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Inter-Harvest Produce signs up Jose Vasquez May. 19, 2013
Ill never 4-get Amanda Castanon May. 12, 2013
Ill never 4-get Amanda Castanon May. 12, 2013
Ill never 4-get Amanda Castanon May. 12, 2013
Ill never 4-get Amanda Castanon May. 12, 2013
Helping where I can . . . Glen Gersmehl May. 2, 2013
El Maestro y El alumno (The teacher and the student) Hugo Moreno Apr. 28, 2013
Knowing Cesar was the best thing that ever happened to me, besides having my daughters. Laura Pietan (Hanson) Apr. 26, 2013
Florida UFW 1975-1993 Randy Cecil Apr. 25, 2013
The Guillen Family supported the Cesar Chavez Cause Lupe Guillen Apr. 25, 2013
College Student's educaton outside the classroom Linda Rifkin Apr. 24, 2013
Racist experience and consequence Kelly Burch Apr. 23, 2013
Amigo del Campesino Cesar Becerra Apr. 23, 2013
My friend Cesar Jocelyn Sherman Apr. 23, 2013
My Story Anne Marie Lombardo Apr. 23, 2013
Impacting Oregon Farm Workers Rev. Edgar Brandt Apr. 23, 2013
My fast ADSLA * Apr. 23, 2013
The Great Table Grape Boycott Lionel Ortiz Apr. 23, 2013
Hail Cesar! Timothy Rodriguez Apr. 23, 2013
Hail Cesar! Timothy Rodriguez Apr. 23, 2013
Persistance richard alatorre Apr. 23, 2013
A Journey from the Inner City to the Fields of a Boycott Mo Quigley Apr. 23, 2013
'Latin Community Passion' & Beyond! TommyRay Sena, native of Vote Latino Colorado & National & State Effective Latino Community Leader! Apr. 23, 2013
Detroit Supporter Maria Flores Apr. 23, 2013
Seeds Sown and Harvests Known: /My Life Dedicated to The Cause: Peace and Amnesty, Dignity, Respect, and Freedom Dawn Mary Mulderig Apr. 23, 2013
Justice in the San Luis Valley for Farm Workers! Shirley Marie Frias Saenz Apr. 23, 2013
Called to live true KC Young Apr. 23, 2013
A vato loco from Boyle Heights who saw the light throught the UAW. Rudy C. Montalvo Apr. 22, 2013
A vato loco from Boyle Heights who saw the light throught the UAW. Rudy C. Montalvo Apr. 22, 2013
A vato loco from Boyle Heights who saw the light throught the UAW. Rudy C. Montalvo Apr. 22, 2013
The day we left the grapvines and joined the march Elisa Mitchell Apr. 22, 2013
Telling everyone Lidia Serrata Apr. 22, 2013
Labor of Love phil pinto Apr. 22, 2013
Salinas Joan Goulden Apr. 22, 2013
Interview with Cesar Carolyn Rodriguez Apr. 22, 2013
Grape Free Georgia Roybal Apr. 22, 2013
Admiration for a peaceful fighter Elisabeth Jezierski Apr. 22, 2013
Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA Julie Johnson Apr. 22, 2013
Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA Julie Johnson Apr. 22, 2013
His body guard ALICIA ALVARADO Apr. 22, 2013
A 12 Years Old From Los Angeles Danny Flores Apr. 22, 2013
Solidarity Donald Wallace Apr. 22, 2013
history Orinio Opinaldo Apr. 22, 2013
Cesar's Corny Jokes and other shenanigans Charlie Atilano Apr. 22, 2013
Always connected Dan McCrory Apr. 22, 2013
Non-violence is our power Michael Matejka Apr. 22, 2013
Union Strawberries Ellen Franzen Apr. 22, 2013
