Friday, March 28, 2008

Viva el dia de Cesar Chavez!

Today I spoke with a close friend of mine in California:

Her: "Are you getting Cesar Chavez day off?"

Me: LOUD SUSTAINED LAUGHTER

Her: (laughing too) "Oh yeah, I forgot, you live in the South!"

If ONLY it were so. If ONLY Cesar Chavez day was a national holiday.



For more on the history of Cesar Chavez day, celebrated on March 31 in the great state of California, click here. For more on the life of the Latino labor activist, Cesar Chavez, click here.

Viva Cesar Chavez!

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