so you can. hello and welcome back to "communidad del valle." today we celebrate the legacy of caesar chavez. >> "communidad del valle." >> we begin today with both from the organization chavez family vision. welcome to the show. do you say happy holiday? how do you celebrate the chavez day? >> how do we celebrate? >> happy holiday? >> usually happy holiday. >> how big is this day, march 31, for the family? it's huge. it's the day we remember him,

his birthday. he would have been 88 this year. every year we celebrate throughout the state because we have relatives throughout north and south california. everyone has their own little event going on. >> to a lot of us he is a grandiose figure. growing up when you married barbara caesar was caesar. >> he was barbara's uncle and getting to know him after we got married learned to really respect him and admire the way he handled himself. he was a very prominent person. he just was very captivating in the way he expressed himself, talked and the things he did. >> your thoughts when you see them marching on that day from

school to school and those who are barely beginning to learn of caesar and celebrating him in that way? >> very happy to see it because his nonviolence and his nonviolence is really the key that i think a lot of things, kids need to learn nowadays. to see you can get somewhere without getting in a fight. >> soon after his passing y'all established the chavez family vision organization, nonprofit here locally in the bay area. tell us about the vision. you have a commemorative breakfast coming up. tell us about your organization. >> my brother and i, rudy, started it just to save the legacy of caesar chavez. we were finding out there were groups taking advantage of his legacy. so the family got in there and created the nonprofit so we could protect that legacy

against people that want to take advantage of it and to keep it going, educate people on what has worked because a lot of people don't know who he is. that is our main goal is to educate people and keep his legacy going. >> you are the president of chavez family vision. you have a commemorative breakfast coming up. >> coming up on march 31 which would have been his birthday. it will be at the holiday inn downtown san jose, 1350 north first street beginning at 8:00 in the morning. it runs for a couple of hours. our key note speaker is richard ray perez. he was a producer and director of caesar's last fast. i think they are showing it on netflix. it's very emotional for us because it shows our two uncles who are no longer with us. when you see that you just feel like they are still here with you which they are in spirit. it's very educational. people learn a lot when they see

that movie. >> when you go to the commemorative breakfast some people think it is the same event over again. you go to one event and go to it the next year and feel more empowered just by the people who are there and the speakers who are there and the people who are surrounding you. >> every year we have more and more people come in and then we have the same supporters that come in every year. that really makes us excited and happy that people are noticing our breakfast more and coming in to support us and really supporting our scholarship fund. this year we have three more new recipients which are getting $1,500. we are hoping we can do more each year. it just depends how much we collect on. that's another good thing about the breakfast. >> this is a nonprofit but i imagine in your household it is

year round and nonstop. >> there is always something going on. >> the commemorative breakfast coming up on march 31, cesar chavez holiday at 8:00 a.m. log on to that website, chavezfamilyvision.org. any final thoughts before we let y'all go? >> it's like usual. we remember our uncle. first and foremost he was our uncle and a civil rights leader. every year we just want more people to understand what he did and to recognize the hard work and sacrifice that he did for not only farm workers but all of the latino community and everyone else in the area. we work on it all year round. it's not just for march 31. >> happy cesar chavez holiday. >> we have a march coming up march 28.

it will start at 9:30. there will be a mass on east san antonio street and the march will begin at 11:00. everyone is invited. as long as everyone is peaceful and nonviolent that is fine with us. >> we have never had problems. >> we will talk more about that in the next segment. >> up next here

we are celebrating the legacy of cesar chavez on "communidad del valle." joining me is cesar's sister. >> how do you allow him to wear long hair like that? >> i don't allow it. he is an old man but what can i do? >> you will have your chance to rebut. we are celebrating the holiday

one more time. what are your thoughts as we approach the holiday again? >> i don't know. every year one more year, one more year get older but still his memory is with us every year. i always feel his spirit especially on his birthday when we do the march and the breakfast. it hurts in a way. i cry all the time. >> is it satisfying and warm your heart when you see the video marching from the schools? what does that make you feel? >> very, very proud of them. they are celebrating somebody that deserved a celebration. every year more and more things come up and every year here we are. >> and i mean i used to when i was in college i used to see you

over at the church. it was cesar's parish for a long time. your thoughts on the fact that the church is home to cesar and your family. >> guatalupe church was our first church in a way because it was where we sit down on benches and [ inaudible ] which is now the mcdonald home and now to the big church. >> donald hall is now a state historic landmark, working on national status shows the impact and significance on the role that cesar played in that community. >> a lot of people don't realize

that san jose is the birth place of cesar's social movement. one that passed away sophie mendoza will be missed greatly. everybody conigated around the hall. we believe it is one of the five that will be an historical landmark. that is interesting and great. >> what do you think cesar thinks when he sees the images of the people carrying symbols that he cherished and defended? >> we know there is a march every year that the school district puts on and this year it is on the 26th of march. i think he would say this is great because it's another generation that is understanding what his philosophies are or were and still are, nonviolence,

