Mexican Fiesta And City Of Milwaukee Will Not Hold César E. Chávez Day Events For March 2026, After Sexual Abuse Of Women And Young Girls As Young As 12 By Chávez Were Made Public

The Wisconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation/Mexican Fiesta will not hold their annual César E. Chávez Day this year, also the City of Milwaukee will not hold a Chávez Day event at the end of March.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

March 18, 2026

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Wednesday, March 18, 2026, Hispanic News Network U.S.A. has learned that the annual César E. Chávez Day event celebrating the life of Chávez at the Wisconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation, Inc./Mexican Fiesta's Flores Hall will not be held this Month, according to sources.

No annual César E. Chávez Day event has been scheduled at the Mexican Fiesta location at the 2900 block of  S. 20 Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Also, the City of Milwaukee Common Council or Mayor Cavalier Johnson have not announced any scheduled events at City Hall to commemorate César E. Chávez Day this month for on Chávez's Birthday March 31st.

Although, Milwaukee Alderperson JoCasta Zamarripa released a press release saying that the Chávez Day planned event at the end of March, at City Hall will not take place. Ald. Zamarripa says that young girls as young as 12 became sexual abused victims of Chávez. 

The César E. Chávez BID 38 also released a press release indicating a possible new direction for the business district, but it did not indicate, if they will stop using the Chávez name for the BID 38 or removing the Chávez life-size bronze statue at the 900 block of S. Chávez Drive (El Rey Super Mercado property) and renaming Chávez Drive.

Many scheduled events and marches planned for the César E. Chávez Day throughout the U.S. have been canceled since, national mainstream media reported that César E. Chávez had allegedly engaged in the sexual assault of women and grooming young girls ages 12, 13 and 15 who became victims of sexual abuse by the late Chávez who was the former leader of the United Farm Workers union movement.

Ana Murguia says she was groomed and sexually molested at the age of 13 by Chávez and Debra Rojas claimed that she had her breast inappropriately groped by Chávez at the age of 12, and then later she was sexually abused.

Dolores Huerta, 96, also confirmed that she was sexually assaulted by Chávez when she was 20, and he fathered two children that were placed for adoption.