These young activists don’t just want César Chavez’s name removed. They want a new style of leadership

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date June 2, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Last Updated June 2, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2026/06/02/these-young-activists-dont-just-want-cesar-chavezs-name-removed-they-want-a-new-style-of-leadership

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In Back of the Yards, a neighborhood with a long history of social activism, the push to remove César Chavez’s name from a local elementary school is sparking a reckoning over the leadership of the immigrant rights movement. In the community where Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” was set, the civil ri...