| On
Tuesday, Sept. 20, Mexican-American labor leader and social activist
Dolores Huerta will speak at St. Edward’s University. As co-founder
and first vice president of the United Farm Workers Union, Huerta
is the most prominent Chicana labor leader in the United States.
For more than 30 years, she has dedicated her life to the struggle
for justice and dignity for migrant farm workers. (Details on a
press conference with Huerta are forthcoming.)
Coinciding with Hispanic Heritage Month, Huerta’s presentation
is part of a larger Freshman Studies curriculum. After reading The
Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement,
freshmen will discuss and write about the issues raised. They will
supplement their knowledge with opportunities to view the play Cesar
& Ruben, directed on campus by Ed Begley Jr., and hear
Huerta speak. The freshman class includes 35 students chosen for
the St. Edward’s University College Assistance Migrant Program,
which is the longest-running CAMP in the nation.
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Who: Dolores Huerta, Mexican-American labor leader and social activist
• What: Presentation at St. Edward’s University, sponsored
by the Freshman
Studies program
• When: Tuesday, Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m.
• Where: Mabee Ballroom, Robert & Pearle Ragsdale Center,
St. Edward’s
University, 3001 South Congress Avenue
For more information, contact Allie Serrell at 464-8871 or cel@acad.stedwards.edu
Founded
by the Congregation of Holy Cross, St. Edward’s University
has been named as one of America’s Best Colleges for 2006
by U.S. News & World Report and was selected by The
Princeton Review for inclusion in the guide Colleges with a
Conscience.
St. Edward’s is a private, Catholic, liberal arts university
of approximately 4,650 students located in Austin, Texas.
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