Dolores Huerta. California Hall of Fame – 2013.
Induction will be March 20, 2013
DSA
Honorary Chair Dolores Huerta will be inducted into the California Hall of Fame (2013) for her labor and community leadership. She was awarded the Presidential Medal
of Freedom in 2012.
Huerta has contributed to movements for
union rights and social justice since the founding along with Cesar
Chaves, Philip Vera Cruz and
others of the United Farm Workers
(UFW) union and continues through
her current work in supporting union democracy, civic engagement and empowerment of women and youth in
disadvantaged communities. The creation of the UFW changed the nature of labor
organizing in the Southwest and contributed significantly to the
growth of Latino politics in the U.S. In her frequent public engagements at college, universities
and high schools she presents a Latina feminist perspective to civil
rights and immigration issues.
Dolores continues active as a supporter on union picket lines and union struggles throughout
the state.
