Numerous events are planned at Grand Valley to celebrate the life
and legacy of Cesar E. Chavez, including a keynote address by the
woman who worked with Chavez to establish the National Farm Workers
Association.
Dolores Huetra will speak on Wednesday, March 31, in
the Cook-DeWitt Center following the annual Cesar Chavez silent march.
Now president of the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation, Huetra worked with
Chavez in the early '60s to organize farm workers. She was later
instrumental in helping enact the Agricultural Labor Relations Act of
1975, the first law granting California farm workers the right to organize.
At age 79, Huetra remains an activist and travels the country to lecture about social justice. Her keynote address will begin at about 12:30 p.m. in the Cook-DeWitt Center, following the march that will begin at noon at Zumberge Library.
Other events include the following:
- Monday, March 15, noon, Kirkhof Center, room 1240: Diversity
Brown Bag Series and viewing of "Salt of the Earth," will
be moderated by Zulema Moret, associate professor of Spanish and
director of the Latin American Studies program.
- Wednesday, March 17, 4:30 p.m., Kirkhof Center, room 2263:
"The Blueberry Children: Migrant Farms and Child Labor"
will be screened. The news report documented child labor and child
abuse on farms, including some in Michigan.
- Wednesday, March 24, 4 p.m., Cook-DeWitt Center: "Latina Leadership Lessons" with Aurelia Flores, attorney for a Fortune 300 company and founder of Powerful Latinas, an online networking company.
The events are open to the public and free of charge. They are
sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs; for more
information, contact Gricelda Estrada at (616) 331-2177 or
[email protected].
