1. BY: MELANIE, RUTH & JASON
DOLORES HUERTA
BY: MELANIE, RUTH & JASON

2. LIFE STORY Born: April 10, 1930 in Dawson, NM
Family struggled financially
After parents divorced, she moved to Stockton, California with mother
Dolores kept in contact with her father
A Union activist and a New Mexico state assemblyman .

3. LIFE STORY CONTINUED
Dolores experienced racism that was very evident towards Mexicans and Mexican-Americans.
Graduated Stockton High School in 1947, got married, had two kids, then divorced.
Had lots of unstable jobs because she wasn't satisfied so she went back to school and got a teaching degree at Stockton College.

4. LIFE STORY CONTINUED
In 1955, Dolores and a newfound partner named Fred Ross created a new organization in Stockton called the Community Services Organization (CSO)
During this time, Dolores met another labor activist named Ventura Huerta
Couple had five kids together

5. Improved working conditions for laborers
IMPACT
Improved working conditions for laborers
Increased wage
Healthcare and unemployment benefits
Decreased long hours
Laborers learned about protective and beneficial laws
Lead to first contract agreements for laborers

6. California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975
IMPACT
California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975
First law to recognize laborers rights to bargain collectively
Immigration Act of 1985
Legalized illegal immigrants that had lived and paid taxes in the US

7. More women ran for office in all government levels
IMPACT
More women ran for office in all government levels
Reduced use of harmful pesticides
Laborers were getting cancer, women were giving birth to babies with birth defects

8. ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Co-founded Stockton chapter of the Community Service Organization(CSO)
Huerta and Chavez founded National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), the predecessor of the United Farm Workers’ Union (UFW)
Delano Grape Boycott

9. Stockton Chapter of Community Service Organization
Helped founded CSO
Organized Mexican-Americans to be implemented into social, economic, and political changes
Pressured politicians for equal services in ethnic neighborhoods
Served to publicize discrimination & police brutality on Mexican-Americans

10. National Farm Workers’ Association (NFWA)
Founded by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta
Helped its members gain more rights and navigate social services and government agencies
One of the most active associations, obtained multiple rights and privileges through strikes, boycotts, fasts, and pilgrimages
Gained higher wages, better working conditions, fair medical coverage, workable pensions

11. Her time with UFW, Huerta:
Delano Grape Boycott
Filipino American grape workers protested years of poor pay and conditions
Had Cesar join their cause
Her time with UFW, Huerta:
Organized workers
Negotiated contracts
Advocated for safer working conditions, including the elimination of harmful pesticides

12. Years After the Boycott
70’s & 80’s - Improved workers’ legislative representation
90’s & 2000’s - More Latinos and women in political office

13. Delano Grape Boycott
She fought for unemployment and healthcare benefits for agricultural workers
Huerta was driving force behind nationwide Table Grape boycotts in late 60’s
Led to successful union contract in 1970

14. Dolores received the Presidential Medal Of Freedom in 2012
AWARDS
Dolores received the Presidential Medal Of Freedom in 2012
A decorated U.S. civilian award given to individuals with meritorious contribution to security or national interests of the U.S, world peace, cultural, or public/private endeavors e

15. AWARDS
Also given the Community of Christ International Peace Award in 2007
Organization that establishes honor and brings attention to those who strived to bring peace to the world
And Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights in 1998
Established in 1998 by Bill Clinton, it was created to honor outstanding American promoters of rights in the United States.

16. VIDEO http://www.pbs.org/video/latino-americans-dolores-huerta/

17. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS What happened in Sacramento?
How was Dolores involved in the negotiations?
Why might it have taken years for Huerta and Chavez to reach their goals?
What was Dolores’ nickname and why was she called that?
How did Dolores get involved in the fight for laborers rights?

18. CITATIONS
“Dolores Huerta.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 5 Mar. 2018,
“Dolores Huerta.” Dolores Huerta Foundation, 18 Mar. 2014, doloreshuerta.org/dolores-huerta/.
Godoy, Maria. “Dolores Huerta: The Civil Rights Icon Who Showed Farmworkers 'Sí Se Puede'.” NPR, NPR, 17 Sept. 2017,
Michals, Debra. "Dolores Huerta." National Women's History Museum. National Women's History Museum, April 2018, .
“Dolores Huerta Biography.” Las Culturas, UFW, web.archive.org/web/ /