César E. Chávez, 1927-1993

March 23, 2-7pm:  BTech students interview farmers at Farmers Market on Carlson & King

March 24, 9:45am:  Thousand Oaks School Common Vision Assembly to teach cooperation, communication & respect for our environment
10:45am:  Fruit tree planting project
5th graders teach-in & letter writing campaign to improve the lives of farm workers
Penny Harvest raised $1400 for Haiti’s relief effort

March 24, 1:30-2:15pm:  Cragmont Recycling Assembly to support service learning

March 25, 9-11am:  Hopkins Preschool, Room 1, Cesar Chavez celebration with music, dances & latino/hispanic community role models speaking with students

March 25:  BAM School supplies drive for migrant communities in the Central Valley, Chavez Assembly with student performances & Community Meeting to honor students for community service

March 26, 9:15am:  Rosa Parks Assembly with student performances

March 26, 8:15am:  LeConte Assembly with student performances, schoolwide campus clean up followed by a neighborhood march at 12:30

March 26:  John Muir Kids by the Bay lead kindergartners in an environmental protection project to clean up the creek area in the afternoon

April 9, 8:30am:  Emerson Assembly to honor Cesar Chavez and the support of parents/guardians in fundraising efforts

April 15, 6:00-9:00pm: BFT & BUSD are hosting a film screening of “Fight in the Fields” followed by a discussion with creators, dinner plates sold by Mario’s (5:45-6:15), and activities for younger children to learn about Cesar Chavez

Washington:  Kindergarten portraits of famous latino/hispanic leaders, read alouds and reinactments from Cesar Chavez’s life, 3rd grade study of human rights leaders, readings & reflections of civil rights children’s literature, 4th grade mural “Seeing Ourselves in History”, 5th grade study of Spanish colonies and the Hispanic/latino civil rights leaders of the 20th century, study of migrant farm workers & leaders:  AFL-CIO project

Malcolm X:  Planting strawberries & reading Harvest of Hope

Jefferson: School Assembly to honor Cesar Chavez and his focus on service learning, Service Learning Club raised $2472 for Haiti relief effort, other efforts include peer mediation, tutoring & helping in the office

Longfellow:  6th grade teach-in and PowerPoint project about “The Circuit” and the issues of farm workers, skits & reinactments, 90 TWI students will travel to Santa Clara University to meet the author of “The Circuit”, Francisco Jimenez, who was once a farm worker

Rosa Parks BEARS Afterschool Program:  Read aloud of the biography of Cesar Chavez, discussions about how migrant workers fought peacefully for their rights and livelihood, followed by an art project to make protest signs

Oxford:  A service learning project to plant strawberries and distribute them to Oxford neighbors with a note honoring Cesar Chavez

Willard:  No activities submitted

King:  No activities submitted

BHS: 

Annual Week of Service – Berkeley High School

March 22 through March 26 is the annual Week of Service at Berkeley High School
organized by the BHS Student Leadership Team. The goals of this week are to give
students awareness about causes in which they might have interest and to provide
opportunities for them to take action towards those causes.

Students are encouraged to dress up for each day of the week and sign up for
service events. Sign-ups are in the Leadership Office. Each day of the week has
a theme:

Mon, Mar 22 - Environmental Day: Informational booths at lunch, campus and MLK park
clean up after school (sign up in leadership office!). Dress in your recycled
thrift store clothing and natural fibers!

Tues, Mar 23 - Animal Day: Informational booths at lunch, 2nd period - Animal Rescue
Foundation in the College Career Center, 5th period - Club Reach presents a film
on Human Trafficking and talk from the director in the Little Theater. Dress
like your favorite animal!

Wed, Mar 24- Help Humanity Be a Buddy Day: Blood Drive (4/14) and informational
booths at lunch, 2nd period - Habitat for Humanity in the College Career Center,
after school tutoring at district elementary schools (sign up in leadership
office!). Dress alike with a buddy(ies)!

Thur, Mar 25 - Political Activism Day: Voter registration, political speeches,
informational booths at lunch, 3rd period - Chinaka Hodge, BHS alum, poet/author
in the Little Theater. Dress as an activist, Black Panther, or politician!

FRIDAY – MARCH 26TH
Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning (official in-school holiday):
Lunchtime events hosted by Chicano Latino Club honoring Cesar Chavez and the
spirit of activism, service and learning on the Campus Green. Dress Red and Gold
for BHS Solidarity! Click for city wide Cesar Chavez commemorative events:
http://www.ecologycenter.org/chavez/calendar.html

CONTACT:
Christopher Young
Director of Student Activities
510.644.8990
510.548.4221

 

Wednesday, March 31, 2010
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

2nd Annual Chavez Commemoration Event and Salsa Competition

On March 31st 2010, City of Berkeley employees will be celebrating the Cesar Chavez Commemoration Period by hosting their 2nd Annual Salsa Competition and Potluck. The purpose of this event is for COB employees to come together and reflect on the impact that Cesar Chavez has had in our communities. Come join us in celebrating and honoring the Cesar Chavez’s legacy! Bring your best salsa and something to share! See you there!

Cypress Room 1st Floor

March 30 - April 12, 2010

Berkeley Celebrates "Sí, se puede": Poster, Book, and Photo Exhibit

Honoring César’s Legacy Through Service to the Community
To Celebrate the 2010 Chávez Commemorative Period (March 30 - April 12, 2010)

Flat Display Cases Berkeley Public Central Library –
2nd floor Historic Lobby
Exhibit Cases Facing on Kittredge Street
2090 Kittredge Street (at Shattuck) – Downtown Berkeley

Send us your events.

