Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AJR21 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 21
5	5	March 24, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives J. ANDERSON, CABRERA,
6	6	ORTIZ-VELEZ, ANDRACA, BALDEH, BARE, CLANCY, CONLEY, CONSIDINE, DRAKE,
7	7	EMERSON, HAYWOOD, HONG, JOERS, MADISON, NEUBAUER, SHELTON, SINICKI,
8	8	MOORE OMOKUNDE, SNODGRASS, STUBBS, SUBECK and VINING, cosponsored by
9	9	Senators AGARD, CARPENTER, HESSELBEIN, L. JOHNSON, LARSON, PFAFF, ROYS,
10	10	SPREITZER and TAYLOR. Referred to Committee on Rules.
11	11	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
12	12	Relating to: proclaiming March 31, 2023, as Cesar Chavez Day in the state of
13	13	Wisconsin.
14	14	Whereas, Cesar Chavez was born March 31, 1927, near Yuma, Arizona; and
15	15	Whereas, Cesar Chavez is revered as a prominent Hispanic-American civil
16	16	rights and labor rights activist for his work organizing migrant farm workers in
17	17	California; and
18	18	Whereas, Chavez became a migrant farm worker in California while in middle
19	19	school to support his family; and
20	20	Whereas, he joined the United States Navy in 1946 and served for two years;
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22	22	Whereas, Chavez became an organizer for and eventually the national director
23	23	of the Community Service Organization, where he focused on voter registration for
24	24	Mexican Americans; and
25	25	Whereas, Cesar Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association in
26	26	1962, which became the United Farm Workers; and
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45	45	Whereas, the United Farm Workers organized thousands of migrant farm
46	46	workers and came to represent more than 50,000 agricultural workers; and
47	47	Whereas, Chavez, through nonviolent protests, boycotts, marches, and hunger
48	48	strikes, successfully secured union contracts and improved working conditions and
49	49	wages for thousands of migrant farm workers; and
50	50	Whereas, Chavez's United Farm Workers is famous for the slogan, “Si, se
51	51	puede,” which is Spanish for “Yes, we can”; and
52	52	Whereas, Cesar Chavez was honored following his death on April 23, 1993, by
53	53	more than 50,000 mourners, including fellow labor rights activists; and
54	54	Whereas, Cesar Chavez received a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom
55	55	in 1994; now, therefore, be it
56	56	Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the
57	57	Wisconsin Legislature proclaim March 31, 2023, as Cesar Chavez Day in the state
58	58	of Wisconsin.
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