On Saturday, March 29, community members gathered in Brawley to participate in a march honoring Cesar Chavez Day. The federal commemorative holiday, observed on March 31, celebrates the ...
Born in Charlestown, Mass., and raised in Bakersfield, Calif., Aroy returned east to attend Boston College. She majored in psychology, partially influenced by her parents’ hopes that she’d pursue ...
From Larry Itliong, a Filipino activist who worked with Cesar Chavez, to the Japanese internment camps during World War II, ...
Her influence led to the renaming of Woodman Street on the SR-54 to Larry Itliong Bridge, the Filipino leader of the Grape Strikes who later encouraged Cesar Chavez to strike. She is integral in ...
BRAWLEY— Community members came together to celebrate the historical social movement for farm workers on Saturday, March 29.
The United Farm Workers union, founded by Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong, is helping farmworkers organize in ...
Not deportations." Protests have long been a part of the Central Valley's history, from the activism of Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong in the 1960s to today's demonstrations.
Filipino-American organizations and officials in Delano, California are celebrating a unanimous City Council decision to name a park after Fil-Am labor rights activist Larry Itliong, a significant, ...
A Labor Day story of migrant farmworker Larry Itliong’s fight for better conditions In 1965, Filipino-American labor organizer Larry Itliong helped lead the Delano grape strike and boycott for ...