Cesar Chavez and Detroit Elena Herrada Apr. 22, 2013
A Childhood with no Grapes Lisa Dicksteen Apr. 22, 2013
The Salinas Lettuce Boycott!! Patricia Ramirez Apr. 22, 2013
Helping where needed . . . Glen Gersmehl Apr. 19, 2013
How Cesar Chavez Inspired me Maria Elena Durazao Apr. 5, 2013
fellow inmate Carol Frances Jegen Apr. 1, 2013
His spirit lives on Ruben Barrera Botello Apr. 1, 2013
Delano Hazel Filoxsian Mar. 31, 2013
Apopka Sisters ORganize with UFW for teh HP Hood COntract Sister Ann Kendrick Mar. 31, 2013
No More Grapes! Carol Ng Mar. 31, 2013
Viva la Huelga Rachel Krug Mar. 31, 2013
Get Nash Out of Nashville Cakky Braun-Evans Mar. 31, 2013
DESTINE TO BE UNION. ANGEL ESQUIVEL Mar. 30, 2013
Marching and picketing Joel Davidson Mar. 30, 2013
From a distance, then up close Susan Drake Mar. 30, 2013
A long road to Freedom Fr. Bill Leininger Mar. 30, 2013
A long road to Freedom Fr. Bill Leininger Mar. 30, 2013
A long road to Freedom Fr. Bill Leininger Mar. 30, 2013
MY MEMORIES WITH 'EL JEFE' CESAR E. CHAVEZ ARMANDO GARCIA Mar. 30, 2013
The Button Man remembers Larry Fox Mar. 30, 2013
UAW's Walter Reuther & Hank Lacayo meet Cesar in Delano 1965 Hank Lacayo Mar. 30, 2013
Meeting Cesar Chavez At The Crossroads And Changing My Life Forever... Jose Morales Mar. 29, 2013
Boston, MA Mike Fuentes Mar. 29, 2013
En la familia adriana argueta Mar. 29, 2013
Vega vs. Mallory; Farmworkers vs The State of California .... and we won!! Cesar Gomez Mar. 29, 2013
MAY MEMORIES WITH CESAR E. CHAVEZ ARMANDO GARCIA Mar. 29, 2013
Cesar Chavez Name lives on in Nebraska! Jose "Chato" Garcia Mar. 29, 2013
My Hero Domingo Torres-Rangel Mar. 29, 2013
Viva la Guelga en el Fil Nora Brown Mar. 29, 2013
Cesar Chavez In Arizona Mercy Tercero Mar. 28, 2013
Guardian Angels Aimee Reedy Mar. 28, 2013
Moving from Charity to Justice Lucille Bates Mar. 28, 2013
A Spy for the Union! Ted Scheinman Mar. 28, 2013
An awakening Norah D Mar. 28, 2013
Arrested (and Political) Development Norah D Mar. 28, 2013
Fasting For Change Greta Benavides Mar. 28, 2013
My Time With the Farmworkers Ken Jordan Mar. 28, 2013
The Beginning of the UFW Margie Trejo Mar. 28, 2013
So Much More Than a Union & Labor Organizer Rocky Barrera Mar. 28, 2013
election in delano Mary Lou Carson Mar. 28, 2013
The impact in my life MsR Saverio Mar. 28, 2013
The impact in my life MsR Saverio Mar. 28, 2013
My first meeting and help from Cesar Chavez Rafael Arreola Mar. 28, 2013
When I was a little Girl Angie Ojeda Marquez Mar. 28, 2013
The impact in my life MsR Saverio Mar. 28, 2013
!968 manny moreno Mar. 28, 2013
When I was a little Girl Angie Ojeda Marquez Mar. 28, 2013
When Cesar Climbed Through the Window Ella Laura (Walkuski) Johannaber Mar. 28, 2013
Kern County Jail with Caesar Chavez Dr. (Rev.) Ronald Eastwood Mar. 28, 2013
Working Side-By-Side Jacquelyn Ramsey Mar. 28, 2013
PODER DEMANDS BETTER LIVING CONDITION FOR NYS FARMWORKERS Alberto Cappas Mar. 28, 2013
Campaigning in Binghamton, NY in the 1970s Susan Higgins Mar. 28, 2013
