id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2614 El Teatro Campesino - Wikipedia .html text/html 1688 317 65 Performing in both English and Spanish, El Teatro Campesino was founded in 1965 as the cultural arm of the United Farm Workers and the Chicano Movement with the "full support of César Chávez."[1] Originally based in Delano, California, during the Delano Strike, the theatre is currently based in San Juan Bautista, California. Currently, El Teatro Campesino's mission is "…to create a popular art with 21st century tools that presents a more just and accurate account of human history, while encouraging the young women and men of a new generation to take control of their own destiny through creative discipline, vibrant education, economic independence, and artistic excellence."[2] El Teatro Campesino started as the cultural wing of the United Farm Workers union in California's central valley, to help raise both Mexican workers and American people awareness of the Delano grape strike controversies during the two years of the strike (1965 – 1967).[3] Although the troupe began by entertaining the farmworkers, within a year of their founding they began to tour to raise funds for the striking farm workers. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2614.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2614.txt