TRANSCRIBD FROM EVON’S NOTES

FOR HIS ORIGINAL PLAY ON CESAR

CHAVEZ

I’M CONVINCED THAT TRUEST ACT

OF COURAGE IS TO SACRIFICE ONLY
SELF FOR OTHERS IN A TOTALLY
NONVIOLENT STRUGGLE FOR
JUSTICE AND EQUALITY. TO BE A
MAN THUS IS TO TRULY SUFFER AND
SACRIFICE FOR OTHERS.

THUS GIVEN THIS, CALIFORNIA AND

THREE OTHER STATES, TEXAS,
ARIZONA, AND NEW MEXICO, HAVE
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY STATE
HOLIDAYS, THE BIRTH OF AN
EXTRAORDINARY AMERICAN, THE
LATE CESAR ESTRADA CHAVEZ, THE
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED FARM WORKERS OF
AMERICA, WHO SERVED HIS
COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY
DURING WORLD WAR TWO.

WHREAS ALL OTHER PRIOR

ATTEMPTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY
HAD FAILED, CESAR CHAVEZ WAS
ABLE TO CREATE A VIABLE AND
SUCESSFUL UNION OF/FOR
FARMWORKERS. THUS AN
AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER,
OF MEXICAN DESCENT, SERVED AND
ENRISHED HIS COUNTRY AND THE
LIVES OF AMERICANS OF EVERY,
RACE, COLOR, AND CREED, BY A
LIFETIME OF SACRIFICE FOR OTHERS
IN A TOTALLY NONVIOLENT
STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE.