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Honoring César E. Chávez

UC San Diego celebrates the 24th annual César E. Chávez month-long celebration. This year's theme "Revolution of Mind and Heart" highlights a series of events and opportunities for the campus and the community. Click below for the calendar of events.

Calendar of Events

César E. Chávez Celebration Month Kickoff

Join us for UC San Diego's 24th Annual César E. Chávez Celebration Month Kickoff. This in-person event will kick off a month-long celebration featuring our theme: Revolution of Mind and Heart.

The celebration also includes awards and student essay contest winners honoring individuals for furthering Chávez’s ideals in their communities. For more information regarding these award and student essay contests, please visit: César E. Chávez Celebration Award and Student Essay Contest.

UC San Diego Honors the Life and Legacy of César Chávez

To ring in the start of UC San Diego’s César E. Chávez celebration month, thisweek@ucsandiego invited students, faculty and staff to join in a conversation around the impact of his work and legacy.

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CELEBRATION SPONSORS

Advancement • Athletics • Black Resource Center • Chancellor's Office • Chicanx/Latinx Staff Association • Chicano/a Alumni Association • Create/E.A.O.P/Trio • Cross-Cultural Center • Eleanor Roosevelt College • Enrollment Management • EVC Office • Extended Studies • Geisel Library • Global Initiatives • Graduate Education & Postdoc Affairs • Housing•Dining•Hospitality - Human Resources and Residential Experience • Jacobs School of Engineering • Residential Experience • Intertribal Resource Center • Marshall College • Muir College • O.A.S.I.S. • Physical Sciences • Qualcomm Institute • Rady School of Management • Revelle College • San Diego Super Computer • Scripps Institute of Oceanography • Seventh College • Sixth College • Social Sciences •  Student Life • Student Retention Services • Teaching + Learning Commons • University Centers • VC-CFO Office • VC-Student Affairs • VC-EDI (Primary Event Sponsor) • VC-Research Management Planning • Warren College

GIVE NOW

If you are interested in supporting César E. Chávez essay contest winners and programs, please contact the César E. Chávez planning committee at cesarchavezcelebrate@ucsd.edu. 

2025 César E. Chávez Celebration Month Planning Committee

Planning Committee

The celebration month would not be possible without the time and committment of our volunteer committee: Maria Salgado, Mario Garibay, Melissa Diaz, Berenice Jau, Bianca Barreto, Cathy Baez, Claudia Peña, Darlne Schluter, Haydee Salazar, Ivette Bautista, Izzy Navaez, Jen Jordan, Kenia Quiñonez, Lizzy Gomez, Maria Zuniga-Bel, Maribel Gomez, Marlene Saenz, Martha Montoya Celedonio, Omar Padilla, Stephanie Estrada, Susana Barajas, Thalia Roman, and Vanessa Martinez.


VC-EDI

We also truly appreciate the support from the following VC-EDI staff: Vice Chancellor Becky R. Petitt, Associate Vice Chancellor Frank Silva, Belinda Zamacona, Maddy Agamata, and Arwen Jamison.

All programs, in accordance with applicable Federal and State law and University policy, do not discriminate, or grant preferences, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories.