 For instance, in his 2012 article in the "Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics", Kevin J. O'Brien argued that Chavez could be "a vital resource for contemporary Christian ecological ethics".O'Brien argued that it was both Chavez's focus on "the moral centrality of human dignity" as well as his emphasis on sacrifice that could be of use by Christians wanting to engage in environmentalist activism.There is a portrait of Chavez in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.