The home of the Cesar E. Chavez Legacy and Educational Foundation has been a landmark near the East Side for over a decade.
, the building in the 1500 block of E. Commerce is now home to IUE-CWA Local 86780.He said it would be where memorabilia could be on display of his father’s union labor activism and his involvement in the United Farmworkers.
Martinez said he hopes to build momentum for a capital fundraising campaign to perhaps move his father’s foundation to the West Side, where he was born and his“Si se puede,” Martinez said, echoing the words of his father’s longtime friend, UFW leader Cesar Chavez.After hearing Chavez for the first time, Martinez said his father came back saying, “This man is changing the world.”
To honor Chavez after his death in 1993, Martinez said his father created the Cesar E. Chavez Legacy and Educational Foundation.“That’s the future, the educational part of it,” Martinez said. “The legacy? Hey, that thumbprint is there.”“Some don’t even know who Dolores Huerta is or Cesar Chavez, believe it or not,” Martinez said.
Martinez, a financial planner by profession, said he also remains committed to the words his father lived by, “It’s always about people, being of service to others.”Martinez said his father’s legacy “will always flourish and continue.”Jessie Degollado has been with KSAT since 1984. She is a general assignments reporter who covers a wide variety of stories.
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