California to Rename Chavez Holiday as ‘#Farmworkers Day’
Some states and cities have canceled their observances of #CesarChavez Day on March 31 after revelations that he sexually abused girls & women.
#ViolenceAgainstWomen #SexualAssault #rape #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/us/cesar-chavez-sex-abuse-fallout.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Twelve days before the annual March 31 state holiday, leaders of the California State Assembly & State Senate said they were introducing a bill to make that change. It came as elected officials across the Southwest were grappling with how to respond to a New York Times investigation that detailed how #CesarChavez groomed & sexually abused two girls & raped Dolores Huerta, his most prominent farm labor ally.
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