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BERKELEY PUTS CESAR CHAVEZ VALUES TO WORK WITH EVENTS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVESCity plans Cesar Chavez events through the next month and launches innovative new community service initiatives that reflect his values. Berkeley, CA –
In addition to a series of celebrations and educational events
being held throughout the city, Berkeley is celebrating the life and
values of Cesar Chavez by inaugurating a number of new programs to make it
easier for residents and city employees to serve their community. On March 22nd, the City
Council unanimously approved a contract with the Berkeley Alliance to
match prospective volunteers with youth afterschool, recreation, and
mentoring programs. This
community-based volunteer coordination, which is part of the Mayor’s Berkeley
Champions for Kids initiative, will provide avenues for more residents
to assist young people in the community.
Service to the community is one of the core Cesar Chavez values. Earlier this year, Berkeley became
the first city in the nation to adopt an employee volunteer release time
initiative. Also part of the Champions
for Kids effort, City employees will be able to match their personal
volunteer time with an equal amount of paid release time to volunteer with
approved youth programs. (More
information on this program is available on-line at www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/mayor/PR/pressrelease012804.htm.) “Cesar Chavez’s tireless fight
for fairness and justice taught us all about the importance of serving our
communities. His legacy
reaches beyond the improved working conditions for farmworkers and into
the lives of our children and community today,” said Mayor Tom Bates.
“These programs are part of the way we honor the life of Cesar
Chavez.” Cesar Chavez events will take place throughout the community through April. They include events at all three Berkeley senior centers, story telling and poetry at city recreation centers, and many others. A list of events is available on the City’s website at www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/news/2004/03mar/033004cesarchavezcommemoration.html. #
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