Cesar Chavez: A True Hero

I would meet Cesar Chavez he is a true hero to me. He made a great difference for the agricultural workers at the time and his accomplishments still affect us today. He was not only a Latino American civil rights activist he was also supported by the American labor movement. My father for years was a migrant worker and I am glad that Cesar Chavez made the difference that he did. Chavez protested and boycotted companies and industries that did not pay workers enough, treated them unfairly, and had poor working conditions. Cesar Chavez was young when he became a migrant worker in farms, he had gone through the conditions himself, he knew just how important it was for farm workers to work in healthy safe conditions and decided he was going

to make a change. Workers, like my dad, could have been affected by the low pay, maltreatment, and horrible working conditions of these farms. Cesar Chavez gave workers the right to join unions like the United Farmworkers Association while still trying to make a difference for farm workers by going on hunger strikes. The hunger strikes Chavez went on were believed to have to do with his death. I admire that he sacrificed his life for the cause he dedicated his life to.
I would choose to meet Cesar Chavez. He truly made a difference for my family and other people that are agricultural and migrant workers as well. He fought for what he believed in, in order make a difference for others. Chavez fought for other causes other than his own. He rallied and fought for gay rights. The 1960’s maligned gays and Cesar Chavez took on the challenge to this underrepresented population. I am in a new club called Gay Straight Alliance at Chelan High School. I tell myself that I am straight for equality to make a difference for others who are treated unfairly, and to raise awareness about the issues that they face.
Cesar Chavez is a role model to me because he succeeded in making a difference for his cause. One day I will do the same.