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Tommee Sherwood’s Comments Went Viral

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Tommee Sherwood’s comments went viral. This is the same Tommee Sherwood who marched with us Seventy miles from Ault, Colorado to the state capitol in support of bilingual education and farmworkers back in the early 1970’s – and in recent years part of a visit with my students (alongside Magdaleno Rose-Avila) during a spring break project with the UFW in La Paz and Delano – and, this last August, part of a Colorado UFW 50 Year Reunion. Continue reading →

Celebrating The Life of Magdaleno Rose-Avila

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Celebrating the life of Magdaleno Rose-Avila in Los Angeles with familia, friends, and long-time organizers from many walks of life – with stories and memories of how much he meant to our lives, to our movements, and to our continued organizing efforts for justice, equity, quality of life, immigrant, worker, and human rights. Continue reading →

With Friends At Stop Raids Rally in L A

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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) Continue reading →

Support The UFW

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Support the UFW and their continued efforts to ensure that we do not end up with the equivalent of a bracero program (at a time when Trump’s immigration and deportation policies are resulting in a lack of workers in the fields): “Thompson’s proposed legislation would permanently write into law the devastating Trump farm worker wage cuts we are fighting in federal court right now. Additionally, it would massively expand the exploitative and abusive H2A guest worker program.” Continue reading →