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.Jvlentoria{'Reso{ution 'Reverand Deacon Sa{ ~{varez December 10, 1940-June 7, 2015 Wfiereas, the League of United Latin American Citizens, recognizes a faithful servant of God, who served with destination as Chaplain for California LULAC from 2000-2004, and Whereas, Deacon Sal Alvarez, throughout his life, dedicated himself to social justice causes, and was committed to assure equality for all minorities, especially the Latino Community, and Wfiereas, at the age of 30 years old, he became one of the youngest professors in California, co· founding the Graduate School of Social Work at San Jose State with the mission to build community development, and 'Whereas, from 1967 · 1969, Sal worked for the US Catholic Conference of Bishop's as the Executive Director of the Bishop's Committee for the Spanish Speaking where he established offices in Stockton, San Francisco, and San Jose to address the spiritual needs of the Spanish speaking, and Wfiereas, In 1979, he was ordained a Permanent Deacon in the Archdiocese of San Francisco by Archbishop John· Quinn and continued his work as a social justice leader in the Catholic Church and Interfaith Community whilst working for the UFW, and Wfiereas, In 1984, he was assigned by Cesar Chavez to represent the UFW as their lobbyist in Washington, D.C., working on Immigration Reform as farmworker's had not been considered in the original legislation, and was a distinguished social policy analyst and instrumental in the protection of the Agricultural Labor Relations Act and passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, and Whereas, For 50 years, Sal distinguished himself as a Chicano faith based civil rights leader, dedicated himself to the cause of peace, having travelled to 20 countries on peace delegations including the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America.
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