With close friends today at Free David Huerta and Stop Raids Rally in L A: Ana Maria Alvarez (founding artistic director of renowned dance group Contra Tiempo; Christian Lopez (one of the leaders in organizing Pomona College dining hall workers and now an organizer with UNITE-HERE); David Pihl (one of my former Pitzer students who helped organize workers there, part of the annual spring break with the UFW, and now with the Directors Guild); Arnulfo de la Cruz (now President of SEIU Local 2015 who is carrying on the legacy of his father Roberto de la Cruz as an exemplary union leader); Jerry Ryan (who led the UFW grape boycott in Colorado and past President in local Letter Carriers Union)

With close friends today at Free David Huerta and Stop Raids Rally in L A: Ana Maria Alvarez (founding artistic director of renowned dance group Contra Tiempo; Christian Lopez (one of the leaders in organizing Pomona College dining hall workers and now an organizer with UNITE-HERE); David Pihl (one of my former Pitzer students who helped organize workers there, part of the annual spring break with the UFW, and now with the Directors Guild); Arnulfo de la Cruz (now President of SEIU Local 2015 who is carrying on the legacy of his father Roberto de la Cruz as an exemplary union leader); Jerry Ryan (who led the UFW grape boycott in Colorado and past President in local Letter Carriers Union)