he was introducing siegler to of this -- he was introducing cesar chavez. then cesar chavez walks up. he is like 5'5"with a very soft voice. it did not make sense. the more he began to speak, the more i forgot his height, what he looked like, because i focused on his message. he talked about human dignity, the rights of workers, the fact that working people have to sell their labor, but it does not mean they have to sell their souls or dignity. the more he talked, the more i understood the power we had as individuals and collectively. the next morning, i cracked open my piggy bank. oci paid three months' worth of used to join the union. [applause] that was 47 years ago. cesar chavez was a life changer. he made you believe you were capable of doing much more than you believe you were capable of. he said that imagination in new and that belief in yourself. he fed that imagination and belief in yourself. i went to chicago. i just turned 21. he said we were going to start a boycott and they needed me to go to chicago. me. i had barely graduated from eighth grad