How El Paso remembers labor rights activist Dolores Huerta
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Co-founder of United Farm Workers and labor rights activist Dolores Huerta died, her family announced on social media Wednesday. She was 96 years old.
“We know that many of you around the world share in our mourning,” her family wrote on social media.
El Paso has shown its appreciation for Huerta’s impact on labor rights. In Lincoln Park – El Paso’s Chicano Park, artists painted her on one of the structural beams supporting the highway above the park.
Her image is one of many murals at the park symbolizing Chicano history.
The Mexican American Cultural Center, located in Downtown El Paso, said Huerta’s “courage reminds us of the importance of working with community to elevate our struggles, giving voice to our shared humanity, and finding ways to carry that work forward.”
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