Voices from the March (Delano)

In Delano, Cesar Chavez Park and 40 Acres

By 260 Miles of Blogging on March 9

Today, we walked 7.6 miles from McFarland Middle School to Cesar Chavez Park in Delano. Although it was cold, we moved really quickly and arrived on the outskirts of Delano way ahead of schedule. Just before we broke for lunch, who did we see but our friend Hilda again!

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Jim talks to his class on the road
By Brandon Ortiz on March 9

Core marcher Jim Miller may be away from his Labor Studies and English students at San Diego City College, but he hasn't stopped imparting wisdom.

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Following Cesar's footsteps
By Jenn Laskin on March 9

Today we are marching from McFarland to Delano, home of the United Farmworkers Union. The farmworkers struggled long and hard to build their union. They stood up against politically powerful land owners, and they did it without the protections of the National Labor Relations Act -- meaning it was perfectly legal for owners to retaliate against them for joining a union. It took marches to Sacramento and national boycotts to change the law in California to give farmworkers the right to collectively bargain.

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