(KANSAS CITY, KAN.) – The League of United Latin American Citizens honored Congressman Dennis Moore (Third District -- Kansas) by awarding him the Cesar Chavez Community Service Award for leadership in the betterment of the Hispanic community.

“I have always admired Cesar Chavez for his efforts to protect basic human rights and this award is indeed a great honor,” Moore said. “I believe, as Cesar Chavez did, that all children should be recipients of the great equalizing power of education.”

Moore has demonstrated his commitment to education by supporting the DREAM ACT, legislation to provide in-state tuition benefits for all children regardless of immigrant status. In addition to Moore’s role in expanding educational opportunities for Hispanic-American children, LULAC Council #11074 in Kansas City commended Moore for being accessible to his constituents.

“Congressman Moore is a public servant who hasn’t forgotten the people who voted for him,” said Florentino Camacho, Jr., a past LULAC state director. “He maintains a bond with the common people. He always comes back to the Latino community to update us on what he has accomplished in Congress.”

The award pays tribute to those who exemplify Cesar Chavez’s core values of service to others and the welfare of working families. Those values are expressed in the Cesar Chavez’s quote written on the award: “I am convinced that the truest of courage, the strongest act of humanity, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice…to be human is to suffer for others…God help us be human.”

“That is what he does for our community, and we’re proud to have him as our Congressman,” Camacho said. “He has a heart for doing the right thing.”

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the oldest and largest Latino civil rights organization in the United States. LULAC advances the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide.