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Helping where I can . . . Glen Gersmehl May. 2, 2013
The Great Cesar E. Chavez Sharon Bonilla Apr. 28, 2013
El Maestro y El alumno (The teacher and the student) Hugo Moreno Apr. 28, 2013
Grape Picking Sylvia Hackethorn Apr. 26, 2013
Grape Picking Sylvia Hackethorn Apr. 26, 2013
Grape Picking Sylvia Hackethorn Apr. 26, 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
I didn't eat lettuce or grapes for years Luci Ungar Apr. 24, 2013
An Op-Ed / Occupy Oakland Geoffrey Cook Apr. 24, 2013
How Cesar Chavez saved my life by giving me a reason to move on. Daavid J. Rodriguez Apr. 23, 2013
My Parents Karen Herrera Apr. 23, 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
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
A Life Long Respect Joy Byrd Apr. 23, 2013
from afar d.s. kiefer Apr. 23, 2013
Hail Cesar! Timothy Rodriguez Apr. 23, 2013
Hail Cesar! Timothy Rodriguez Apr. 23, 2013
never left with a dry eye Kevin Martin Apr. 23, 2013
No grapes for over 40 years Lillian Martinez Apr. 23, 2013
'Latin Community Passion' & Beyond! TommyRay Sena, native of Vote Latino Colorado & National & State Effective Latino Community Leader! 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
Vecinos del UFW Ron Rodarte Apr. 23, 2013
Justice in the San Luis Valley for Farm Workers! Shirley Marie Frias Saenz Apr. 23, 2013
Realize Albi Lo 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
I was a farmworker child rosie puentes-terry Apr. 22, 2013
My Involvement with the UFW from my Thirties in Age to My Present Seventies Maureen Hartmann Apr. 22, 2013
Dr. Maggie Beddow Dr. Maggie Beddow, Ph.D. Apr. 22, 2013
Telling everyone Lidia Serrata Apr. 22, 2013
Labor of Love phil pinto Apr. 22, 2013
Interview with Cesar Carolyn Rodriguez Apr. 22, 2013
Connected To Creation Maria Alquilar Apr. 22, 2013
Connected To Creation Maria Alquilar Apr. 22, 2013
Grape Free Georgia Roybal Apr. 22, 2013
Admiration for a peaceful fighter Elisabeth Jezierski Apr. 22, 2013
Civil rights and dignity for farm workers and all people Susan Medina Apr. 22, 2013
Si, se Puede! Aeyrie Silver Eagle Apr. 22, 2013
My Appreciation and Respect for Farm Workers Victor Ortiz Apr. 22, 2013
Solidarity Donald Wallace Apr. 22, 2013
Ever Lasting Impression of Hope Emilia Maria Rodriguez Apr. 22, 2013
Pure Inspiration....... Jeff Smith Apr. 22, 2013
You Can Be A Part Of The Solution Or Part Of The Problem Willie Lopez Apr. 22, 2013
Always connected Dan McCrory Apr. 22, 2013
My second grade class and I Alice Newton Apr. 22, 2013
Non-violence is our power Michael Matejka Apr. 22, 2013
CESAR CHAVEZ AND ANIMAL WELFARE/RIGHTS Eric Mills Apr. 22, 2013
Cesar, Gandhi and King Ganapati Durgadas Apr. 22, 2013
Cesar Chavez and Detroit Elena Herrada Apr. 22, 2013
Gods Angel on earth and in Heaven Debra Ledingham Apr. 22, 2013
A Childhood with no Grapes Lisa Dicksteen Apr. 22, 2013
The Salinas Lettuce Boycott!! Patricia Ramirez Apr. 22, 2013
The house with no grapes! David Houlton Apr. 22, 2013
Helping where needed . . . Glen Gersmehl Apr. 19, 2013
How Cesar Chavez Inspired me Maria Elena Durazao Apr. 5, 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
Marching and picketing Joel Davidson 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
Meeting Cesar Chavez At The Crossroads And Changing My Life Forever... Jose Morales Mar. 29, 2013
Cincinnati Ohio - My first rally for UFW Cecilia Flores Mar. 29, 2013
Boston, MA Mike Fuentes Mar. 29, 2013
Still my hero Shirley Fisher-Baumann Mar. 29, 2013
MAY MEMORIES WITH CESAR E. CHAVEZ ARMANDO GARCIA Mar. 29, 2013
My Hero Domingo Torres-Rangel Mar. 29, 2013
My meeting with a Great Chicano Commissioner Marcos de Leon Mar. 29, 2013
Hola uvas! Daniel Benavides Mar. 28, 2013
Honoring The Legacy of Cesar Chavez With the Si Se Puede Spirit David Oddo Mar. 28, 2013
Fasting For Change Greta Benavides Mar. 28, 2013
My Father Al Siffer Mar. 28, 2013
!968 manny moreno Mar. 28, 2013
Father Brian Boland FrBruce Teague Mar. 28, 2013
One motivated student Astrid O'Brien Mar. 28, 2013
Teaching Cesar Chavez's life Richard Jensen Mar. 28, 2013
Kern County Jail with Caesar Chavez Dr. (Rev.) Ronald Eastwood Mar. 28, 2013
No uvas para nosotros! Kathleen O'Connell Mar. 28, 2013
No uvas para nosotros! Kathleen O'Connell Mar. 28, 2013
"We don't know that" Michael Rice Mar. 28, 2013
The day Cesar left us Ms. Bert Saavedra Mar. 28, 2013
Contacting the California Legislature Beverly Herbert 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
The Grape Boycott Lois Strand Mar. 28, 2013
