PHOTO BY JON LEWIS
Hundreds of farmworkers and their supporters are gathered at the Forty Acres for the evening religious services as part of Cesar Chavez’s Fast for Nonviolence. In the background of this photo you can see the tents that have been set up on the Forty Acres to provide temporary housing for visitors who have traveled great distances to be part of the Fast. Even further, you will see the automobiles parked on the road – Garces Highway. Because of Cesar’s Fast and the fact he was living at the Forty Acres, I would not permit cars to be driven on and parked on the Forty Acres because it was ‘Holy Ground”. Visitors parked their cars on the adjoining roadways and walked onto the ground where Cesar Chavez was fasting.