My first picketing experience Ralph Prieto Mar. 28, 2013
Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference and Celebration now at UC Davis - Going Strong at 13th Year! Rene Aguilera Mar. 28, 2013
ROSA TOVAR Rosa Tovar Mar. 28, 2013
Around the Orchards of San Jose Marisol Escalera Mar. 28, 2013
Around the Orchards of San Jose Marisol Escalera Mar. 28, 2013
ROSA TOVAR Rosa Tovar Mar. 28, 2013
ROSA TOVAR Rosa Tovar Mar. 28, 2013
ROSA TOVAR Rosa Tovar Mar. 28, 2013
ROSA TOVAR Rosa Tovar Mar. 28, 2013
ROSA TOVAR Rosa Tovar Mar. 28, 2013
Memories Marisela Chavez Mar. 28, 2013
Huelga! Huelga! Diana Robledo Mar. 28, 2013
My birth Lydia Zendejas Mar. 28, 2013
Muchisimas Gracias, Cesar, Viva Cesar Chavez! Sandhi Scott Mar. 26, 2013
A story from a time when farm work was a domestic affair,, Arturo Cortez Mar. 21, 2013
LEARNING OF THE FARM WORKER MOVEMENT AND WORKING WITH CESAR Deborah Taylor-jackson Mar. 21, 2013
Introduction to UFW Rosenda Ramos Mar. 18, 2013
Cofee Stains Pedro Anaya Mar. 7, 2013
Going door to door talking to supporters about the grape boycott with Cesar, Dolores & Martin Sheen Jocelyn Sherman Feb. 22, 2013
When I was a little Girl.... Kathy Jurado Oct. 5, 2012
Participation in strike SanJuana Martinez Sep. 25, 2012
Union Member Roberto Sigmond Sep. 3, 2012
Cesar Chavez 1993 - A Poem Lucia Villareral Jun. 22, 2012
Alfredo Herrera Lupe Herrera Jun. 11, 2012
Reflections of a Union Organizer: Watsonville, California Alfredo Santos c/s Jun. 9, 2012
House Meetings at Charlie Kyle's school in Chicago, Stowe Arts Academy University Preparatory. Charles Kyle May. 19, 2012
My Story: Happy 50th Anniversary UFW Kayan Sitsanthaparn May. 18, 2012
This is my story Andres Chavez May. 18, 2012
The first time I heard of Cesar Andres Chavez May. 18, 2012
My story Andres Chavez May. 18, 2012
A Grandson's story Andres Chavez May. 18, 2012
Familia de Ramon Lara Frances Alvarado May. 16, 2012
Connecting Life, Academic, and Activist Organizing to the UFW Jose Calderon May. 15, 2012
Following Dad and Supporting the UFW Robert Jr. Bustos May. 13, 2012
UFW Efforts in Texas 1988-1992 Hilda Gomez May. 12, 2012
La guelega en el valle de Salinas,Ca. Esteban Rocha May. 10, 2012
What else would I do with my life? Ann Williams Cass May. 9, 2012
"REMOVE THAT UFW BUTTON NOW ... OR I'LL HOLD YOU IN CONTEMPT OF COURT ...!" Jerry Ryan May. 8, 2012
Cesar Chavez from Afar.... Sandra Meza May. 7, 2012
Picketing, Fundraising, and a Lifelong Impression: Ana Maria Puente May. 4, 2012
memories of Cesar cally ramos Apr. 29, 2012
Picketing, Fundraising, and a Lifelong Impression: Ana Maria Puente Apr. 29, 2012
Marching with the UFW robert vargas Apr. 29, 2012
What About The People? Ed Begley Apr. 29, 2012
Proud Chicano Louis Rocha Jr Apr. 28, 2012
El corrido de Donato Tapia ya se cabo... DONATO TAPIA Apr. 27, 2012
Colorado or Bust DANIEL ESQUIVEL Apr. 27, 2012
Launching the UFW (UFWOC) in Stockton, CA and Getting University "Credit" for It! Christopher/Cristobal Szecsey Apr. 26, 2012
