Cesar Chavez
The ethnicity of this Portrait Leader and state he is from
Mexican American from Arizona
The events in his life that delayed his success and gave him adversity
Great Depression, years of migrant working, and protests (boycotts and strikes)
The virtue Chavez is an exemplar of
Patience
The amount of time I can sit still before becoming annoyed or frustrated
2 minutes
calm, steadfast, nonchalant, stoic, and collected
Synonyms for patience
The state 300,000 people moved to during the Great Depression to become migrant workers
California
The year the NFWA launched a strike against California’s grape growers
1965 (September)
The Leadership Principle he showed by collaborating with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (a Filipino-American labor group) to organize the strike
Principle 3
What would a patient person do when Freshmen are clogging the hallway
They would politely ask them to move and remind them to stay on the sides of the hallway instead of the middle.
The portal outage that occurred on Oct 20 and invoke impatience and frustration in me
a reason why I need to develop in this virtue
The foundation Chavez created
the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA)
How many days was his Fast for Life that ended on August 21, 1988?
He protested the use of pesticides on grapes in California that were harmful to the migrant workers who harvested them.
36 days
"He also remembers that some schools were segregated and he felt that in the integrated schools he was like a monkey in a cage. He remembers having to listen to a lot of racist remarks. He remembers seeing signs that read whites only." (United Farm Workers Association)
What lack of leadership was shown in his early life?
any response that is justified
The appropriate reaction when driving over speed bumps
drive the actual speed limit and do not just speed over them or tell the person driving to do that
The character that I dressed up as for Halloween las year who does not exemplify patience
Anger from Inside Out
The person who inspired Chavez's nonviolent approach
Hint: He is a Portrait Leader
Mahatma Ghandi
The length of the NFWA strike against California’s grape growers and subsequent boycott of California grapes all together
5 years
In 1952 he became a grassroots organizer for the Community Service Organization (CSO), a Latino civil rights group. He would work for them for a DECADE to register new voters and fight racial and economic discrimination.
How does this connect to patience or show leadership?
Any response with justification
(P#6, A-D, and P#3)
Patience: It takes time and years of work to achieve results. He does not rush results
One of my passions and goal when I interact with others
Teaching/helping others learn new things or complete tasks to leave them better than I found them
The person who says,"I gotta go c'mon!" "I don't have time for this!" on a daily basis
Me/Natalie Delgado
Number of grandchildren he had
(Hint: he had 8 children)
31 grandkids
Years he spent in the US Navy in World War II
2 years
Chavez's iconic slogan that is world-renowned
Si, se puede
The most impactful lesson I learned from Chavez
Just because success or progress does not come instantly does not mean you have to rush things. Sometimes time is necessary and allows for more success or greater impact to be had. Chavez's strike-turned-boycott was successful because it took 5 years
The author who first coined the phrase "patience is a virtue" in his epic poem Piers Plowman in the 14th century
William Langland