SANTA CRUZ – As Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk tourists rode roller coasters in the sunshine, 91-year-old civil rights icon Dolores Huerta commanded some 300 people tuned in to the Latino Role Models conference, speaking from the Beach Flats Community Center about inequity, youth leadership and women’s rights.
Iconic farmworkers rights advocate Dolores Huerta takes questions after delivering the keynote address at Senderos’ annual Latino Role Models Conference on Saturday at the Beach Flats Community Center.
The labor leader also spoke to women’s autonomy, and the right to choose, at a time when right-to-abortion laws are being stripped or weakened across the U.S. She added that more resources need to be put toward establishing pathways for youth of color to attend college, particularly within the Black community.When asked about the state of farmworker rights, Huerta – who left her post at United Farmworkers in 2002 – reflected on her decades of work in that area.
While United Farmworkers does serve the country, its members are strongest in California, Oregon and Washington, according to its website. When asked if she could distill her wisdom into one mantra for youth of color, Huerta responded: “The future belongs to them.”
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