LRB-2037/1
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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
March 24, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives J. Anderson, Cabrera,
Ortiz-Velez, Andraca, Baldeh, Bare, Clancy, Conley, Considine, Drake,
Emerson, Haywood, Hong, Joers, Madison, Neubauer, Shelton, Sinicki,
Moore Omokunde, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck and Vining, cosponsored by
Senators Agard, Carpenter, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Roys,
Spreitzer and Taylor. Referred to Committee on Rules.
AJR21,1,2
1Relating to: proclaiming March 31, 2023, 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 the National Farm Workers Association in
151962, 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's United Farm Workers is famous for the slogan, “Si, se
7puede,” which is Spanish for “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 rights activists; and
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Whereas, Cesar Chavez received a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom
11in 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, 2023, as Cesar Chavez Day in the state
14of Wisconsin.
