United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 04/03/2010 Tri City Herald: Gallery of 28 pictures of Immigration Reform Rally
- 04/02/2010 PhysOrg.com (AP): California Bill Would Expand Pesticide Safety Program
- 04/02/2010 Pasadena Star-News: L.A. County’s service week honors Cesar Chavez
- 04/02/2010 KEAR: Hispanic State Lawmakers (Texas) Challenge State Education Board (includes audio 1:40)
- 04/02/2010 Los Angeles Times: National Park Service studies sites to memorialize Cesar Chavez
- 04/01/2010 Kearney Hub (NE): Speaker — Chavez’s respect for farm workers was key
- 04/01/2010 Colorado State University News: ‘500 Years of Chicano History’
- 04/01/2010 NBC: Honoring Cesar Chavez (video)
- 04/01/2010 Reno Gazette-Journal: Former Harrah’s bartender honored at Chávez dinner
- 04/01/2010 Whitman Pioneer (WA): Cezar Chavez Blood Drive to benefit Walla Walla community, Haiti
- 04/01/2010 PR Web (press release): Department of Labor Honors Cesar Chavez
- 04/01/2010 KRGV (TX): Students Honor Cesar Chavez
- 04/01/2010 Chicago Sun-Times (blog): The Texas School Book Repository by Rogert Ebert (includes two videos)
- 04/01/2010 ABC 30: Obama Honors Late Farm Workers’ Advocate Cesar Chavez (mostly a video 3:05)
- 04/01/2010 San Francisco Sentinel: UNITED FARM WORKERS ENDORSE GAVIN NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
- 03/31/2010 On Cesar Chavez Day, Farmworker & Health Advocates Petition U.S. EPA to Cancel Carcinogenic Pesticide
- 03/31/2010 USA Today: Obama on Chavez: A ‘spirit of possibility’
- 03/31/2010 Response from Chavez Family & UFW President Following White House Meeting with President Obama
- 03/31/2010 Bakersfield Now: Locals help Obama honor Cesar Chavez
- 03/31/2010 Environmental Health News: Farm pesticides linked to deadly skin cancer
- 03/31/2010 OCRegister: Fourth graders work in the fields to help the hungry
- 03/31/2010 San Francisco Bay Guardian: Si Se Puede: The legacy of Cesar Chavez
- 03/31/2010 Atlanta Journal Constitution: Democratic lawmakers call for Cesar Chavez national holiday
- 03/31/2010 Macon Telegraph: Group to rally in favor of Cesar Chavez holiday
- 03/31/2010 Politico 44: Obama, UFW honor rights leader