Peace Talks Radio: The Nonviolent Path of Cesar Chavez

To mark Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 – Oct. 15), we’ll have an encore presentation of our special on Cesar Chavez. Known for his co-leadership of the United Farm Workers movement, Cesar Chavez is remembered for his commitment to nonviolent resistance in his campaigns for social, racial, and labor justice. This program will trace the influences on Chavez, as a child, young man and adult, that led him on a path to nonviolence. We’ll also recall the major moments during his campaigns when his dedication to nonviolence and social justice were put to the test.

We’ll talk with Dolores Huerta, his colleague, friend and co-founder of the UFW. Also Jose-Antonio Orosco, whose book Cesar Chavez and the Common Sense of Nonviolence seeks to elevate Chavez as an original thinker who added significantly to the peacemaking tool kits of more celebrated nonviolence heroes like Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Finally, we hear from Texas community organizer Juanita Valdez-Cox, who worked the fields there with her family in the 1950’s and 60’s and recalls Chavez and Huerta leading the organization of farm workers in her state. Our guests will discuss what Chavez’ own actions and theories about nonviolence have to offer to our daily lives as well as how they can be used to address today’s social and political issues. Archival comments from Cesar Chavez are included, along with comments made by President Barack Obama at the dedication of the Cesar Chavez National Monument in 2012.

Featured speakers/guests:

Delores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, Jose-Antonio Orosco, Juanita Valdez-Cox, Paul Ingles, Carol Boss, Barack Obama.

Credits:

Peace Talks Radio is produced by the non-profit media organization Good Radio Shows, Inc.

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