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DESCRIPTION:**18Th Annual Cesar E. Chavez Community Celebration**\n\nWHAT: This year 
 marks the 18th Annual Cesar E. Chavez community celebration commemorating 
 the legacy of Cesar E. Chavez, the farm workers movement, and the ever 
 present struggle towards justice on all levels and for all people.  
 \n\nThere will be FOOD, SOCIAL SERVICE INFORMATION, and MUSIC. IT IS 
 COMPLETELY FREE TO THE PUBLIC AND ALL ‘ARTISTS’ ARE WELCOME as well as 
 COMMUNITY BENEFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD LIKE TO OUTREACH TO THE 
 COMMUNITY.  \n\nWHY: In 1993, community members here in Fresno organized to 
 rename Kings Canyon Street to Cesar Chavez Blvd in honor of Cesar’s 
 legacy and struggle. Unfortunately, this did not happen because of greed, 
 bigotry, and corruption, something Cesar dedicated his life to combating. 
 As a result, Comite Cesar E. Chavez (CoCeCha) formed and began organizing 
 community events around Chavez’  birthday.  This event, aside from  
 celebrating Chavez’ work, and legacy, is also a call to action against 
 ongoing and new injustices. \n\nThe present attacks on collective 
 bargaining, safe work environments, and meaningful wages, amongst other 
 things, are a direct attack on labor, unions and ones dignity. The recent 
 fire in the garment factory in Bangladesh that killed at least 20 workers 
 and the persistent wage theft farm workers face exemplifies the necessity 
 of having safe, sustainable, and meaningful work environments. Communities 
 still lack access to safe drinking water, have an overexposure to toxic 
 pesticides, and contaminant sources, including the largest toxic waste dump 
 west of the Mississippi. Chavez understood these injustices and the 
 corresponding rights violated. As inheritors of this legacy, we take action 
 against the historic injustices he organized to cease, but also new ones.  
 \n\nWHEN (Prospective Times): April 2nd 2011- \n                            
                     9am – 12:00pm: MARCH! \n						12pm-1pm: 
 Lunch\n						1pm-3pm: Program\n\nWHERE: Holmes Playground- 212 1st Fresno 
 CA 93702 (On First between Platt and Huntington Blvd.) \n\nWHO: Comite 
 Cesar E. Chavez (CoCeCha) is a group of community members, activist, and 
 college students dedicated to grassroots community building, engagement, 
 and organizing.  Our mission is to not only commemorate the life, struggle, 
 and legacy of Cesar E. Chavez but to bring about consciousness and 
 awareness of the constant struggle to attain JUSTICE for all oppressed 
 which Cesar gave his life for. \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/03/29/18675936.php
SUMMARY:18th Annual Cesar E. Chavez Celebration
LOCATION:Holmes Playground: 212 First Street Fresno CA 93702 (On First between Platt 
 and Huntington Blvd. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/03/29/18675936.php
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