public action and volunteerism. that image, the flag speaks a lot to the whole movement. to see young children in the younger generation embrace it he would be extremely happy. he loved education and children and he knew that his work would not end during his life. he wouldn't be able to accomplish everything. the things he accomplished he moved on. that is why he is such a big advocate of strategic planning and making sure that future generations would continue his legacy and the work that he started. >> he was a smart man who educated himself. >> that's right. he went to eighth grade. nothing formally further than that. he always had a book in his hand. when you look in his office at the national monument you see his office and it has rows and rows of shelves that go from the

floor to the ceiling in his little office. and he read everyone of those books. i remember i walked in there after he passed away with my cousin paul and i'm looking through the books and i see strategic planning, organizing and then i pull out a book and it is yachts and sail boats. i'm like yachts and sail boats? they were going to do it in the pool. but he just had a wide range of knowledge. that's why he became the person that he was. he was self educated and he did really work hard at everything that he believed in. >> did you tell him in those early days just leave it alone, don't get involved? >> not really because i knew what he wanted. we were with partners when we were young.

he always told me. when he went to the navy i used to tell him every day i wrote him a letter every day in there and used to tell him today we did this and were treated this way. i would report everything to him because he wanted to know what was going on with us. after he left it was just all of us. >> you weren't tweeting him or face timing him? >> i would tell him everything and he would send it around in a letter every two weeks and he would say don't let them treat you that way and stick up for yourselves and don't forget. >> we will talk more in our next segment. commemorative breakfast on march 31. the march is on march 28 at 11:00 a.m. log on to that website for more information on all of these events around the cesar chavez holiday.

we are back here on "communidad del valle" celebrating the cesar chavez legacy. we were just mentioning even if rita said -- >> he committed from day one he knew because he lived that treatment. he lived that behavior that was put on him by the growers and ranchers. so once he made that decision he was all in. >> and to do that kind of work, that selfless kind of work you had to be all in. you couldn't be half in and half out. >> no because it was too much sacrifice. if you think about everything he did for farm workers and people in social justice his family suffered and so they appreciated the suffering. it wasn't like don't do that,

dad. maybe once in a while they said that. most of the time they go -- most of the time they were supportive and still remained supportive to this day even helen. they say behind every great man is a great woman. >> she was a great one. >> he had to have her support. >> now safeway is one of your great partners. >> it's amazing how things are turned around and i think it is because of the consciousness of that organization and that company and how they have helped us and partnered with us for several years now. >> when you worked in the field you had it easier than when i worked in the field -- i mean, a lot harder, excuse me. in my reports i mentioned that the cameras can show you what it is like maybe and the conditions but the cameras can't show the dust under the eyes or pain on your back. what was it like for you?

>> it was very hard. we were happy and singing but everybody did it. hundreds of families did it. and all the families worked together. mothers, fathers and sisters, brothers, everybody. he was a very hard worker. >> when i drive down and see the fields and then i see the changes that cesar made, do you have the same feeling when you are cruising down the fields and see? tell us about that. >> everything was very hard. the worst thing for me was the restrooms. there was nothing. men would hide behind the door of the car, but us we would make a circle so they won't see us. that was the hardest part. the work was hard, too. no restrooms for women was harder, for me was very hard. >> a lot of people are going to

sit down at sunday dinner later on this evening. when they are eating their salads what would you like them to contemplate? >> i think they should appreciate that those fine fruits and vegetables because hard work got into making that come to their tables. if anybody -- there was a program where it -- i forgot his name but he worked in the fields for a day. it's just grueling. to do that day after day, year after year people should appreciate how much goes into making that great salad so wonderful at tasting so good. it's the work of the farm workers. when you are driving down the highway going towards greenfield or going towards king city i see all of those roads and i visualize how it used to be. i remember as a young boy i was involved in working that way,

too. and i see the port opotties in the water and the fact that there are abuses out there but we continue to fight. continues to struggle, continues that struggle and it's just not going to end. not going to end anytime soon. i'm proud when i see that. i'm very proud. >> i used to hate the smell of wet soil. i used to hate the smell of tomatoes because it brought up memories of working from sun up to sun down. now you rub the leaves together and it gives you a beautiful smell. you appreciate it. >> everything was just -- cesar would go come on he would claim a big space. he would go it is good food let's go. he would say you and i go over there. we were always together, always. we were partners.

even he would say remember the name. that was so and so. most of the time i remembered the girls he wanted to know who they were. >> tell us about the march real quick and the breakfast. >> that day on the 28th it will start off with a mass at 9:30. and then there will be a short rally and then we will be marching through the neighborhood by 11:00. we are asking everybody to join us. you can't make the mass because it might be too early then come to the rally and to the march. we pass in the significant areas and the city has made a memorial walk. we walk through each location and there is a sign along with text and verbiage of the importance of that significant site. so it's really enjoyable. it's great that the church is doing this because that is

really the foundation of the farm worker movement. >> if somebody embodies the significance and the cause -- >> absolutely. he is the best. he is totally committed and he has helped us out so much. so much so we gave him the award last year. an award that you may remember. >> surprised me with it right here. thank you for everything. >> the commemorative breakfast coming up on march 31. rudy mentioned the mass and march. we'll be back and listen to the music when we continue.

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