TEAMSTER SUPPORT PAUL LATZ Apr. 16, 2012
Viva La Causa Greta Benavides Apr. 11, 2012
La lucha continua Buddy Gottlieb Apr. 7, 2012
LET FOR ALWAYS LIVE THE UNION OF OUR FARMWORKERS Oscar Mj Apr. 7, 2012
Teamster supporters of the UFW Mike Davis Apr. 5, 2012
I Marched Alredo Rubalcava Mar. 30, 2012
Secret Cesar Moments that I Treasure: Yoga, Jazz, Books, and Vision Karen May Mar. 29, 2012
My United Farm Worker Story by Julie Perren Shine Barker Julie Barker Mar. 28, 2012
Meeting Cesar Jesus Trevino Mar. 27, 2012
The Hobart House Carol Knieff-Wishnek Mar. 24, 2012
ORGANIZED BY DOLORES HUERTA David Sackman Mar. 23, 2012
silk screening for la causa VICTOR OCHOA Mar. 22, 2012
Alfredo and Juanita Herrera and their Children: Lupe, Fred, Isabel, Rosario, and Celestina the Boycott baby Lupe Herrera Mar. 21, 2012
A thirty minute "mano a mono" with Cesar Abrán Quevedo Mar. 21, 2012
Cesar Chavez my Godfather. Miguel Miranda Mar. 20, 2012
Two Old Friends! Ray Gregoire Mar. 19, 2012
In Times Square with Cesar Chavez Barbara Carrasco Mar. 19, 2012
Breaking Cesar's Record Ray Gregoire Mar. 19, 2012
Pushing from the 70's Ali Seaton Mar. 18, 2012
Ken Jordan UAW Member Ken Jordan Mar. 18, 2012
Cesar Chavez and San Antonio....wonderful history. Ernest Martinez Mar. 18, 2012
No More Grapes! Carol Ng Mar. 17, 2012
Farmworkers Teach Us Young Americans How to Recover Soul and Democracy! David Engelken Mar. 17, 2012
A Ballet Comes to the Grape Firlds Linda Locke Mar. 16, 2012
Summers of 1975 - 1976 Martha Larsen Mar. 16, 2012
Sigue con la LUCHA Hector Carlos Mar. 16, 2012
Thanks to my Apa Maria Cecilia Steans Mar. 16, 2012
Spiritual War of the Farmworker Lupita Cruz - Quintero Mar. 16, 2012
Proud Bruce Torres Mar. 15, 2012
Inspiring a Student Movement Alicia Sandoval Mar. 15, 2012
UFW EXPERIENCE Maria Salazar Mar. 14, 2012
Grapes Jen Davila-Prout Mar. 14, 2012
SupportI Jerome Roberts Mar. 14, 2012
My years on the picket lines John Farley Mar. 14, 2012
ELLA VINO DESDE OAXACA Daniel Morales Mar. 14, 2012
Learning about Labor struggles in agribusiness in CA during the sixties and seventies Jerry Warren Mar. 14, 2012
The Sunday two Unions met at Albertsons Parking lot. Arlene Mordasini Mar. 14, 2012
The UFW in Florida Jayme Harpring Mar. 14, 2012
EL SENOR MOISES Moses Longoria Sr. Mar. 14, 2012
I'm gonna need help making the beans! Debra Gallegos Mar. 14, 2012
Boycotting grapes and lettuce Ricardo Espinosa Mar. 14, 2012
First airplane flight Rachel Krug Mar. 14, 2012
The Greatest Honor Katherine Lopez Mar. 14, 2012
When we were young in the Rio Grand Valley Janet and Robert Stevenson Mar. 14, 2012
Most Memorable Day John Romero Mar. 14, 2012
Short Story Claudia Galicia Mar. 14, 2012
Organizing is the Solution! Nancy Oropeza Mar. 14, 2012
Two sons born out of organizing with the UFW Ruth Valdizon Mar. 13, 2012
My Picketing Days Rudy Santistevan Mar. 13, 2012
Valley Girl learns about Cesar Chavez and boycott organizing while at CSUN mid '70s Linda Rifkin Mar. 13, 2012
Las Leonas de Guimarra Iswaac Gonzalez Mar. 13, 2012
