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Students follow legacy of late farm labor leader
- 09-08-2010
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By Olivia Munoz/Sign on San Diego
In the dusty foothills east of Bakersfield, college students and community organizers are taking the values and words of farm labor leader Cesar E. Chavez and applying them to helping students in low income areas throughout the Southwest. It's a new way to honor Chavez's message of service. The 25 Americorps volunteers from New Jersey, Missouri , Iowa and throughout California met last week for training at the National Chavez Center in this tiny town. Then they will leave these historic grounds - where the founder of the United Farm Workers is buried - to run after-school centers in California, Texas and New Mexico. (more…)
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