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CATEGORIES:Campus-Life,G.R.O.W.,Center for Diversity and Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:The public is invited to the lecture.  Admission is free.\n\nDr
 awing inspiration from César Chávez and his own migrant worker experiences 
 Gonzáles will highlight the richness of Chávez’ faith formation and leaders
 hip style to advance justice\, social transformation and personal developme
 nt.\n\nThe address will be followed by a food festival scheduled in honor o
 f Chávez on Thursday\, March 31\, from 4:45 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Phelps Ha
 ll dining hall.  Admission to the food festival is $6 for those not on the 
 college’s meal plan\, payable at the door.\n\nBorn in March 31\, 1927\, in 
 the United States during the Depression\, César Chávez became one of thousa
 nds of migrant laborers who looked for work in California. There he learned
  firsthand of the inhuman treatment\, indignity\, exploitation\, and the la
 ck of civil rights experienced by farm workers who toiled the fields withou
 t the protection given to others. Driven by lessons of charity and the abid
 ing faith of his mother\, Chávez used non-violent tactics to organize strik
 es\, marches\, promote community-making\, and prayers to increase the natio
 n’s awareness of the plight of migrant workers. Against the backdrop of wea
 lthy farm owners\, political opposition\, police brutality and absence of c
 ivil rights\, César Chávez employed the power of intentional leadership to 
 create in 1962 the National Farm Workers Association\, later to become the 
 United Farm Workers\, the first union of its kind for the protection of far
 m workers in the United States. Drawing inspiration from César Chávez and m
 y own migrant worker experiences\, Gonzáles will highlight the richness of 
 Chávez’ faith formation and leadership style to advance justice\, social tr
 ansformation and personal development.\n\nGonzáles\, who is retiring at the
  end of the school year after serving at Hope since 1979\, has devoted his 
 career to enhancing international and multicultural understanding.  He has 
 received multiple awards locally\, regionally and abroad for his service.\n
 \nThe second-oldest born into a migrant-working family\, Gonzáles spent muc
 h of his youth traveling to farms between Texas and Michigan\, with the fam
 ily settling near South Haven when he was 17.  He worked while attending sc
 hool\, graduating from high school at age 20.  He was drafted into the U.S.
  Army shortly after enrolling at Lake Michigan Community College in Benton 
 Harbor in 1968\, serving in Germany\, where he remained as a freelance phot
 ographer following his time in the military.\n\nGonzáles joined the Hope st
 aff in 1979 as director of the college’s TRiO Upward Bound program.  He bec
 ame director of minority student affairs in 1984\, assistant dean of multic
 ultural life in 1986 and assistant provost in 1990.  He acquired administra
 tive responsibility for international education when he was named associate
  provost in 2001\, and was appointed associate provost and dean in 2006.  H
 e was instrumental in advising the college’s Black Student Union and in est
 ablishing the Latino Student Organization.\n\nAmong other activity beyond c
 ampus\, he is a past chair of the City of Holland’s International Relations
  Commission\, the Michigan Commission for Spanish Speaking Affairs and Lati
 n Americans United for Progress\, and a founding member of the Tulipanes La
 tino Art and Film Festival.\n\nThe Great Lakes Colleges Association honored
  him in 2009 as a founding member of its Committee on Institutional Commitm
 ent to Educational Equity.  In 2006\, the city of Santiago de Queretaro in 
 Mexico presented him with its “Germán Patiño Díaz” Medal for his role in cr
 eating the sister-city relationship between Holland and Queretaro and excha
 nge relationship between the Autonomous University of Queretaro and Hope. I
 n 1998\, he received the “Michigan Outstanding Hispanic of the Year” “Honor
 able Mention” award from the Michigan Educational Opportunity Fund Inc. In 
 1997\, through one of only 24 fellowships awarded worldwide by the Ford Fou
 ndation\, he participated in the “International Seminar on Diversity Issues
  in Higher Education” in India.\n\nHope presented him with the Motoichiro O
 ghimi Global Courage Award in 2013 and the “Vanderbush-Weller Development F
 und” award in 2004.\n\nCampus sponsors of the address include the Office of
  Multicultural Education and Latino Student Organization.\n\nThe Maas Cente
 r is located at 264 Columbia Ave.\, on Columbia Avenue at 11th Street.  Phe
 lps Dining Hall is located at 154 E. 10th St.\, on Columbia Avenue at 10th 
 Street.
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LOCATION:Maas Center\, Auditorium
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SUMMARY:Cesar Chavez Lecture: Alfredo Gonzales
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URL:https://calendar.hope.edu/event/cesar_chavez_lecture_and_food_fest
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