Back in the Day manny moreno Mar. 13, 2012
Little Steps go a Long Way Oscar Noriega Mar. 13, 2012
Marching with Cesar Chavez Abby Arnold Mar. 13, 2012
comrades in arms Dave Johnson Mar. 13, 2012
Boycott Safeway in Salinas, California Patricia Ramirez Mar. 13, 2012
Will Watt and the UFW William Watt Mar. 13, 2012
In Support of the Farmworker Movement Max Martinez Mar. 13, 2012
Cessar Chavez recruits Rev.Eve Nunez for boycott's Rev Eve Nunez Mar. 13, 2012
unending love for la causa Nora Guadalajara Mar. 13, 2012
Camp Justice 2006 Melissa Molina Mar. 13, 2012
Cutting my teeth in activism with the UFW Jackie Barshak Mar. 13, 2012
Marching with Joan Baez Helen Mihalopoulos/Ramos Mar. 13, 2012
Teamster Families Showed Support John Miller Mar. 13, 2012
Walking with Cesar Ruben Barrera Botello Mar. 13, 2012
United Farmworkers Support Committee - Tallahassee Tom Baxter Mar. 13, 2012
Boston Connection Paul Healey Mar. 13, 2012
Cesar Chavez and me Susan Mackintosh Rhodes Mar. 13, 2012
I was very Blessed with the experience and pleasure of Working for and Supporting The United FarmWorkers Of America AFL/CIO Roberta (Robin) Santos Mar. 13, 2012
CO FOUNDER RADIO CAMPESINA & EL MALCRIADO & FOOD & JUSTICE MAGAZINE ARMANDO GARCIA Mar. 13, 2012
Cesar Chavez inspired me! Jesus Rodriguez Mar. 13, 2012
farm worker JUANA GONZALEZ Mar. 13, 2012
union election--delano Mary Lou Carson Mar. 13, 2012
Marching with Cesar Chavez at Sacred Heart Church!! marisa tregrossi Mar. 13, 2012
The 70's JESUS CRUZ Mar. 13, 2012
Cesar Chavez and I marched together 1960's Civil Rights Era. Eusebia Luna Aquino-Hughes Mar. 13, 2012
Teen Young Women Take on the Teamsters Emily Montan Mar. 13, 2012
Our start with UFW Rebeca Sarabia Mar. 13, 2012
MY WORK WITH THE UNTIED FARM WORKERS Deborah Taylor-jackson Mar. 13, 2012
Remembering it all! Autumn Sun Mar. 13, 2012
The March with Cesar Chavez/1 Sally Marabilla Mar. 13, 2012
A Mimi Story of Minimal Involvement Karen Stone Mar. 13, 2012
1965 and 1970 Maria Martinez Mar. 13, 2012
All the way from Normal Illinois Michael Matejka Mar. 13, 2012
All the way from Normal Illinois Michael Matejka Mar. 13, 2012
Small Contributions Sylvia Vasquez Mar. 13, 2012
1970 Maria Martinez Mar. 13, 2012
Pumpkin City Alejandro Chavez Mar. 12, 2012
Working under UFW contract Maria Salazar Mar. 10, 2012
Boycotting Tanya Leonzo-Castillo Mar. 9, 2012
The UFW Chapter of my life Lupe Sanchez Mar. 8, 2012
Six Months Turned into Decades Mary Mecartney Mar. 7, 2012
Just one of many stories. Beverley Keefe Mar. 7, 2012
How I got into the UFW Armando Elenes Mar. 1, 2012
This is the beginning of a dream come true 1962-2012 Cesar E. Chavez !Presente! Erika Oropeza Mar. 1, 2012
Without Ever Having Met Dylan Anderson Mar. 1, 2012
The Red Flag Above Us Daniel Morales Feb. 29, 2012
Being a part of history Marc Grossman Feb. 28, 2012
Staff pin ADSLA * Feb. 27, 2012
Going door to door talking to supporters about the grape boycott with Cesar, Dolores & Martin Sheen Jocelyn Sherman Feb. 27, 2012