“Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?” ~Cesar Chavez
Pictures below: notes left by students visiting the Cesar E Chavez National Monument VIsitor Center.
When it comes to wildlife, the best kind of relationship is a long distance one. If you see animals while out in your national parks, please enjoy them from a distance without disturbing or feeding them. Being smart... https://t.co/ONpBEkKbDt
Did you know that the National Park Service is Celebrating Trivia Tuesday the next few weeks? Check it out! #findyourpark
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Cesar Chavez Day is always celebrated on his birthday, 31 March. President Barack Obama declared Cesar Chavez Day a national holiday in 2014. It is not a public holiday, but is a state holiday in California.... https://t.co/BjDZ6iR6di
The breadth of Latinx experience is a vital aspect of America's rich and diverse past. The places explored here barely begin to hint at the varied ways their lives intersected with one another.... https://t.co/HmlrT8VC9u
Last Saturday, 35 people traveled to the monument from nearby communities and from as far away as Antelope Valley, Ridgecrest, and Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks for a beautiful morning of birding. We... https://t.co/Ecn650VYNE
During the federal government shutdown, we will not monitor or update social media. Some Cesar E. Chavez National Monument areas are accessible; however access may change without notice, and there are no NPS-provided services. For more information,... https://t.co/iHkhbmdg9T
Check out the history of El Teatro Campesino and it’s connection to the Farmworker’s Labor Movement! Founded in 1965 on the Delano Grape Strike picket lines of Cesar Chavez’s United Farmworkers Union, the company created and performed... https://t.co/VsylIQOl4P
The Tehachapi Mountains surrounding the Monument form a geographic, watershed, habitat, and rain shadow divide separating the San Joaquin Valley to the northwest and the Mojave Desert to the southeast. The... https://t.co/fLgjHGRGkk
Did you know that the FBI had a file on Cesar Chavez? The work of Cesar Chavez resulted in his being closely examined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the 1960s. Take a look at the file by clicking onto the Walter... https://t.co/Dr4dTVOMIe
Letters To Cesar Chavez: Many children throughout America wrote letters to Cesear Chavez in support of The Great Grape Boycott. Here are two examples from the Cesar Chavez collection. (Courtesy of the Walter Reuther... https://t.co/kAxNlYI26d
Late last week, some students from the University of California Merced's Yosemite leadership program aided in beautifying the Cesar Chavez Memorial Garden where both Cesar and Helen Chavez are buried.