On Wednesday, March 29th at 4:30 pm in Wolff Auditorium, the College of Arts & Sciences hosts the academic year’s final Dean’s Research and Creative Activity Forum. Dr. Raymond Rast, lecturer in the Department of History, will give a presentation entitled “Preserving the Legacies of Cesar Chavez and La Causa: Public History, Civic Engagement, and the Latino Catholic Fight for Social Justice in the 20th Century.”
In July 2016, Dr. Rast finished the multi-year process of working with the National Park Service to nominate Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission Chapel as a National Historic Landmark. Located in San Jose, California, the former chapel building is closely associated with the life and work of labor leader and civil rights advocate Cesar Chavez.
In January 2017, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell approved Dr. Rast’s nomination.
The College of Arts & Sciences celebrates this designation and the upcoming Cesar Chavez Day with a presentation by Dr. Rast offering an overview of Chavez’s life and work, Rast’s ongoing work with the National Park Service’s “American Latino Heritage Initiative” and the broader importance of historic preservation, public history, and the public humanities. The presentation will be followed by a reception.
This event is free and open to the public.
The Dean’s Research and Creative Activity Forum features the scholarly and creative work of College faculty.
“Preserving the Legacies of Cesar Chavez and La Causa: Public History, Civic Engagement, and the Latino Catholic Fight for Social Justice in the 20th Century.”
Dr. Raymond Rast, lecturer in the Department of History
Wednesday, March 29 – 4:30 PM • Wolff Auditorium, Jepson Center – Gonzaga University
Free and open to the public
For a flyer of the event, click here.
Dr. Raymond Rast at Cesar Chavez Campesino Park in Santa Ana, California.