Cesar’s Freedom Fight Cesar Chavez made an ADJ. impact by passionately fighting for Migrant workers without having to pull a trigger or end a life. Chavez, a child of Mexican American migrant farmers, was born in Arizona in 1927. He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) in 1962 and never stopped fighting for their rights. In 1970, Chavez successfully pressured powerful grape growers to give farm workers a contract with fair rights, wages, and respect. The economic pressure brought upon Growers helped migrant workers in a respectful manner. Cesar Chavez deserved to win the unidosUS award because he effectively used non violence to protest and he created an impactful protest organization, the NFWA. Cesar …show more content…
Cesar Chavez recognized that a short term protest may have the same impact as an organization but would be too dramatic. For instance, the civil rights activist Cesar Chavez reflected, “A movement with some lasting organization is a lot less dramatic than a movement with a lot of demonstrations and a lot of marching and so forth.” (Chavez, 2) In this quote, it is noted that Cesar Chavez felt the organization was important because it would last with less drama. Cesar Chavez wanted an efficient way to stand up for his beliefs and he thought that an organization would be effective. His organization had inspired activists to come and stand up together. Additionally, Cesar Chavez recognized that creating this organized union would bring more hope than any other protesting approaches. For example, the humble yet courageous Cesar Chavez exclaimed, “The road to social justice for the farm worker is the road of unionization. Our cause, our strike against table grapes and our international boycott… which is unionization, holds far more hope for the farm worker than any other single approach… This conviction is what brings spirit, high hope and optimism to everything we do.” (Chavez, 8+9) It is evident that in this exclamation, Cesar acknowledges that it brings hope to unionize and to fight as one. He acknowledges that the activists feel they will accomplish more as a group, and make a bigger impact. Cesar Chavez’s idea to organize a union was backed up by activist belief of its impact and by his logic that it would have a longer lasting and less dramatic