[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 2015)]
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Vol. 80
Thursday,
No. 63
April 2, 2015
Part VII
The President
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Proclamation 9243--C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez Day, 2015
Proclamation 9244--Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2015
Notice of March 31, 2015--Continuation of the National Emergency With
Respect to South Sudan
Executive Order 13694--Blocking the Property of Certain Persons
Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 9243 of March 30, 2015
C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez Day, 2015
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
For more than two centuries, the arc of our Nation's
progress has been shaped by ordinary people who have
dedicated their lives to the extraordinary work of
building a more perfect Union. It is a story of
achievement and constant striving that has found
expression in places where America's destiny has been
decided--in Seneca Falls, Selma, and Stonewall, and in
the golden fields of California where an American hero
discovered his mighty voice. Today, we honor
C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez and his lifetime of work to
make our country more free, more fair, and more just,
and we reaffirm the timeless belief he embodied: those
who love their country can change it.
A son of migrant workers and a child of the Great
Depression, C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez believed every
job has dignity and every person should have the chance
to reach beyond his or her circumstances and realize a
brighter future. When no one seemed to care about the
farm workers who labored without basic protections and
for meager pay to help feed the world, C[eacute]sar
Ch[aacute]vez awakened our Nation to their deplorable
conditions and abject poverty--injustices he knew
firsthand. He organized, protested, fasted, and
alongside Dolores Huerta, founded the United Farm
Workers. Slowly, he grew a small movement to a 10,000-
person march and eventually a 17-million-strong boycott
of table grapes, rallying a generation around ``La
Causa'' and forcing growers to agree to some of the
first farm worker contracts in history. Guided by a
fierce commitment to nonviolence in support of a
righteous cause, he never lost faith in the power of
opportunity for all.
As a Nation, we know the struggle to live up to the
principles of our founding does not end with any one
victory or defeat. After C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez
fought for higher wages, he pushed for fresh drinking
water, workers' compensation, pension plans, and
protection from pesticides. He strove every day for the
America he knew was possible. Today, we must take up
his work and carry forward this great unfinished task.
When immigrants labor in the shadows, they often earn
unfair wages and their families and our economy
suffer--that is one reason why we have to fix our
broken immigration system and why I keep calling on the
Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform. We
need to continue to defend the collective bargaining
rights countless individuals have fought so hard for
and ensure our economy rewards hard work with a fair
living wage, paid leave, and equal pay for equal work.
C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez knew that when you lift up
one person, it enriches a community; it bolsters our
economy, strengthens our Nation, and gives meaning to
the creed that out of many, we are one. As we celebrate
his life, we are reminded of our obligations to one
another and the extraordinary opportunity we are each
given to work toward justice, equal opportunity, and a
better future for every one of our sisters and
brothers.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim March 31, 2015, as
C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez Day. I call upon all
Americans to observe this day with
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appropriate service, community, and education programs
to honor C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez's enduring legacy.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord two
thousand fifteen, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirty-ninth.
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