Cesar Chavez Quote

"We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own."

This quote is important because he is telling us to not forget about others and just move on with life but to help others progress also.

George Benedict Quote

"If I told you everything that happened, you could not believe it. Sometimes I can't believe it"
-George Benedict

This was said by George Benedict as he talked about his experiences in the holocaust and concentration camps. This shows resilients by him being here and able to say this. What he went through to be here is "unbelievable"

Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez was born on march 31,1927 in Arizona. As a child Cesar had a hard life because he had to work as a migrant farm worker,when he as in the ninth grade. Cesar Chavez had to start working because his dad had an accident and was unable to work,and he also diden't want to see his mother work in the fields.Then two years later he joined the navy and served a two year enlistment.In 1948 he married Helen Fabela and had 8 children.He started working in a latino civil rights groupin 1952. Then later became an civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association.He lead numerous improvments for migrant workers.To thank him for his accomplishments we now celabrate his birthday as a holiday. The holiday is celabrated in many parks,cultural centers, libraries, schools, and streets have also been named after Cesar Chavez. Cesar Chavez died in April 23,1993 with natural causes.

Cesar Chavez and George Benedict both connect because they suffered as children and then they both fought for rights and they came out living a good life afterwards.

George Benedict

George Benedict is a Holocaust survivor. In 1941, at the age of 14, George Benedict was put into consentration camps. During his four years in the holocaust, George was in different camps throughout Czechsolvakia, Germany, and Poland.
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My group is doing our project on George Benedict and Cesar Chavez. These two connect because they were both on the minority of a bad situation. They were both mis-treated because they were different from most people. However, both George and Chaves fought for their rights (and lives), and prevailed through the hatred.