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Wed Jul 22
The International Museum of Women presentsAn Evening with Dolores Huerta, co-founder of United Farm WorkersTel. 415.543.4669 Email An Evening with Dolores Huerta, co-founder of United Farm Workers Website |
$20 - $25 |
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500 California St San Francisco, CA 94104 district: San Francisco |
Wed Jul 22 (6:00 pm) - To purchase tickets, please go to www.imow.org/calendar |
| Description The International Museum of Women invites you to an Extraordinary Voices, Extraordinary Change Speaker Series with Dolores Huerta, President and Founder of the Dolores Huerta Foundation.
As one of the country’s most important and influential Latinas and advocates for workers rights, she works tirelessly developing leaders and advocating for the working poor, women and children. Ms. Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) with Cesar Chavez in1962 and has been instrumental in passing historic legislation. She is an active member of Amnesty International, the Feminist Majority Foundation and the California Museum of History, Women, and the Arts. Ms. Huerta was also named one of Ms. Magazines three most important women of 1997 and Ladies Home Journals 100 most important women of the 20th Century. She is an esteemed Global Council member of the International Museum of Women. |