Finding Cesar Chavez -- a transformative moment | Jose Calderon | TEDxClaremontColleges

Jose Calderon is Professor Emeritus in Sociology and Chicano Studies at Pitzer College. As the son of immigrant farm workers from Mexico, he has had a long history of connecting his academic work with community organizing, student-based service learning, participatory action research, critical pedagogy, and multi-ethnic coalition building. In his TEDx talk, he tells his story about how Cesar Chavez gave him a moment that changed his life.

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Credits:

Editor -- Jacqueline Legazcue
Camera crew -- Jacqueline Legazcue, Ian St. Lawrence, and Gil Levy

[lynsta]

I was a small child when you came to the Frente de Lucha in Greeley CO. My mother was there listening and I was there in the crowd. This stuck to me! I am involved in the movement in Greeley. Thanks for the inspiration!

[abdonmedina]

Why we don’t know about this kind of people’, is mind boggling, we should definitely share this kind of video’s, so not only do we learn about them, but also our children can learn about Chicano history..🙌🙌 Gracias mr Calderon for sharing this videos....🙏🙏

[alejandraortega]

I can’t believe how this video how this video only has 11 comments. It’s mind blowing.

[CG_Hali]

I'm here as a Canadian who just saw Joe Biden's bust of Chavez in his new Oval Office. Heard of the name but never heard of the story. They don't teach that up here. This was not a top recommendation at all, sadly. Hope this talk and other documentaries (more than the 3 min long made for kids) get trending :)

[alexyoo]

I’m trying to sign up for Chicano studies but they’re all filled up . High key that’s a good thing

[AnthonyJstark-vzso]

Inspiring words. If chavez was alive, would you ask him about wetline?

[joke_r]

Me Sorprende ke' tenga tan pocos like

[desneeflakes]

I got a contact number for UFW from Angela Davis in the early 80s I contacted them to get help organizing illegal immigrants working on California horse racing tracks. But I was surprised and educated by UFW because they refused to work with illegal immigrants because Cesar believed that they would have different interest and destroy the union from within. Today UFW who represented the bulk of farm workers in California represents a mere 2% of the workers. Chavez was prophetic because he knew bringing them in would change the mission of what he wanted UFW to be the voice for American farm workers.

[tboned]

My uncle marched and fought next to Ceasar should be recognized and celebrated more often and Arizona, the Education Department is ran by those Foreigners who will not Honor Chavez in which he was actually Fighting for Days Ahead, ....!