Celebrating César Chávez

Core Values

Service to Others

Service that is predicated on empowering others; engendering self-help, self-determination and self-sufficiency versus charity.

Sacrifice

Sacrifice that is spiritual; that is courageous and steadfast in its willingness to endure great hardship for others.

A Preference to Help the Most Needy

A concerted effort to support programs that reach the most needy, the most dispossessed, the most forgotten people in society no matter how difficult the challenge that choice may bring.

Determination

Determination that is characterized by an attitude that with faith, steadfast commitment, patience and optimism, human beings can prevail against all odds.

Nonviolence

Invoking nonviolence as the most powerful tool for achieving social/economic justice and equality; action that requires boldness and courage versus meekness and passivity.

Acceptance

An essential ingredient for success in organizing diverse forces to achieve social change, create community and actualize democracy is the acceptance of all people; an absolutely indispensable necessity to the well-being of this country.

Respect for Life and the Environment

Respect that holds as sacred the land, the people and all other forms of life.

Community

Sharing the joyous and respectful expression of cultural diversity through the reinforcement of the values of equity and responsibility to and for one another.

Knowledge

The pursuit of self-directed learning and the development of critical thinking and constructive problem solving skills; overcoming ignorance through education.

Innovation

A creative capacity to find pragmatic strategies and tactics to resolve problems and situations that often seen insurmountable to others.