Lorraine Agtang-Greer:  I was born and raised in Delano. I am half Filipino and half Mexican.   I like this song because it tells the history of the farm workers, and how it was the Filipinos who started the strike back in 1965. I felt proud to be a Filipino.

I think that this was Cesar’s favorite song.  We sang it at meetings, on many marches; it was the Union ’s anthem.  It is a very powerful song. Everyone loved it!

When you’re born part Filipino and part Mexican, it’s a struggle, because those two communities don’t necessarily get along.   The Union was the first place that I felt peace and camaraderie among the Filipinos and Mexicans.  That was my first positive experience, so different than my growing-up years.