North Salem High School MEChA students (Liliana Granados, Abigail Perin, Cynthia Morales Ornelas, Cecilia Gonzalez Cantor,  Jadzia Beard, Elia Sanchez, Tracy Trinh, Coral Pineda and Alicia Chase) represented Salem Keizer Public schools in the César E. Chávez Leadership Conference Special Edition: The Legacy Challenge! Two North MEChA teams were awarded $750 each for video workshops they created and narrated for the challenge and virtual leadership conference.

Video content requirements were

  • Educate and embody the legacy of César E. Chávez y el movimiento.
  • Explain how his lessons and teachings are relevant in today’s world.
  • Workshops can be in English, Spanish, or Bilingual.
  • Workshops will be developed, produced and presented by student groups minimum of 3 students per group, no longer than 20 minutes and submitted as a YouTube link.

Cesar Chavez Workshop Presentation by Abi, Cynthia, Ceci, and Lilly

Cesar Chavez Presentation by Elia, Alicia, Coral, and Jadzia