Students, organizations and the community members came together in downtown San Antonio to march for 2 miles from the Guadalupe Theater to the Civic Park at Hemisfair. For two miles, people sang with flags and signs in hand as they walked in remembrance of the work done by civil and labor rights leader Cesar E. Chavez during the the 28th annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice.
The March 23 event was organized by the Cesar E. Chavez Legacy & Educational Foundation and co-sponsored by the City of San Antonio.
Texas A&M University-San Antonio joins the 28th annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice on March 23, 2024. Photo by Saile Aranda
An Amalgamated Transit Union flyer sits next to a speaker with information about VIA Management refusing to negotiate improving wages and working conditions during the Cesar Chavez March for Justice on March 23, 2024. Photo by Saile Aranda
Members of the The Cesar E. Chavez Legacy & Educational Foundation link arms as they begin the 2-mile walk for the Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice on March 23, 2024. Photo by Saile Aranda
A red 1967 Mustang leads participants down Guadalupe Street on March 23, 2024 with a United Farm Workers flag designed by Cesar Chavez and his family during the 28th annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice. Photo by Saile Aranda
Father and daughter participate in the Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice holding up flags and signs for support walking down Guadalupe Street on March 23, 2024. Photo by Saile Aranda
Pro-Palestinian supporters join the Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice to continue calling for ceasefire in Gaza walking down Guadalupe Street on March 23, 2024. Photo by Saile Aranda
A “Cesar Chavez Vive, Si Se Puede” flag was given to a girl watching the Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice from her front porch on March 23, 2024. Photo by Saile Aranda
The Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice walks up the bridge over Alazan Creek on March 23, 2024. Photo by Saile Aranda
Participants chant “When I say union, you say power,” as they walk over the bridge on Guadalupe Street waving their flags under the sun on March 23, 2024. Photo by Saile Aranda
UTSA students bring their signs that read “El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido,” this translates to “The people united will never be defeated,” a lyric from a Chilean song composed by Sergio Ortega Alvarado and the Quilapayún band in support for the Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice on March 23, 2024. Photo by Saile Aranda
Supporters representing Trinity University join the 28th annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice hold their handmade sign that reads “peaceful protest” on March, 23, 2024. Photo by Saile Aranda
Henry ‘El Zapatista’ Rodriguez honored with the 2015 Si Se Puede Spirit Award for Activism by the Cesar Chavez Legacy and Educational Foundation joins the 28th annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice on March, 23, 2024. Photo by Saile Aranda
The Brown Berets join the March for Justice as they walk down Cesar E. Chaves Boulevard on March, 23, 2024. The Brown Berets is a pro-Chicano militant civil rights group that rose during the Chicano Movement in the late 1960s. Photo by Saile Aranda
Participants raise the Mexican flag for support walking down Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard during the Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice on March 23, 2024. Photo by Saile Aranda
Two boys sit in the lawn at Civic Park at Hemisfair with their United Farm Workers flags as the Cesar Chavez March comes to an end on March 23, 2024. Photo by Saile Aranda
Guest speaker talks about the Yes We Can campaign as the celebration at the Hemisfair park begins after the Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice on March 23, 2024. Photo by Saile Aranda
Three time Grammy winners Sunny Sauceda Y Todo Eso introduce themselves for the celebration at the Civic Park Hemisfair after the Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice comes to an end. Photo by Saile Aranda
Sunny Sauceda Y Todo Eso band member plays the bass for a cover of “Cielo Azul, Cielo Nublado” by Pesado at the Hemisfair Park celebration for the Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice on March 23, 2024. Photo by Saile Aranda
Saile Aranda is a communications junior at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. She enjoys going to museums in her free time and visiting her family in Mexico. Saile loves photography and looks forward to pursuing a career with the profession after graduating.
