In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Andres Chavez, Executive Director of the National Chavez Center, to celebrate his grandfather’s birthday–Cesar Chavez Day. Watch now to hear Andres share stories about labor activist and icon, Cesar Chavez, Andres’ work in preserving his grandfather’s legacy, and what we can learn from Cesar’s story to continue promoting worker power in the present.
Andres Chavez, Cesar Chavez’s grandson, is the executive director of the National Chavez Center (NCC). He leads the arm of the Cesar Chavez Foundation that educates and promotes his grandfather’s legacy across the nation. He also oversees two historic properties, including La Paz in Keene, Calif., where Chavez lived and labored his last quarter century, a portion of which is now the César E. Chávez National Monument that the NCC manages in partnership with the National Park Service.