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Reverend Chris Hartmire and UFW organizer Marcos Mu\u00f1oz attend the memorial march for Ch\u00e1vez to Forty Acres, Delano, April 29, 1993. Photo by John Kouns. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.6em” global_colors_info=”{}”]Wayne Clyde \u201cChris\u201d Hartmire was born on June 5, 1932, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied engineering at Princeton University, spent three years in the Navy, and studied at the Union Theological Seminary in New York. While in the seminary, he worked at the East Harlem Protestant Parish as a minister to youth. And after the seminary, he worked in East Harlem at the Church of the Resurrection.<\/span>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”http:\/\/farmworkermovement-csun.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/17.41.JK_.N35.B14.12.2.25.jpg” background_position=”top_center” background_vertical_offset=”36%” min_height=”75vh” custom_padding=”||64px|||” link_option_url=”https:\/\/cdm17169.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/FMC\/id\/1642″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_id=”section-english” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”336.8px” custom_padding=”3px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”auto||auto||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/cdm17169.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/FMC\/id\/1642″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Chris Hartmire testifies before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Migratory Labor inside of Delano High School’s auditorium, Delano, March 16, 1966. Photo by John Kouns.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.6em” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n In the summer of 1959, while still at the seminary, he did summer fieldwork in the California Migrant Ministry in Santa Clara County where he met Doug Still. On September 1961, Still left as director of the California Migrant Ministry and persuaded Hartmire to take that position. Hartmire and his family moved to Culver City that year. Doug Still recommended Hartmire to meet Fred Ross and C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez, one founder and the other director of the Community Service Organization (CSO) in East Los Angeles. That encounter transformed Hartmire\u2019s life.<\/span><\/p>\n In November of 1961, he went to be trained at the CSO chapter in Stockton with Gilbert Padilla and Dolores Huerta. At Ross\u2019s and Chavez\u2019s invitation, Hartmire attended the CSO convention in Calexico in mid-March of 1962, when Ch\u00e1vez proposed the task of organizing farmworkers. After the proposal was rejected, Ch\u00e1vez quit the organization, moved to Delano with his family, and began to organize the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA).<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#D22030″ custom_padding=”3px|||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#D22030″ width=”100%” max_width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/farmworkermovement-csun.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/17.41.JK_.N35.B7.01.20.10-scaled-e1710389753769.jpg” alt=”Chris Hartmire speaks to a crowd at the end of the pilgrimage from Delano to Sacramento.Chris Hartmire habla a una multitud al final de la peregrinaci\u00f3n de Delano a Sacramento.” title_text=”Chris Hartmire speaking in front of the State Capitol, Sacramento, 1966. Photo by John Kouns.” url=”https:\/\/cdm17169.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/FMC\/id\/2468″ url_new_window=”on” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”40px” text_line_height=”1.2em” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”|10vh||5vh|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Chris Hartmire speaking in front of the State Capitol, Sacramento, 1966<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.6em” header_4_text_color=”#FFFFFF” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”|10vh||5vh|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Chris Hartmire speaks to a crowd at the end of the pilgrimage from Delano to Sacramento on April 10, 1966. Gilbert Padilla, C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez, and Larry Itliong can be seen in the background. At the rally in front of the State Capitol, the 57 farm workers who had walked the entire way from Delano, were sitting on the stage. The NFWA speakers were Epifanio Camacho, Dolores Huerta, August\u00edn Lira, and C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez, with Gilbert Padilla introducing them. A strong coalition was on display, with Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish leaders pledging their support to the NFWA and with officials belonging to competing unions, Bill Kircher and Louis Goldblatt (ILWU), Jack Goldberger (Teamsters), and Paul Schrade (UAW), addressed the crowd. The speeches were interrupted by the supporters in the audience chanting the NFWA anthem song, De Colores.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”1px||5px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”auto||auto||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.6em” global_colors_info=”{}”]Hartmire became an important source of counsel and financial support for Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s efforts. Hartmire invited Helen and C\u00e9sar to the Migrant Ministry retreats, donated a mimeograph machine, and assigned his newest staff member, the Reverend Jim Drake, to work with Ch\u00e1vez. 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Photo by John Kouns.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.6em” global_colors_info=”{}”]When the first convention to form the Farm Workers Association took place in late September of 1962, Hartmire delivered the welcoming remarks. Chris Hartmire and his California Migrant Ministry (later renamed the National Farm Workers Ministry) were key allies and supporters of C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez and the farmworkers in the early stages of Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s organizing efforts. 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Helen Fabela Ch\u00e1vez<\/h1>
