(Editor’s note: The following is a statement released by Dolores Huerta, the iconic labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers union, in response to the mid-March [...] Continue Reading
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Half of Farmworkers Are Food Insecure
The Central Valley is a fertile farm belt that expands for about 20,000 square miles and supplies one-fourth of the nation’s food. Fresno County alone is considered one of the most agriculturally [...] Continue Reading
Great Delano Grape Strike Revisited
“I remember, as a child, three or four years old, going to funerals of men in Pixley, Arvin, Ducor, Visalia, throughout the Central Valley. These men had died alone, by themselves. I remember burying [...] Continue Reading
La Gran Huelga de la Uva de Delano de 1965: Lecciones para Construir una Coalición Multiétnica
POR BOB McCLOSKEY e I.SMILEY CALDERON “Recuerdo, de niño, a los tres o cuatro años, asistir a los funerales de hombres en Pixley, Arvin, Ducor, Visalia, por todo el Valle Central. Estos hombres [...] Continue Reading
Agustín Lira: Music and Theater for the People
Agustín Lira will be inducted into the Valley Music Hall of Fame on Sept. 17. It is not the first honor for the singer-songwriter-organizer-director, who has previously been honored as a National [...] Continue Reading
New West Fresno Park Named for Dolores Huerta
On June 30, the City of Fresno broke ground for a new park in West Fresno, named for the iconic farm labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, who traveled up from Bakersfield with her daughter [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
On Senate Candidate Barbara Lee “If the U.S. can fund an $886 billion defense budget, we can afford Medicare for All. If the U.S. can fund an $886 billion defense budget, we can afford the Green [...] Continue Reading
Naming a Street after Cesar Chavez Is a Privilege
I was raised in the areas encompassing the proposed Cesar Chavez Street. Due to the underlying motives of the opposition, I find it necessary to respond to the misinformation put forth by a member of [...] Continue Reading
50th Anniversary of the Grape Strike
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
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