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Group remembers migrant leader with social justice march

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By WKTV Staff
joanne@wktv.org

Participants in a previous César E. Chávez Social Justice March which is on César E. Chávez Avenue.

The Committee to Honor César E. Chávez will host its annual remembrance march and luncheon today.

The event, Forward Together Down the César Chávez Avenue, kicks off at 11 a.m. with the social justice march down the newly named César E. Chávez Avenue. Staging is at the Cook Library Center, 1100 César E. Chávez Ave. SW. The march is free and open to the public.

There is a community gathering at Potter’s House Chapel and Unity Luncheon, which does require reservations to attend. At the Potter House event, GVSU President Philomena V. Mantella and former GRCC President Bill Pink, who has been selected as the new president of Ferris State University, will be honored. Chávez’s grandson, Andrew Chávez, director of strategic initiatives for the César Chávez Foundation, will be the special guest at the luncheon.