WHAT:

Dolores Huerta, the nation’s most prominent Chicana labor leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America (UFW), will receive UCLA’s Cesar E. Chavez Spirit Award for her boundless efforts to improve the lives of the nation’s farm workers and their families.

WHEN:

7 p.m., Friday, April 12.

WHERE:

UCLA Faculty Center, 480 Charles E. Young Dr. East.

BACKGROUND:

Dolores Huerta has a nearly 50-year history of community activism. She helped organize the famous Delano Grape Strike, lobbied federal and state legislators for farm workers’ rights, and negotiated union contracts. She is a recipient of numerous awards and accolades, among them Ms. Magazine’s “100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century� and induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.

The Cesar E. Chavez Spirit Award honors individuals who embody Chavez’s principles, leadership and humanitarian qualities.

CONTACT:

Letisia Marquez, Office of Media Relations, (310) 825-2585; or Diana de Cardenas, (310) 794-8315.

PARKING:

Parking will be available in Lot 2, 602 Charles E. Young Dr. East. For more information, please contact Letisia Marquez, (310) 825-2585.