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How To Work the Fields (Come trabajar el campo)
- Arrive in California (Llega a California)
- Register to work as a picker (Registrate para trabajar como cosechador)
- Pick from sun up to sun down (Cosecha de amancer al atardecer)
- Go home to your shanty (Vaya a su casita de lamina)
- Repeat steps 3 and 4 until the harvest ends (Repite pasos 3 y 4 hasta agotar la cosecha)
- Migrate to another field and repeat (Migra a otro campo y repite)
- Feel discontent with the conditions (Sientase discontent con las condiciones)
- Join the UFW and protest the conditions (Juntase a la UFW y proteste las condiciones)
- Make your life better and go back to work – fairly (Haga su vida major y regrese a trabajar –justamente)
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Chavez met his wife Helena when he was 15 and married her when he was
21. His family was key in supporting his ventures to help farmworkers.
They also cam along with him on his constant traveling especially while
working for the CSO, where he would meet his future partner in the UFW,
Dolores Huerta.
 The-Chavez-Family-14-Apr-2013.pdf |
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I think that I did okay, but for Cesar I should've included more of
what drove him. Instead I went with the ideas I felt comfortable about
the ones that most people really know. At the same time it felt strange
doing this activity for someone else, especially someone who might
choose a different medium to express themselves.
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Chavez founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) with Dolores Huerta, which
advocated for fair wages and the elimination of the exploitation of
migrant workers which he suffered alongside his family as a teenager. He
worked through boycotts and public speaking. Thus many farm owners came
to hate him for his work, leading to the inspiration for this wanted
poster.
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The sun is shining
The fields are calling.
The whip is no more
Racism keeps store.
Work moves every year
But still there is fear.
The fields are calling.
The whip is no more
Racism keeps store.
Work moves every year
But still there is fear.
