Tag: Farm Labor Movement

A Message from the Director on the CLS Mural Honoring Farmworkers

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Recent reporting from the New York Times and others has cast light on extremely concerning reports of sexual assault, sexual abuse and sexual harassment perpetrated by Chicano union and civil rights leader César Chávez toward his co-leader Dolores Huerta, Ana Murguia and Debra Rojas in their girlhood, and other women in the farmworker movement. As …

Jesús Salas Recognized with Plaque at Alumni Park

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Jesús Salas, a longtime labor organizer, educator, former UW System Regent, and benefactor of the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program, was honored earlier this month with a plaque at Alumni Park commemorating his achievements.  He was one of eleven distinguished alunni of the University whose images are now visible in the park.  Like many of …