CELEBRATE CÉSAR CHÁVEZ

César Chávez fought for equal rights for farm workers in California. He dedicated his life to service for his community. To honor this dedication, the San Leandro Public Library will have two events for César Chávez Day.

Friday, March 30 Saturday, March 31 12:00pm-1:00pm 2:00pm-4:00pm Celebrate César Chávez Movie Showing

Families are invited to receive a free In honor of César Chávez day, we will snack (while supplies last) and plant a show the 2014 feature film César Chávez. seedling outside, as a way to honor the The movie will be shown in English with important work of farm laborers. We’ll Spanish subtitles. This film is rated PG-13, also read a story about César’s life. and will be shown in our Lecture Hall.

We will also launch our new seed lending library on Saturday, March 31. Stop by the Main Library between 1:00-2:00pm to borrow seeds to start your own urban farm to honor César’s legacy.

EVENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE SAN LEANDRO MAIN LIBRARY

San Leandro Main Library ▪ 300 Estudillo Ave 510-577-3971 ▪ www.sanleandrolibrary.org Learn More About César Chávez Find these notable books and many other about César at the San Leandro Public Libraries

Books for Children Books for Adults César : Sí, se puede! = Yes, we can! by Carmen Cesar Chavez: Autobiography of La Causa by Jacques Bernier-Grand (J Biog Chavez Bernier & SPA J Biog. E. Levy (331.88 LEVY 2007) Chavez Bernier)  Mexican-American civil rights and labor activist  In powerful poems, Carmen T. Bernier-Grand and Cesar Chavez (1927–1993), comes to life in this David Díaz pay tribute to Chavez’s legacy helping vivid portrait of the charismatic and influential migrant workers improve their lives. fighter who boycotted supermarkets and took on corporations, the government, and the powerful Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kath- Teamsters Union. leen Krull (J Biog. Chavez Krull)  A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farm- he and his family lived happily on their Arizona workers Movement by Susan Ferris (331.881 FERRIS) ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful  A vivid, well-documented account of the farm- protest against California migrant workers' miser- workers movement and its prime mover, Cesar able working conditions. Chavez. Edited by Diana Hembree with a fore-  Also in Spanish: Cosechando Esperanza: la Historia word by Gary Soto and essays by Carey de César Chávez by Kathleen Krull (SPA J Biog. McWilliams, Victor Villaseñor, Alfredo Véa, Jr., Chavez Krull) Peter Matthiessen, Rudolfo Anaya, and others. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights by Larry Dane Brimner (J 303 Brimner) Remembering Cesar: The Legacy of Cesar Chavez  A skillful, compelling account of the complicated (331.881 REMEMBERING) history of Cesar Chavez and the farm workers  In this collection of firsthand accounts by those movement, set in the context of the social and who knew Cesar Chavez best, a portrait of an un- political tensions of the times. commonly complex man, both driven and fo- cused, yet humble, empathic and exceedingly Side by Side: The story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar principled, emerges. The reader gains an under- Chavez = Lado a Lado: La Historia de Dolores Huerta standing of the yoke Chavez chose to place upon y César Chávez by Monica Brown (SPAJ 331.88 Brown) his own shoulders, as well as the ideals he em-  Something special happened when Dolores Huer- ployed to accomplish for the migrant farmworkers ta and Cesar Chavez met. Together, they fought what many predicted would be impossible. The for the rights of countless farmworkers. Side by more than 45 contributors range from the famous side, inspiring hope, they changed history. --Edward James Olmos, Henry Cisneros, Martin  Algo especial sucedió cuando Dolores Huerta y Sheen, Coretta Scott King, Jerry Brown and others César Chávez se conocieron. Ellos lucharon juntos --to members of the Chavez family, to UFW staff, por los derechos de los campesinos. Lado a lado to the farmworkers themselves. Illustrated by the cultivaron esperanza, cambiando el curso de la compelling black and white photographs of historia. George Elfie Ballis, who began photographing the farmworker movement in the 1950s. Find more children’s books about Cesar Chavez in the J Biography section and Spanish J biography section, listed under his last name.