Amigos de Guadalupe has purchased the East San Jose property, where the legendary labor leader lived in the 1950s.
The brown stucco house on Scharff Avenue looks like many of the others on the block in San Jose’s Mayfair neighborhood, the same area once infamously known as “Sal si puedes,” or “Get out if you can,” with a browning lawn surrounded by a chain-link fence and red brick pillars.
This was where legendary labor leader Cesar Chavez lived during the formative years before he launched what became United Farm Workers. And Friday morning, it was where a large group of community leaders and activists gathered to celebrate the property’s impending sale to Amigos de Guadalupe Center for Justice and Empowerment.
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – JULY 29: Maritza Maldonado, the Executive Director of Amigos de Guadalupe speaks, as the nonprofit officially announced the $1.1 million purchase of the Cesar Chavez family home in East San Jose on Friday, July 29, 2022. The city landmark, where the legendary labor leader lived will become a living museum, according to the nonprofit.
Maldonado said the home would be transformed into a living museum and an interpretive learning center, providing space where residents can meet to help shape policy in their community. After the purchase is completed, the next step will be a visioning process to find out how stakeholders and neighbors would like to see that realized — while also raising funds for the project.
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