March 8 - May 2nd
9am – 5 pm, Mon-Fri

Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program 1942-1964

Between 1942 and 1964, an estimated two million Mexican men came to the United States on short-term labor contracts. A little-known chapter of American and Mexican history, the bracero program touched the lives of countless men, women, families, and communities. Both bitter and sweet, the bracero experience tells a story of exploitation but also of opportunity.

Included in the exhibition are 15 free-standing banners featuring oral histories, quotes and photographs by Leonard Nadel, a photographer who, in 1956, exposed employer violations endured by many braceros. The Nadel photos inspired the museum’s work on “Bittersweet Harvest and the Bracero History Project, which also includes audio clips of former braceros relating their experiences.

Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater, 1700 Alum Rock Avenue, San Jose, CA
http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/small_exhibition.cfm?key=1267&exkey=770

March 5-31, 2010

Musical: Let the Eagle Fly – The Story of César Chávez

The Chávez Family Vision debuts “Let The Eagle Fly - The Story of César Chávez” in Silicon Valley on March 5, 2010. This inspirational musical tells the story of César E. Chávez, one of the most influential civil rights leaders of our time and a crusader for non-violent change. It traces Chávez’s life from his childhood, as the son of migrant farm workers in the Great Depression, through his founding of the farm workers union and commitment to the non-violent struggle for social and economic justice. Silicon Valley, once an agricultural area known as "The Valley of Heart's Delight" is where Chávez began his community activism. The musical focuses primarily on the five-year grape boycott which brought nationwide attention to the farm workers' plight.

San Jose City College Theatre, 2100 Moorpark Avenue, San Jose, CA

For complete information:
http://www.lettheeaglefly.com/
http://www.lettheeaglefly.com/cast.htm

March 23, 2010
(2pm-7pm—farmers’ market hours)

Ecology Center’s Farmers Market
& César Chávez Commemoration

A program of cultural arts performances and informational tables to honor the legacy of farmworker organizer César Chávez.

Tuesday Berkeley Farmers’ Market
Derby St. at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Berkeley

Master of Ceremonies:
Gerardo Marin, Co-Manager, Farm Fresh Choice

Performances by:

• Rafael Jesús González
  Poet, Founder of Laney College's Mexican and Latin American Studies Dept.
• Nina Serrano
  Poet, Storyteller, KPFA host/producer KPFA’s La Raza Chronicles
• Mucho Axe
  South American Grooves
• Capoiera Mandinga
  Afro-Brasilian Art Form
• Quenepas Youth Ensemble
  Puerto Rican Bomba, Plena, Drum n Dance
• Floyd Salas
  Poet, PEN Oakland Board President
• Claire Ortalda
  Novelist, Playwright, Poet
• Naima Shalhoub
  Neo-soul, Roots, Global Music

Information booths (partial list):

• BAHIA (Bay Area Hispano Institute for Advancement)
• Farm Fresh Choice (Youth Food Justice, Health, & Nutrition)

Accessibility:

5 blocks from the Ashby BART Station, many buses on MLK and streetparking, wheelchair access. The Berkeley Farmers' Markets proudly accept EBT food stamp cards and WIC farmers’ market nutrition program vouchers.

For More Information: (510) 548-3333

Saturday, April 10, 2010
11am – Assemble for Parade (Dolores Park)
12pm – Parade to 24th Street

César Chávez Holiday Parade & Festival - San Francisco

24th Street Fair (24th/Harrison-Bryant), 1pm to 6 pm

More Info: (415) 621-2665, (415) 621-5518, CECparade@yahoo.com, http://www.cesarchavezday.org

Friday, April 16th, 2010
5 to 7 pm or 6 to 8 pm

Multicultural Student Development – UC Berkeley

Still being developed: Senior Weekend activities that will include a program for about 150 prospective incoming Latino students. Program will include speakers who will honor César Chávez

University of California, César Chávez Student Center

Contact: Lupe Gallegos Diaz, lupeg@berkeley.edu

Chávez Family Vision Scholarship

Chávez Family Vision Scholarship gives cash grants to cover the educational expenses of college students committed to promoting economic and social justice through non-violence, volunteerism, and public action in order to bring about positive changes in our society. Applicants are evaluated for financial need, community involvement and commitment to create social change. Age, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation are not considered. There are no fees to apply for or receive a grant.

Deadline: August 31, 2010

For more information: http://www.chavezfamilyvision.com/scholarship.htm

Chávez Memorial Solar Calendar & Education Project

We will participate as follows:

• Chair & Coordinate the citywide Chávez Commemorative Committee, and will develop a new model for planning the Chávez events each year.
• Upgrade the content, photos & graphic content on the Park & Recreation Department’s webpages on César Chávez Park
• Add two new artistic/educational exhibits to the Chávez Memorial Solar Calendar Site, i.e., Earth Cycle/Sun Shadow & Moon over Berkeley. Both will include a tribute to César Chávez
• At Sunrise on March 31st – a Shadow cast by the Gnomon will cross the Chávez Birthstone that was installed two years ago.
• Development of a Chicano/Indigenous-based celebratory ritual that will be held at the site later in the year. It will include an honoring of César.

Contact: Santiago Casal, varrio@sbcglobal.net