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    César Chávez’s grandson champions a new national park to speak to Latino history

    by Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times Jun 12, 2023 4 minutes
    The house that César Chávez and his wife, Helen Fabela Chávez, lived in is part of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in Keene, Calif., which“ is currently the only site named for a contemporary Latino figure within all 428 units of the National Park Service,” says Andrés.

    Although Andrés Chávez never got to meet his grandfather César Chávez, who died just nine months before he was born, he spends his waking hours ensuring that the legacy of the legendary labor organizer continues.

    At age 29, Andrés is executive director at the Cesar Chavez Foundation in Keene, California, which seeks to continue the labor leader’s work on behalf of Latinos and working families. The foundation runs the National Chavez Center, which manages the César E. Chávez National Monument in collaboration with the National Park Service, and also creates affordable housing and manages educational programs for students from pre-K to eighth grade. (Andrés started volunteering for the foundation at age 10, marching in picket lines, attending union conventions and going to

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