CHAVISTA CLASS
What does UFW stand for?
UNITED FARM WORKERS
The ability or willingness to work something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.
Tolerence
Boycott
Refuse to buy or handle (goods) as a punishment or protest.
Gilbert Padilla
Co-founder of the UFW
Viva La Causa
The Story of César Chávez, Dolores Huerta and a Great Movement for Social Justice.Viva La Causa focuses on one of the seminal events in the march for human rights—the grape strike and boycott led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in the 1960s. Viva la Causa shows how thousands of people from across the nation joined in a struggle for justice for the most exploited people in our country—the workers who put food on our tables.
March 31st, What do we celebrate?
Cesar Chavez Day
An act of offering to a deity or people something precious
Sacrifice
Strike
Undertake an organized protest against (an employer).
Dolores Huerta
Co-Founder of the UFW
Jane Elliot Film
Blue Eyes- Brown Eyes
What is Civic Engagement?
Civic engagement or civic participation is any individual or group activity addressing issues of public concern. Citizens acting alone or together to protect public values or make a change or difference in the community are common types of civic engagement.
Feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated.
Proud
Union
A group, club, society, or association formed by people with a common interest or purpose.
Martin Luther King
American civil rights leader
My Friend Martin
Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points of his life
What did Labor Unions bring?
Better wages, Weekends,All breaks at work, including a lunch breaks, Paid vacation, Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Paid sick days, Minimum wage, 8hour shifts, Workplace safety and regulations, Child Labor Laws., Sexual Harassment Laws.
The use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change.
Non- Violence
Native
An animal or plant indigenous to a place.
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy
JFK, was an American politician and journalist who served as the 35th president of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963
Selma A bridge to the Ballot
A heroic group of activists march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., to win voting rights for blacks.
10 chavista values
Si se puede, Be Proud, Be creative, Help someone, Teach Someone, knowledge is power, tolerance, no violence, respect others, sacrifice for others.
When you give such instruction professionally, you are?
Teaching someone
Si Se Puede
Yes we can!
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings.
name at least 3 biography videos we saw in class.
Mohammed Ali, The women in Black Panther Party, Great African American Inventors, Malcom X, Eliseo Medina.