Meet an “Amazing" With a Passion for Social Justice

Dolores Huerta, at 88, is still so influential that a documentary, "Dolores," aired this year on PBS. As co-founder with Cesar Chavez of the history-making National Farmworkers Association, she helped farmworkers gain rights they previously didn't have.

Dolores’ community involvement didn’t end there. She has been a powerful advocate for social justice, for which she has paid dearly. Dolores has been arrested 22 times for non-violent civil disobedience and strikes and was severely beaten. None of this stopped her in her pursuit of human and civil rights for all. For her many efforts, she was awarded, among many other honors, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

In 2017, Dolores was an honorary co-chair of the Women’s March on Washington. She is living proof of her mantra “Si, se pueda!” (“Yes, you can!”).

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