Decades without grapes Lisa Butterfield Mar. 28, 2013
Great Grape Boycott of the 70's Adrian Tafolla Mar. 28, 2013
Muchisimas Gracias, Cesar, Viva Cesar Chavez! Sandhi Scott Mar. 26, 2013
Introduction to UFW Rosenda Ramos Mar. 18, 2013
Memorias Dan Guerrero Mar. 11, 2013
Mecha Conference @ Stanford University C A Mar. 7, 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
Cesar Chavez 1993 - A Poem Lucia Villareral Jun. 22, 2012
Reflections of a Union Organizer: Watsonville, California Alfredo Santos c/s Jun. 9, 2012
Still working with Farmworkers Daniel Benavides Jun. 9, 2012
House Meetings at Charlie Kyle's school in Chicago, Stowe Arts Academy University Preparatory. Charles Kyle May. 19, 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
CESAR AND ME (Rev.) Juan Romero May. 16, 2012
Connecting Life, Academic, and Activist Organizing to the UFW Jose Calderon May. 15, 2012
UFW Efforts in Texas 1988-1992 Hilda Gomez May. 12, 2012
Cesar Chavez - Man of Spirit Leonel Martinez May. 8, 2012
Viva la Causa Paul Moore Apr. 30, 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
Religious Values and the UFW Evely Laser Shlensky Apr. 16, 2012
Viva La Causa Greta Benavides Apr. 11, 2012
La lucha continua Buddy Gottlieb Apr. 7, 2012
CESAR AND ME (Rev.) Juan Romero Mar. 30, 2012
I Marched Alredo Rubalcava Mar. 30, 2012
Secret Cesar Moments that I Treasure: Yoga, Jazz, Books, and Vision Karen May Mar. 29, 2012
Justicia y Solidaridad Roger Yockey Mar. 27, 2012
Meeting Cesar Jesus Trevino Mar. 27, 2012
Sister Lettuce Rose Mary Meyer, BVM Mar. 25, 2012
ORGANIZED BY DOLORES HUERTA David Sackman Mar. 23, 2012
Picketing and Parade Float Making Liz Freeman Mar. 19, 2012
Inter-American Struggle for Justice William Nottingham Mar. 19, 2012
Pushing from the 70's Ali Seaton Mar. 18, 2012
Backyard Grapes! Norene Charnofsky 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
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
Learning and helping those in need! Pat Martinez 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
Wheaties Yoli Gonzlaez Mar. 14, 2012
French Camp CA/Stockton Tomato Strikes... Luis Torres Mar. 14, 2012
Small Things to Keep Close Sister Deanna Rose Von Bargen, RSCJ Mar. 14, 2012
March to Sacramento, 1966 Grace Solis Mar. 14, 2012
The UFW in Florida Jayme Harpring Mar. 14, 2012
Boycott support Sally McAuley Mar. 14, 2012
Boycotting grapes and lettuce Ricardo Espinosa Mar. 14, 2012
When we were young in the Rio Grand Valley Janet and Robert Stevenson Mar. 14, 2012
Short Story Claudia Galicia Mar. 14, 2012
Teaching "La Causa" Terry SalasOrtiz Mar. 13, 2012
Washington State Chateau Ste. Michelle Wine Boycott Mary Ann Schroeder Mar. 13, 2012
Back in the Day manny moreno Mar. 13, 2012
Little Steps go a Long Way Oscar Noriega Mar. 13, 2012
Went from Los Angeles, Ca in bus and pickeded in Delano and have supported during 60,70,80,90, 2000-2012 Nina Diamante Mar. 13, 2012
Boycott Safeway in Salinas, California Patricia Ramirez Mar. 13, 2012
In Support of the Farmworker Movement Max Martinez Mar. 13, 2012
Things I Didn't Talk About With Cesar Chavez John Jonik Mar. 13, 2012
Five Cents for Fairness! Elizabeth Keegan Mar. 13, 2012
Money Collection Jim Buckley Mar. 13, 2012
Boycotting Grapes Peter Yuslum Mar. 13, 2012
Always a Union Man Rocky Barrera Mar. 13, 2012
Cutting my teeth in activism with the UFW Jackie Barshak Mar. 13, 2012
Si se Puede Clarita Trujillo Mar. 13, 2012
United Farmworkers Support Committee - Tallahassee Tom Baxter Mar. 13, 2012
mid-1970s college student activism Suzanne Langille Mar. 13, 2012
Cesar Chavez and me Susan Mackintosh Rhodes Mar. 13, 2012
CO FOUNDER RADIO CAMPESINA & EL MALCRIADO & FOOD & JUSTICE MAGAZINE ARMANDO GARCIA Mar. 13, 2012
Never too Early Ethel Silverberg Mar. 13, 2012
The 70's JESUS CRUZ Mar. 13, 2012
Farmworker victory at Chateau Ste. Michelle Todd Tollefson Mar. 13, 2012
En Memoria de César Chávez 1927 - 1993 The Quest for Justice "Culturas, Espíritu, y Orgullo" Juan Francisco Lara Mar. 13, 2012
The Day I Will Never Forget Alejandro Becerra Mar. 13, 2012
Grape Boycott Frank Rodriguez Mar. 13, 2012
Joining the Boycotts Judith Deutsch Mar. 13, 2012
At Least I Could Boycott Barbara Huszagh Mar. 13, 2012
Remembering it all! Autumn Sun 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
We boycotted our stores. Alison Robb 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
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
UFW Julio Estrada Mar. 1, 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