On Aug. 19, the Chicano Youth Center in Fresno hosted a fundraising event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United Farm Workers (UFW) strike in the grape industry. The strike began on April [...] Continue Reading
United Farm Workers (UFW)
Recordando a Fred Ross Jr., Organizador Social y Defensor de la Justicia Social
Fred Ross Jr. siempre quiso que lo conocieran simplemente como organizador. Empezó de joven con su trabajo organizativo en los campos de California al lado de César Chávez, y ha inspirado a [...] Continue Reading
Stir it Up
Listen to the September 2022 Community Alliance radio show, Stir it Up, with guest Camilla Chavez, Executive Director of the Dolores Huerta Foundation. Chavez talks about her life growing up - [...] Continue Reading
A March for Their Rights
A group of farmworkers marched 335 miles from the United Farm Workers’ (UFW) headquarters near Delano to the State Capitol in Sacramento. The three-week march was aimed at pressuring Governor Gavin [...] Continue Reading
Una Marcha Por Sus Derechos
Un grupo de jornaleros agrícolas marchó 335 millas desde la sede del Sindicato de Campesinos (UFW por sus siglas en inglés), cerca de Delano, hasta el Capitolio, en Sacramento. La marcha de tres [...] Continue Reading
Roberto De La Cruz Showed Workers How to Change Their Lives
Courtesy of the United Farm Workers It was with profound sorrow that the farmworker movement learned of the sudden passing of lifetime farmworker and union activist Roberto “Bobby” De La [...] Continue Reading
June 2002
You can read the .pdf version of the June 2002 Community Alliance below. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier reading. Simply place your cursor over the [...] Continue Reading