Live coverage of Dolores Huerta at UA presented by C/HSA at noon
Thursday, 25 March 2010 17:54
In celebration of Cesar Chavez Week, The University of Arizona’s Chicano/Hispano Student Affairs office presents Dolores Huerta, an activist of the Chicano Movement and the co-founder of the Farm Worker’s Union to speak tomorrow afternoon.
Marcy Jones will be live blogging from the event held by C/HSA, on campus in the César E. Chávez Building room 205 from 12:00-1:30pm.
Huerta and social justice activist Cesar Chavez are responsible for the co-formation and tremendous success of the United Farm Workers (UFW). According to her bibliograpy on the Dolores Huerta Foundation website, among Huerta's numerous other accomplishments, she worked as the coordinator for East Coast efforts in the table grape boycott in the late ‘60s as well as involved with the rapidly growing Feminist Movement.
According to the bio on her foundation's Website, "At age 58 Dolores suffered her most life-threatening assault while protesting against the policies of then presidential candidate George Bush in San Francisco. A baton-wielding officer broke four ribs and shattered her spleen. Public outrage resulted in the San Francisco Police Department changing its policies regarding crowd control and police discipline and Dolores was awarded an out of court settlement."
In her fight for equal rights and non-violent policies, Huerta has received numerous awards including the Eleanor Roosevelt Humans Rights Award in l998, Kern County’s Woman of The Year by California State legislature, and Nine Honorary Doctorates from Universities from all over America. For a full list of Huerta's awards, please visit her foundation's website above.
Huerta is still active in many organizations working endlessly for social justice and is the President of the Dolores Huerta Foundation where she travels the world speaking on important issues such as non-violent public policies and equal rights for women and children.
For more information on Dolores Huerta please visit:
The C/HSA's states: "Our mission is to create a safe and welcoming environment that supports academic success, develops leadership, and embraces Chicano/Hispano students’ cultural identity." To learn more about C/HSA and their affiliates please visit their website: The Chicano/Hispano Student Affairs office encourages all students and faculty to attend the lecture this afternoon.
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