In 1962, Dolores Huerta (along side of Cesar Chavez) co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) to advocate and organize the thousands of disenfranchised farmworkers in California’s Central Valley. To this day UFW serves as a labor union with a mission to facilitate and ensure equality for marginalized communities in 10 states.
In 1965, UFW, with Chavez and Huerta in charge, joined forces with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee in Delano, CA, to strike against the table grape growers in the area. Huerta also coined the famous phrase, ”¡SÍ se puede!”—which Barack Obama translated and used during his 2008 presidential campaign. She explained that the phrase was actually a spontaneous reaction during Chavez’s 25-day fast in Arizona in 1972. |
”¡SÍ se puede!”
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IF YOUR SQUARE IS ALL WHITE OR HAS MOSTLY WHITE: Use the "Background Design Brainstorm" worksheet to design and COLLABORATE as a TEAM what you want to create as a background for your Collab Class Mural. Use the white area to freely fill up however you would like! You can paint it an entirely different color, or create a fun pattern of colors. It's the background of the whole image, so have fun with it. CLICK HERE to view the Martin Luther King Jr. Collab Mural Example and see how our Summer Class decided to fill up their background. |
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IF YOUR SQUARE IS ALL WHITE OR HAS MOSTLY WHITE:
Use the "Background Design Brainstorm" worksheet to design and COLLABORATE as a TEAM what you want to create as a background for your Collab Class Mural. Use the white area to freely fill up however you would like! You can paint it an entirely different color, or create a fun pattern of colors. It's the background of the whole image, so have fun with it. Click on the Martin Luther King Jr. Collab Mural Example and see how our Summer Class decided to fill up their background. |
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