LRB-2542/1
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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
May 7, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Anderson, Cabrera, Ortiz-Velez,
Brostoff, Hesselbein, S. Rodriguez, Emerson, Drake, Sinicki, Neubauer,
Hintz, L. Myers, Goyke, Milroy, Hong, Hebl, Spreitzer, Shelton, Vining,
Ohnstad, Bowen, Moore Omokunde, Stubbs and Subeck, cosponsored by
Senators Carpenter, Wirch, Roys, Larson, Ringhand, Agard and Erpenbach.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
AJR50,1,2
1Relating to: proclaiming March 31, 2021, 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 for and eventually the national director
12of the Community 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, 2021, as Cesar Chavez Day in the state
14of Wisconsin.
