“If you look at the grape and lettuce boycotts, ultimately he brought millions of people together—brown people, white people, Asian Americans. The real achievement was unity across lines. We’re trying to figure out how to bridge these enormous divides.” -Paul Ortiz, a former UFW organizer and UCSC Community Studies professor On Cesar Chávez Day, we remember the legacy and impact Cesar Chávez had on the UC Santa Cruz campus and community. A leading social activist, Chávez spoke to a crowd of students, faculty, and staff on May 4, 1973 in the Quarry Amphitheater. He had many deep and lasting relationships with UC Santa Cruz alumni, faculty, and staff, whose lives were changed through the nonviolent farmworker movement that started in the ’60s and continues today. Chávez visited the campus for at least three more packed rallies at critical junctures for the movement in 1976 and 1985. He also visited countless times for intimate classroom discussions where he shared his passion for nonvi...