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Dolores Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is an American labor leader and feminist activist. After working for several years with the Community Service Organization (CSO), she co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) with fellow activists Cesar Chavez and Gilbert Padilla, which eventually merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm ...
Cesario Estrada Chavez (/ ˈ tʃ ɑː v ɛ z /; Spanish:; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and lesser known Gilbert Padilla, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union.
Cesar, who was born in Mexico, [3] was a custodian at an elementary school and Ruby worked at Rancho Bernardo High School. [2] Chavez was baptized Catholic but his mother converted to Protestantism when he was eight or nine years old. [4] Although all four of Chavez's grandparents were from Mexico, he did not learn to speak Spanish. [3]
One of César Chávez’s granddaughters, Julie Rodriguez Chavez, serves as Biden’s 2024 campaign manager. Dolores Huerta, Chavez’s partner in founding the UFW, has also remained a Biden ally.
Cesar Chavez Day is on Sunday. Former President Barack Obama designated March 31 a commemorative holiday for the Mexican American union organizer in 2014. The day marks the anniversary of his birth.
Fred Ross Sr. trained a myriad of successful organizers during his lifetime. The most renowned of these organizers are Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and his son, Fred Ross Jr. Ross recruited Cesar while he was in San Jose; at first when Ross Sr. visited Chavez at his home, he was doubtful of his intentions. However, he soon saw that Ross was a ...
Marion Moses was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, the daughter of Maron Moses and Mary Wakim Moses; her grandparents were immigrants from Lebanon.She trained as a nurse at Georgetown University in 1957, and earned a master's degree in nursing education at Teachers College, Columbia University in 1960. [1]
45 Cesar Chavez Quotes. Canva. 1. "We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure." 2. "Self-dedication is a spiritual experience." 3. "Being of ...