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_text=\"Espa\u00f1ol\" button_alignment=\"right\" module_id=\"my-button\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_image=\"http:\/\/farmworkermovement-csun.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bonnie-Chatfield-Gilbert-Padilla-Helen-Chavez-and-Jessica-Govea-working-at-the-Farm-Worker-Service-Center-Delano-ca.-1966.jpg\" background_position=\"top_center\" background_vertical_offset=\"22%\" min_height=\"75vh\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" module_id=\"section-english\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" min_height=\"336.8px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_row column_structure=\"1_3,2_3\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_margin=\"auto||auto||true|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"1_3\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"2_3\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" text_font_size=\"20px\" text_line_height=\"1.6em\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]Helen and Cesar married a few years later in 1948 and moved first into a house in Delano, where they picked strawberries in Greenfield, in Crescent City, and finally in San Jose, where they met Fred Ross, founder of the grassroots Latino civil rights group Community Service Organization (CSO). Cesar started working for the CSO shortly thereafter. During this time Helen kept busy being the primary caretaker of their eight children. When Cesar resigned from the CSO in 1962 and stopped receiving a salary, Helen, 34 years old at the time, went back to working in the fields part-time, picking grapes and assembling cardboard boxes at a local factory.<\/span>
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_color=\"#D22030\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_row column_structure=\"2_5,3_5\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_color=\"#D22030\" width=\"100%\" max_width=\"100%\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"2_5\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_image src=\"http:\/\/farmworkermovement-csun.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cesar-Chavez-and-Helen-Chavez-standing-in-front-of-the-State-Capitol-Sacramento-1966.jpg\" alt=\"C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez and H\u00e9len Ch\u00e1vez are standing in front of State Capitol on the last day of the march from Delano to Sacramento. C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez briefly addressed the crowd that day. \u201cIt is well to remember that in defeat there must be courage, but also that in victory, there must be humility,\u201d Chavez said. He then thanked the organizations offered support and the farmworkers who went on strike. At the end of his talk he personally thanked Helen Ch\u00e1vez. \u201cAnd I want to introduce to you someone, when we started organizing four years ago, in fact one of the very few people that thought that this could be done, my wife, Helen.%22\" title_text=\"C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez and H\u00e9len Ch\u00e1vez standing in front of the State Capitol, Sacramento, 1966\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"3_5\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" text_text_color=\"#FFFFFF\" text_font_size=\"40px\" text_line_height=\"1.2em\" custom_margin=\"15vh||||false|false\" custom_padding=\"|10vh||5vh|false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez and H\u00e9len Ch\u00e1vez standing in front of the State Capitol, Sacramento, 1966
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" text_text_color=\"#FFFFFF\" text_font_size=\"20px\" text_line_height=\"1.6em\" header_4_text_color=\"#FFFFFF\" module_alignment=\"center\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" custom_padding=\"|10vh||5vh|false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez and H\u00e9len Ch\u00e1vez are standing in front of State Capitol on the last day of the march from Delano to Sacramento. C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez briefly addressed the crowd that day. \u201cIt is well to remember that in defeat there must be courage, but also that in victory, there must be humility,\u201d Chavez said. He then thanked the organizations offered support and the farmworkers who went on strike. At the end of his talk he personally thanked Helen Ch\u00e1vez. \u201cAnd I want to introduce to you someone, when we started organizing four years ago, in fact one of the very few people that thought that this could be done, my wife, Helen.\"
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_row column_structure=\"2_3,1_3\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_margin=\"auto||auto||true|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"2_3\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" text_font_size=\"20px\" text_line_height=\"1.6em\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]As historian Frank Bardacke writes in his book Trampling Out the Vintage, \u201cit was back to the fields for Helen, back to the life of a farmworker mom: getting up at 4 a.m. to lay out breakfast and lunch for the kids; carrying Birdy, the youngest, still asleep, over to his aunt Teresa\u2019s; arriving in the fields by six for a full day of physical labor; going back to Teresa\u2019s to pick up Birdy; returning home to make dinner; cleaning up the kitchen; getting everyone ready for bed.\u201d<\/span>
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_3\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_image=\"http:\/\/farmworkermovement-csun.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Helen-Chavez-scaled.jpg\" background_position=\"top_center\" background_vertical_offset=\"29%\" min_height=\"70vh\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" min_height=\"336.8px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_row column_structure=\"1_3,2_3\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_margin=\"auto||auto||true|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"1_3\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"2_3\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" text_font_size=\"20px\" text_line_height=\"1.6em\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]Helen worked in the fields for a year, and after that, she was able to find work full-time as the FWA bookkeeper for $50 a week. Later on, she became an accountant for the union, the administrator for the United Farm Workers Association\u2019s (UFWA) credit union, and the manager of some of its social service projects. She was the center of the union\u2019s financial operations.<\/span>
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