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The
César
Chávez Long March
by Reno artist Erik Holland
The original watercolor
was displayed for several years in the Nevada Legislature
offices of Sen. Ruben Kihuen, D-Las Vegas, prime sponsor of
the 2009 César Chávez Day bill.
Copyright
© 2009 Erik Holland. All rights reserved.
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2015
Sponsorship and ticket prices
Previous
sponsors and ticketholders will be given preference
MAJOR SPONSORSHIPS
PLATINUM
$ 8,500 (Only one of two remains available.)
- Sponsorship of
Nevada Labor Hall of Fame César
Chávez Awards
- Inclusion on all
mass media
- Reserved Table
for 10
- Major sponsorship
credit on all media
- Logo and links
at the César Chávez section at NevadaLabor.com
- Event onsite credit:
Wall banner; distribution of literature and display table
if needed; event program credit and recognition from the podium.
GOLD:
$ 6,500
- Reserved Table
for 10
- Half of Platinum
Package spot schedule
- Logo and links
at the César Chávez section at NevadaLabor.com
- Event onsite credit:
Wall banner; distribution of literature and display table
if needed; event program credit and recognition from the podium.
SILVER:
$1,950
- Reserved Table
for 10
- Sponsorship credit
on event program
- Mass media promotional
inclusion as available
- Logo and links
at the César Chávez section at NevadaLabor.com
BRONZE
and BRONZEx2: Reserved Table for 10
- Purchased on or
before March 25: $ 725.00
- Purchased after
March 25: $ 795.00
- BRONZEx2
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Buy 2 and save $100 for your organization
On or before March 25, 2 Tables for 10 @ $ 675 per table =
$1,350.00 for 2
Purchased March 25 or thereafter, 2 @ $ 750 each = $ 1,500.00
for 2
Individual
Tickets
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Purchased on
or before March 25: $ 75 per person
Thereafter or at the door: $ 80 per person
Seniors 65+ or students (with student i.d.)
Purchased
on or before March 25: $ 35 per person
Thereafter
or at the door: $ 40 per person
Children
under 12: $ 25.00
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seniors and those of limited resources.
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NV 89510
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Thanks for your consideration.
In Solidarity,
Andrew
Barbano
CesarChavezNevada.com
NevadaLabor.com
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Major
sponsors are donating portions of their ticket blocks so that area
students may participate. Anyone planning to attend, even if your
tickets are included in a sponsor or media package, should call for
reservations which are required because of limited seating. Thanks
for your patience.
The
campaign for a César Chávez
national holiday
Sign the petition
César
Chávez Celebration XIII
brought to you by
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International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers/AFL-CIO
Local
1245
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AT&T
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National Assn. of Letter Carriers
Branch 709
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Northern
Nevada Latino Alliance
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U.S.
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Searchlight
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César
E. Chávez was born on March 31, 1927, on a small farm near Yuma,
Arizona. At 10 years of age, he began life as a migrant farm worker.
This ultimately led to his cause or "La Causa," advocating
for better wages and working conditions for the nation's farm workers.
In 1952, he began the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) to strive
for equal rights for agricultural workers.
César
Chávez learned from and practiced the non-violent principles
of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mohandas K. Gandhi. Chávez
died on April 23, 1993, at the age of 66. He was posthumously awarded
a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. The United States Postal Service
issued a commemorative
first class stamp bearing his image in 2003.
MARCH
COUNTDOWN TO CHÁVEZ DAY
On
March 10, 1968,
Sen.
Robert Kennedy, D-NY, and César Chávez met
in Delano, California, for the breaking of Chavez's anti-violence
fast. Chávez's
physicians had contacted Kennedy to ask for his help in convincing
Chávez to end his fast before it did more damage to his health.
On
March 17, 1966,
farm workers led by César
Chávez
began a march from Delano to Sacramento.
On March
31, 1927, César
Chávez was born near Yuma, Ariz.
New
York Times obituary, April 24, 1993:
"Mr. Chávez, who was described by Robert F. Kennedy in
1968 as 'one of the heroic figures of our time,'was widely acknowledged
to have done more to improve the lot of the migrant farm worker than
anyone else. Fighting growers and shippers who for generations had
defeated efforts to unionize field workers, and later fighting rival
unionists, Mr. Chávez for the first time brought a degree of
stability and security to the lives of some migrant workers. Largely
because of him, the California Legislature in 1975 passed the nation's
first collective bargaining act outside Hawaii for farm workers, who
are largely excluded from Federal labor law coverage. 'For the first
time,' Mr. Chávez said when asked to describe the union's achievement,
'the farm worker got some power.' Asked what had motivated his stubborn
fight, he said, 'For many years I was a farm worker, a migratory worker,
and, well, personally — and I'm being very frank — maybe
it's just a matter of trying to even the score.'"
[Courtesy
of longtime Nevada reporter Dennis Myers' Poor
Denny's Almanac]
César
Chávez Celebration IV
March
31, 2005
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— Left to right, Maria
Zamora, Librado "Lee" Chávez
and Tony Mayorga. Lee Chávez
holds up a United Farm Workers of America flag signed by
his late brother. The flag is part of Ms. Zamora's collection
of
Chávez/UFWA
memorabilia which she displayed at the 2004 Chávez
Celebration. Ms. Zamora marched with César
Chávez
in the 1960's and cooked for the multitudes as they trekked
across California. She traveled from California to attend
the 2014 event. She
weaved wonderful stories for the audience and Duet
Eross (César
Perez and Chriss Reyes) serenaded her with De Colores.
As
always,
the Chávez
family was well represented by
Reno resident Ramon Chávez
and his family.
Tony
Mayorga is President of Laborers' Union Local 169, a
founding sponsor of the celebration.
[Librado
Chávez
and a dozen family members attended the 2008-2011 events.
They have been unable to attend recently due to the illness
of Mrs. Chávez. We look forward to seeing
them again soon. We also hope the magnificent Maria Zamora
will join us on 3-31-2015.] |
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When
César Chávez came to Reno
How often do we get to meet the
great men of our age? Of the great apostles of nonviolence
who have lived in our time and generations, I got to meet
only one, but that was a meaningful one. César
Chávez's (1986) visit to Reno gave me the opportunity
to meet him, to shake his hand, to stand in his presence.
It was an honor, one of the privileged moments of my life.
On March 10, 1968, Robert
Kennedy went to Delano to be with César
when he broke his fast for nonviolence. Senator Kennedy
said to César's
supporters in the farm workers, "And when your children
and grandchildren take their place in America, going to
high school and college and taking good jobs at good pay
— when you look at them, you will say, 'I did this.
I was there, at the point of difficulty and danger'. And
though you may be old and bent from many years of labor,
no man will stand taller than you when you say, 'I marched
with César'."
We have not been very good
custodians of that hope. Good jobs at good pay seem further
away than ever. We have to do better. César's
example calls.
—
Courtesy of longtime Nevada reporter Dennis Myers'
Poor Denny's Almanac
Used by permission.
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UFW
FLAG ART presented by César Chávez to Reno Musicians
Union Local 368 Secretary-Treasurer Beth Shay at
Reno César
Chávez Day I on July 15, 1986. Each color is symbolic
— black for the dark situation of the farmworkers of the
time; red for toil and sacrifice and the white circle for hope.
Chávez himself designed it.
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