la familia de césar chávez; rita es la hermana de césar, y rudy es su sobrino, de césar chávez; nos acompañana la mano en la escuela? rita chávez: no, él quería estar cerca de mí, y le dijo la maestra, "no", el primer nombre de él es cesario, no cesar, yo nunca le digo cesar, cesario, so, teacher, cesario", y dice, "no, en spanish", que no había nada inglés, "no, yo me siento con mi hermanita, yo estoy con mi tita, mi hermanita", decía, mi hermanita, teacher "no--" [hablando en inglés] se salió por la puerta, y le tuve que ir a agarrar por el pelo, "vale más que te sientes", y luego íbamos a la casa, en la tarde, y dice, "no le digas a mi papá", le digo, "tengo que decirle", y de seguro, estábamos en la mesa, en la cena, y dice mi papá, ¿cómo les fue en la escuela?", "no quiero a la maestra", "¡qué!", dice, "no la quiero", "¿por qué?", "no me dejó sentarme con mi hermanita", mi papá le dijo, "mira, tienes que dejar la mano de tu hermana un día de estos", dijo, "porque vas a crecer, a ser un hombre grande, y no vas a andar con la mano de tu hermana, siempre", pero siempre anduvo con la hermana

damian: we're now joined by rudy chavez medina, the nephew of cesar chavez on "comunidad del valle." dy, first your thoughts. i have your lovely mother here. she's a walking history book. rudy chavez medina: yes, you know, she is. she has so much energy, she has so much excitement. you know, she motivates all of us, you know? at 91 and a half years old, she's still going strong. i call her the energizer bunny because she just doesn't stop. you know, even when she was hurt, she was still communicating with us, she was still moving, getting us to move too. so, it's a delight to have her here. your thoughts, the same question, rudy. your thoughts when yhathey can to celebrate si se puede, cesar chavez, and whatnot. is picking up that torch. rudy: i think that's excellent, you know. when children are growing up, you know, we were fortunate to have cesar. and he was a motivator, he was inspirational. and for the younger generations to see, and hear, and learn about his history, and capture some of those characteristics from him, it's just absolutely amazing. and it really feels good 'cause