Did you know that Dodger Stadium was built on a Hispanic community known as Chavez Ravine? 

I am a Dodger fan and have visited the stadium various times. There is plenty of food and baseball memorabilia; however, there is no mention of the origins of the stadium. This is a petition that seeks to include, honor and provide awareness about the community that was devastated. The goal is for there to be a plaque or a section at Dodgers stadium in remembrance of Chavez Ravine. 

More about the history of Chavez Ravine according to an article written by ITVS “During the early 1950s, the city of Los Angeles forcibly evicted the 300 families of Chavez Ravine to make way for a low-income public housing project. The land was cleared and the homes, schools, and the church were razed. But instead of building the promised housing, the city—in a move rife with political controversy—sold the land to Brooklyn Dodgers baseball owner Walter O’Malley, who built Dodger Stadium on the site. The residents of Chavez Ravine, who had been promised first pick of the apartments in the proposed housing project, were given no reimbursement for their destroyed property and forced to scramble for housing elsewhere.”