LRB-5374/1
RJL:cdc
2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
February 24, 2020 - Introduced by Representatives Zamarripa, Anderson,
Cabrera, Crowley, Emerson, Fields, Gruszynski, Haywood, Hebl, Hintz,
Kolste, Milroy, Neubauer, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki,
Skowronski, Spreitzer, Stubbs, C. Taylor, Brostoff, Subeck and Considine,
cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Johnson, Bewley, Hansen, Larson,
Ringhand, L. Taylor and Wirch. Referred to Committee on Rules.
AJR150,1,2
1Relating to: proclaiming March 31, 2020, as Cesar Chavez Day in the state of
2Wisconsin.
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Whereas, Cesar Chavez was born March 31, 1927, near Yuma, Arizona; and
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Whereas, Cesar Chavez is revered as a prominent Hispanic American civil
5rights and labor rights activist for his work organizing migrant farm workers in
6California; and
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Whereas, Chavez became a migrant farm worker in California while in middle
8school to support his family; and
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Whereas, he joined the United States Navy in 1946 and served for two years;
10and
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Whereas, Chavez became an organizer and eventually national director of the
12Community Service Organization, where he focused on voter registration for
13Mexican Americans; and
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Whereas, Cesar Chavez founded and ran the National Farm Workers
15Association in 1962, which became the United Farm Workers; and
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1Whereas, the United Farm Workers organized thousands of migrant farm
2workers and came to represent more than 50,000 agricultural workers; and
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Whereas, Chavez through nonviolent protests, boycotts, marches, and hunger
4strikes, successfully secured union contracts and improved working conditions and
5wages for thousands of migrant farm workers; and
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Whereas, Chavez is famous for his slogan, “Si, se puede,” which is Spanish for
7“Yes, we can”; and
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Whereas, Cesar Chavez was honored following his death on April 23, 1993, by
9more than 50,000 mourners including fellow labor activists; and
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Whereas, Cesar Chavez received the Presidential Medal of Freedom
11posthumously in 1994; now, therefore, be it
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12Resolved by the
assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the
13Wisconsin Legislature proclaim March 31, 2020, as Cesar Chavez Day in the state
14of Wisconsin.
