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Central Valley | Immigrant RightsFresno March Honors the Life of Cesar Chavez
The Committee Cesar E. Chavez CO-CE-CHA held the 14th Annual Cesar Chavez Celebration today (Saturday, March 31, 2007. Y TODAVIA SE PUEDE / YES, WE STILL CAN …...…. continue the fight for justice for all people. This year, the theme of the march was to stop all anti-immigrant raids. Organizers and participants at the march said the inhumane raids are causing fear; nightmares in many children who will be separated from their parents who face the risk of being deported daily. Demonstrators demanded that the inhumane raids stop NOW. ![]() 600chavez1.jpg
§Marching for Justice
![]() 600chavez2.jpg Si Se Puede, Yes we can. All photos by Mike Rhodes
![]() 600chavez3.jpg Students from High Schools around Fresno joined the march. This banner is held by M.E.Ch. A. Students from Parlier.
![]() 600chavez4.jpg The Fresno Center for Nonviolence had a banner in the march.
![]() 600chavez5.jpg The march started after Aztec dancers performed a ceremony. They then led the march through Southeast Fresno.
![]() 600chavez6.jpg Ben Benavidez, on the scooter, has been a key organizer of the Cesar Chavez day marches in Fresno over the past 14 years.
![]() 600chavez7.jpg There were a lot of youth on the march.
1:27 minute video of the march
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