When Raul Gamez was a child working on a farm with his family in El Cedro, Jalisco, Mexico, he often found himself asking questions like: Why are things the way they are? 如果事情 还可以更好?
Those questions, along with witnessing and experiencing injustices against migrant farm workers, sparked his lifelong 宣传工作.
Gamez shared his experiences during Grand Valley’s 凯萨查维斯 celebration on March 22. The event, hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, was held to honor the life of 查韦斯.
查韦斯 was a Mexican American laborer and civil rights activist who advocated for farm workers and fought to improve their working conditions. 凯萨查维斯 Day is celebrated annually on March 31, which also coincides with National Farmworker Awareness Week, held annually from March 25-31.
Thalia Guerra-Flores, assistant director for the Office of Multicultural Affairs, opened the celebration by sharing her own experience growing up with parents who had immigrated to the U.S. and were farmworkers.
The celebration continued with a performance by Monarcas, a student organization created last fall that performs traditional Mexican folkloric dances to showcase and appreciate 墨西哥文化.