Small Things Count

Today is just a US-established commemorative holiday observed by only 7 states, but what it represents is important. It highlights Cesar Chavez not so much because it’s his birthday but for all the work he did to improve the lives of farmworkers. Why should we care about farmworkers? Think about who plants, tends, and harvests what we eat. They work hours a day, at low pay and are housed in slum-like conditions to provide our food, yet we tend to act like they don’t exist because they’re beneath us. We may think of them as “illegals” or people who don’t have the intelligence or drive to get “real” jobs. In reality we need farmworkers, and they deserve our respect. Please think about this on this day and all the days to come.