This expression of fear on the face of Cesar Chavez is the only photo among many hundreds I have examined that show this emotion. The Fast for Nonviolence was the first public fast undertaken by Cesar Chavez during his 31-year as founder/leader of the farmworker movement and its effect on his health was unpredictable and unsettling. He was very unsure of himself and his ability to withstand the physical demands of the fast. Union officers, Julio Hernandez and Philip Vera Cruz help Chavez to walk to the Catholic Mass in the makeshift chapel. The Rev. Jim Drake, Chavez’s first lieutenant, brings up the rear.