tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825618881459948402.post1505182628041129475..comments2024-03-08T02:29:14.906-08:00Comments on Talkback with Chuck Wilder on CRN: 4/22 Best Of ,Gottlieb, Schlafly,Dr Orient,WooldridgeJennifer Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740154344770741600noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825618881459948402.post-86669336063300479002011-04-23T11:43:01.179-07:002011-04-23T11:43:01.179-07:00On the 18th anniversary of Cesar Chavez' death...On the 18th anniversary of Cesar Chavez' death on April 23, 1993, in Yuma, AZ, very near where he was born on March 31, 1927, a call for remembrance of him and recommitment to his cause was issued by Arturo Rodriguez, his dedicated, worthy successor as president of the United Farm Workers. <br /><br />Cesar, a third-generation native-born American, a veteran who defended his country in the U.S. Navy in World War II, a Christian who lived his faith, deserves to be remembered, and his continuing cause to be supported. (See, www.UFW.org.)<br /><br />Cesar was the moral heart of the American labor movement. He gave so much, and asked for nothing for himself, only for his cause. There are many lessons to be learned by remembering his life. He was unfairly vilified in life by lie after lie that he was a "communist," that he was living in a "mansion" and hiding wealth at the UFW headquarters (in fact an old, abandoned TB sanitarium) in rural Keene in the Tahachapi Mountains, that he was "an illegal Mexican wetback," and other false calumnies. But he never gave up, persisted, and overcame all that by the example of his life of selfless service for others. He touched American hearts because his was so large. <br /><br />I am grateful for being mentored by him when I was on strike as a truck driver with the Truckers For Justice in THE 1070'S, and for all the years thereafter when I was able to serve as one of the attorneys for him and the UFW because his recommendation opened the doors of law school to me. "And what does the Lord require of you," asked the ancient Jewish prophet Micah, "but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" So walked, so lived the man, the American, the veteran, the humble Catholic Christian, Cesar Chavez. I will always walk in his shadow. <br />VIVA CESAR CHAVEZ! VIVA LA CAUSA!REES LLOYDnoreply@blogger.com