JK visits CA today, speaks with UFW & students on Cesar Chavez day...

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AP Photo/Elise Amendola


Kerry with the President of the UFW, Arturo Rodriguez
AP Photo/Steve Yeater

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1. JK is in La Jolla

for a fund raiser tomorrow (close to where I live).

Great pics, by the way.

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2. Cool! Here's remarks:

Kerry issued the following statement on today’s holiday:

“Cesar Chavez once told us that ‘we cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community.’

“Today, America’s Latino communities are dotted with Cesar Chavez boulevards – a tribute to a man whose fight for justice reached so many neighborhoods and touched so many hearts.

“Born into poverty, Cesar Chavez served in the United States Navy in World War II, and rose to become one of our greatest advocates of nonviolent change.

“Like Chavez and the thousands of united farm workers and so many others whom he has inspired, we need to stand for this change in America once more. We need to stand for justice. We need to give a voice to those who are not heard. And we need to make the words of Cesar Chavez not just a slogan, but a solemn promise: ‘Si se Puede.’”

http://blog.johnkerry.com/blog/archives/001463.html#more

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3. Another photo of John Kerry with Becky Chavez, niece of Cesar Chavez

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., center, sits with Becky Chavez, a niece of Cesar Chavez, the late farm labor leader and activist, as they join Sacramento-area elementary school students during a Cesar Chavez youth forum at California State University, Monday, March 29, 2004, in Sacramento, Calif. Kerry read a book to the students, titled 'Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez,' by Kathleen Krull and Yuyi Morales. (AP Photo/John Decker, Pool)