for thousands of farmworkers 
  •  Chavez still kept working when he turned 60 
  • Chavez body slowly began  to tire 
  • He died in his sleep when he was 66 in April 23, 1993
  • Thousands of people came to Chavez's funeral



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  •  some owners hired people to attack the union members
  • Chaves believed arguments should not be settled with violence
  •  Chaves started the union he did not eat for 25 days and became very weak
  •  Other union members had to work together to keep the union running
  •  Chavez fast  succeeded in bringing peace to the union
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  • Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC)
  • United Farm Workers (UFW)
  •  In the 1070s, with the UFW behind him, Chavez again asked in California's government for help.
  •  In 1975, he got it.
  • - In 1966, a union called the (AWOC) was trying to help Filipino farmworkers.  

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  • - Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC)
  • - United Farm workers (UFW)
  • - in 1966, a union called the (AWOC) tried to help the Filipino farmworkers.
  • - The AWOC had gone on strike in Delano.  
  • - To help the migrant workers, two union joined together.
  • - In the 1970s, with the UFW behind him, Chavez asked again California's government for help.


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  • Chavez knew conditions for farmworkers were not getting any better
  • A lot of workers were willing to work for any price
  • In 1962 they started the National Farm Workers  Association (NFWA)
  • Chavez started a union to create a strike
  • It was really hard to start a union
  • Many workers agreed with Chavez and joined the union

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