KNOW YOUR LIBRARY
Written
by Joanne Forman for Taos Public Library……….….July 2015
REMEMBERING
A GREAT AMERICAN
Spearheaded by
Taos Town Councilor Judi Cantu, and chaired by prominent Taoseno Arsenio
Cordova, August 1 and 2 have been designated CESAR CHAVEZ DAYS.
Why should we care?
Elves do not
plant, grow and pick the crops.
While our
fruits and vegetables nowadays come from all over the world, much of our
produce still comes from California, and the San Joaquin Valley of that state
was the beginning of an epic struggle among farmworkers for justice, equity, a
living wage and to be treated like human beings.
Some Taosenos
wonder why we should care. Do you eat? Care.
And some have
never heard of the man who is certainly to be ranked among great Americans;
along with others, the creator of the only lasting farmworkers labor union in
American history.
Read up! As
usual, your Taos Public Library has books ready to help you with this history.
