The Story of Cesar Chavez

The story of Cesar Chavez all began three hours away from us in Yuma Arizona. Cesar was born on March 31, 1927, and his name was derived from his grandfather, Cesario. Arizona was where Cesar Chavez spent his early years in an adobe home while learning about injustice at an early age. He grew up submerged in the cruel and dishonest morals of the Anglos, or white people. A major event in his life that greatly influenced his life of faith was when his father was swindled out of a land agreement. Cesar's father agreed to clear his eighty acres in return for forty acres connected to a house, but these cruel Anglos broke the deal by selling the land to a man who went by the name of Justus Jackson. His father lost all of his land, and the lawyers would not back up their case in court. This event that Cesar Chavez experienced was not going to be forgotten. This event eventually fuels and motivates him to make a change for the better. Cesar does not want endure the rest of his life while letting these injustices take place around him. He takes action and makes it his duty to eliminate the injustice being done to people and his fellow Mexican-American farmers.
Cesar Chavez was not just a man of words, but a man of action when it came to being a devout Catholic. One of the actions of faith that he made, was when he met a man named Fred Ross shortly after he moved to California. Fred had a simplistic idea that when people work together, they can make a community better. Cesar was hired to work for Fred in the Community Service Organization. The point of the organization was to convene the local people together in order to confront the problems that occurred in their community. They discovered a great amount of problems...

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...ose of Cesar Chavez. I would want to live out my faith in a similar way because Cesar lived his life respecting all other people, and did not patronize himself towards anyone. A quality like this is one that could solve universal problems if it were more prevalent in our world today. If more leaders had the passion to be committed to doing justice, it would do our world a favor. The most important part is that you have a passion for doing it. When it comes to passion and commitment, there is a fine line between being utterly obsessed and uninterested. If you are committed to your goals with your mind, heart, and soul, there's nothing that will deter you from prevailing. I believe that if our world committed to doing justice, we can eradicate any problems on either side of the spectrum. Whether they are big or small, commitment and passion are the first steps.