A community-based nonprofit group is celebrating the purchase the family home of the late civil rights leader Cesar Chavez in the Mayfair neighborhood of east San Jose.
After seeing the Chavez family home listed for sale in May 2022, the organization Amigos de Guadalupe Center for Justice and Empowerment raised funds to purchase it. The hope is for the property to become a community-centered space with a learning center, where residents can learn more about Chavez’s mission of nonviolent resistance and community organizing.
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