Honorary Chair. DSA.
Induction will be March 20, 2013
.
DSA
Commends Dolores Huerta for
California Hall of Fame Award (2013) and labor and
community leadership.
The
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) congratulates our honorary chair Dolores
Huerta for being inducted into the California Hall of Fame and for being awarded the Presidential Medal of
Freedom (2012).
Since the founding along with Cesar
Chaves and others of the United Farm Workers (UFW) union,
through her current work in supporting union democracy, civic engagement and empowerment
of women and youth in disadvantaged communities, Huerta’s influence has been profound.
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. Her frequent public engagements at college, universities and high
schools where she brings a Latina feminist perspective to civil rights and
immigration issues highlights her long history and personal commitment to the
movements for social change.
