Sacramento workers head to Delano to honor civil rights activist Cesar Chavez
Updated: 11:04 AM PDT Mar 31, 2025
WE CAN TELL YOU THAT SACRAMENTO WORKERS ARE FIRED UP AND READY FOR A BUSY DAY AHEAD. MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE BOARDED A BUS TO DELANO, AND THEY ARE NOW WELL ON THEIR WAY INTO THEIR JOURNEY TO JOIN A BIG MARCH. AND THEY SAY THEY ARE READY TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, AND THEY NO LONGER WILL LIVE IN FEAR. AND THIS WAS THE SCENE AT THE LOCAL 1000 SEIU OFFICE, WHERE A RALLY TOOK PLACE AT 6:00 THIS MORNING. PEOPLE CHANTED SI SE PUEDE! YES, WE CAN, AND MARCHERS ARE TAKING A FOUR HOUR BUS RIDE TO KERN COUNTY. TODAY. THEY ARE JOINING THE ESTAS MENOS WITH THESE HANDS. CESAR CHAVEZ DAY MARCH. IMMIGRANT FAMILIES SAY THEY HELPED FEED AMERICA AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITHOUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH DISCRIMINATION, INTIMIDATION AND ICE RAIDS. TODAY’S MARCH WILL HONOR CESAR CHAVEZ, WHO STARTED THE MOVEMENT TO IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR FARMWORKERS EVERYWHERE. AND MARCHERS SAY THEY HOPE THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL REALIZE THAT IMMIGRANTS HELP MAKE THIS COUNTRY A BETTER PLACE. THE YOU KNOW, THE IMMIGRANTS ARE HELPING AMERICA, YOU KNOW, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT TRUMP COULD HELP INSTEAD OF MAKING THINGS WORSE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SEPARATING FAMILIES IS NOT RIGHT. WE ARE NOT A BURDEN. WE ARE HERE TO WORK. WE ARE HERE TO CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. WE PUT FOOD ON YOUR TABLE. WE DO SO MUCH TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS COUNTRY FORWARD. AND IF YOU SILENCE US, WE’RE GOING TO BE AS LOUD AS WE CAN BE. AND THAT BUS THAT TOOK OFF FROM SACRAMENTO WILL BE ARRIVING IN DELANO AT TEN THIS MORNING. MORE THAN 5000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO JOIN THAT MARCH. THAT IS ORGANIZED BY THE UNITED FARM WORKERS IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. LETICIA ORDAZ KCRA THREE NEWS. LETICIA, THANKS FOR THAT LIVE REPORT. IT WAS IN 1966 THAT SARA CHAVEZ LED A 25 DAY MARCH FROM DELANO TO SACRAMENTO TO CREATE CHANGE. ON THIS DAY, SOME CITY, COUNTY AN
Sacramento workers head to Delano to honor civil rights activist Cesar Chavez
Updated: 11:04 AM PDT Mar 31, 2025
Dozens of Sacramento workers are heading to a massive Cesar Chavez Day march in the Central Valley on Monday, honoring the civil rights activist. More than 50 Sacramento workers boarded a bus to Delano in Kern County. Before the bus departed, marchers held an early morning rally at the Local 1000 SIEU office to uplift immigrant workers.Participants said they are joining a march to send a message to the Trump administration that they are contributing members of society and will not live in fear.People chanted “Sí, se puede!” That translates to “Yes, we can!” They are joining the “Con estas manos — With these hands” Cesar Chavez Day march.Immigrant families said they help feed America and want to continue to work without having to deal with discrimination, intimidation, and raids from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).The march will honor Chavez for starting the movement to improve working conditions for farmworkers in California.In 1966, the Latino labor rights icon led a 25-day march from Delano to Sacramento to create change.| RELATED VIDEO BELOW | Volunteers honor Cesar Chavez with day of serviceMarchers hope that through unity, more people will realize that immigrants help make this country a better place.”The immigrants are helping America, and I would like to see something that Trump could help instead of making things worse because separating families is not right,” activist Pilar Hererra said.The bus from Sacramento should have arrived in Delano around 10 a.m.More than 5,000 people registered for the march organized by the United Farm Workers. On Cesar Chavez Day, some city, county, and state offices will be closed to observe the California holiday.”We are not a burden,” said Bernice Rosas Belmonte, another activist. “We are here to work. We are here to create positive change in our environment. We put food on the table. We do so much to be able to move this country forward, and if you silence us, we are going to be as loud as we can be.”See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —Dozens of Sacramento workers are heading to a massive Cesar Chavez Day march in the Central Valley on Monday, honoring the civil rights activist.
More than 50 Sacramento workers boarded a bus to Delano in Kern County. Before the bus departed, marchers held an early morning rally at the Local 1000 SIEU office to uplift immigrant workers.
Participants said they are joining a march to send a message to the Trump administration that they are contributing members of society and will not live in fear.
People chanted “Sí, se puede!” That translates to “Yes, we can!”
They are joining the “Con estas manos — With these hands” Cesar Chavez Day march.
Immigrant families said they help feed America and want to continue to work without having to deal with discrimination, intimidation, and raids from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The march will honor Chavez for starting the movement to improve working conditions for farmworkers in California.
In 1966, the Latino labor rights icon led a 25-day march from Delano to Sacramento to create change.
| RELATED VIDEO BELOW | Volunteers honor Cesar Chavez with day of service
Marchers hope that through unity, more people will realize that immigrants help make this country a better place.
“The immigrants are helping America, and I would like to see something that Trump could help instead of making things worse because separating families is not right,” activist Pilar Hererra said.
The bus from Sacramento should have arrived in Delano around 10 a.m.
More than 5,000 people registered for the march organized by the United Farm Workers.
On Cesar Chavez Day, some city, county, and state offices will be closed to observe the California holiday.
“We are not a burden,” said Bernice Rosas Belmonte, another activist. “We are here to work. We are here to create positive change in our environment. We put food on the table. We do so much to be able to move this country forward, and if you silence us, we are going to be as loud as we can be.”
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