


Under the eagle, a labor movement was galvanized into a working-class community, and it helped introduce that community to a country that may or may not have been happy to count its members as compatriots. The image on that flag is still a banner for worker rights, but it’s also grown into a symbol of cultural pluralism. “It had to be easy for anyone to make.” After some small talk, I thanked him for taking a moment to address our shared history, though I already knew it. “I asked my brother, Richard, to make something up,” Chávez said. It’s a story we all should know, and how it happened.”Ĭhávez quietly nodded, gracefully treating the question like it was the first time someone brought it up. After they met, I walked up to Chávez to shake his hand and began: “The flag. Chávez was in town for a meeting with Al Kovar, then-director of the Home of Neighborly Service. Follow Participant on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.Cesar Chavez (Photo: Cathy Murphy/Getty Images)Ĭésar E. Participant’s more than 100 films have collectively earned 86 Academy Award® nominations and 21 wins, including Best Picture for Spotlight and Green Book Best Documentary Feature for American Factory, CITIZENFOUR, The Cove and An Inconvenient Truth and Best Foreign Language Film for Roma and A Fantastic Woman. Through its worldwide network of traditional and digital distribution, aligned with partnerships with key non-profit and NGO organizations, Participant speaks directly to the rise of today’s “conscious consumer,” representing the well over 2 billion consumers compelled to make meaningful content a priority focus.Īs an industry content leader, Participant annually produces up to six narrative feature films, six documentary films, three episodic television series, and more than 20 hours of digital short form programming. Founded by Chairman Jeff Skoll and under the leadership of CEO David Linde, Participant (combines the power of a good story well told with real world impact and awareness around today’s most vital issues.
