The memory of labor activist Cesar E. Chavez will be honored at Sonoma State University from 3-6 p.m. on Friday, March 28 in the Jean and Charles Schulz Information Center lobby in front of a well-known mural that depicts the struggles of migrant farm workers.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is a gathering of speakers, poets, musicians and dancers to celebrate the work and the memory of the labor leader who founded and led the first successful farm worker's union in U.S. history.
He will be remembered through stories, as well as song and dance. Personal accounts will be offered by Maria Rifo (an activist who worked with Chavez) and Eugene Mijares (who met Chavez as a child in Sonoma County).
Songs and poetry by ethnomusicologist Raul Lara and Armando Garcia-Davila, Healdsburg's Laureate, will be featured as well as history by Jack Levy, author of the "Autobiography of La Causa," and Dan Markwyn, a California historian and retired SSU professor.
Other music from Raul Lara and poetry by Irma Lopez will be followed by a performance by Ballet Folklorico Sarita
The event is sponsored by Collaborative CAMP (College Assistance Migrant Program) that includes SSU, Santa Rosa Junior College and Napa Valley College and Mendocino Community College CAMP.
For more information, contact Francisco H. Vazquez at (707) 664-3185.
