Workersxt, united farm cofounder, though lotus where huerta,olores discusses the Farmworkers Movement and cesar chavez. It is about two hours. Panel brings one of the icons of the movement to our Dolores Huerta, cofounder of the United Farm Workers Movement with cesar chavez. [applause] nationala directed the boycott during the National Grape strike. She has been involved in the fight since 1955. She has been arrested more than 20 times for leading nonviolent protests. Named one of the most important women of the 20th oftury, and has dozens really important awards, including the Eleanor Roosevelt award for human rights, which was bestowed on her by president clinton, and the president ial medal of freedom by president obama. [applause] her is miriam powell, a hasnalist, author who researched the united farm workers and cesar chavez. Her recent work won the Robert F Kennedy prize, and was a finalist for the National Critics circle. As a journalist, she has spent 25 years as an awardwinn
In washington, d. C. , a panel of scholars talks about the role the Catholic Church played in educating, organizing, and advocating for immigrant laborers from the mid1800s to the 1940s. According to the census bureau, between 1850 in 1930, before an born population in the United States rose from 2. 2 million to 14. 2 million, and many of these immigrants were catholics from europe. The 90 Minute Program is part of a conference. Welcome to our final session. Just tutors myself, my name is maria zynga i am in archivist at the met american cap History Museum and a historian. I and elated to be here with you on this particular panel. This panel is concerned with immigration and labor specifically. This is a next really important topic, as most people who migrate to the United States come here to work. That causes all sorts of thorny issues as we are going to see. Just a couple of announcements before i introduce our speakers. We have a couple of books i want to point out. Go to the worker
In a July 10 ceremony at the Statler Hotel, the Cornell Prison Education Program honored graduates released since the start of the pandemic, which curtailed prison-based commencements.
Voters, Republican and Democratic, discuss the politics of abortion. Also: Gerrymandering; the Ukraine war; “stolen” elections; a constitutional convention.