The following events are held in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service: Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields / Revolución en los Campos.
Please RSVP to the events you will attend at the individual links provided below.
Except where noted events are free and open to the public.
Event: Screening of the film Dolores
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2023
Time: 4:00PM-6:00PM
Location: Student Union Game Room
Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice alongside Chavez, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century—and she continues the fight to this day, at 92 years of age. With intimate and unprecedented access to this intensely private mother to eleven, the film reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social change. Directed by Peter Bratt.
Event: Storytelling with Dolores
Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM
Location: Broome Plaza
Dolores will read the book, Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers by Sarah Warren to local elementary school children from University Preparation Charter School. The book talks about the extraordinary battle she waged to ensure fair and safe work places for migrant workers.
Event: Becoming a Woman Activist: A Conversation with Dolores Huerta
Date: March 8, 2023
Time: 1:30PM-2:30PM
Location: Founders Courtyard
Join legendary activist Dolores Huerta as she discusses her decades-long fight for farmworkers’ rights, current activism, and what it means to be an activist. Dolores will be joined by local women community leaders and activists who are leading this work in Ventura County.
Event: Exhibition Ribbon Cutting
Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Time: 3:00PM-4:00PM
Location: John Spoor Broome Library, Exhibition Hall, 1320
Join us for a ribbon cutting ceremony with Dolores Huerta to officially open the Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields / Revolución en los Campos exhibit. We will be joined by Maria del Carmen Cossu, Project Director for Latino Initiatives at the Smithsonian Institution. Light refreshments will be served. NOTE: Masks must be worn at this indoor event.
Event: Women's Recognition Awards
Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Time: 4:00PM-6:00PM
Location: Broome Plaza
The Women's Recognition Awards has deep roots in our community, as we strive to acknowledge and uplift the work of women in our community. This year's keynote speaker is Dolores Huerta. Dolores is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Cesar Chavez, is a co-founder of the National Farmworkers Association, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers.
We invite CSUCI students, faculty, and staff to nominate women who have made an impact on their lives and community.
Event: Community Mural Bus Tour
Date: March 10, 2023
Time: 8:30AM-3:00PM
Location: Ventura County
Ventura County is home to some of the most impressive street art that shares the history and context of the surrounding area. Students from Dr. Jennie Luna's Chicana/o Studies Captstone 499 will organize a Bus Tour that will take students on a guided tour of the County’s murals. The Tour will share a brief introduction to the history of muralism as well as a very broad look at contemporary murals and the artists who create them, including spray can murals. The Tour will include the Dolores Huerta mural recently installed at the Ventura High School. Please be prepared to walk at least an hour. Lunch will be included. RSVP for this event is required.
This event is open to current CSUCI students only.
Event: Screenprinting with Jasmine Delgado, Associate Professor, Art
Date: March 16, 2023
Time: 4:00PM-6:00PM
Location: Napa Hall
Participants of this hands-on workshop will have the opportunity to create a layered screenprint on paper from designs made by CSUCI Art students inspired by the life and work of Dolores Huerta. Be prepared to get dirty as you will learn how to “pull” colored ink through a stencil onto paper. Each participant will walk away with their own hand-printed one-of-a-kind screenprint
Event: Critical Conversations: Racism as a Public Health Crisis
Date: April 5, 2023
Time: 12:00PM-1:30PM
Location: Broome Library 1720
The purpose of these Conversations is to create a shared space for deliberative and challenging discourse. The moderated conversations will invite community leaders and faculty to come together to explore current issues and the impact on today’s society through an educational, socio-cultural and political, and historical lens.
Event: Farm Worker Immersion Project
Date: April 21, 2023
Time: 9:00AM-3:00PM
Location: Reiter Affiliated Companies and Cabrillo Economic Development Corp.
CSU Channel Islands (CI) has celebrated César Chávez Day of Service and Learning with various campus and community events bringing awareness to the life’s work of the civil rights leader. In keeping with this tradition, the Center for Community Engagement, in collaboration with community organizations House Farm Workers! (HFW) and Reiters Affiliated Companies (RAC) and the Chicana/o Studies and Sociology programs have planned the Farmworker Immersion Project a daylong immersion for CI students around the themes of the farm worker experience and housing, agriculture, and health. The FIP focuses on community learning of farm worker rights and health and immigration issues and gives CI students an opportunity to learn and serve alongside farm workers. This event is made possible by funding from Instructionally Related Activities.
This event is open to current CSUCI students only.
Event: Critical Conversations: We Won't Go Back: A Conversation with the California Latinas for Reproductive Justice on the Overturn of Roe v. Wade.
Date: April 18, 2023
Time: 12:00-1:30
Location: Bell Tower 2414
The purpose of these Conversations is to create a shared space for deliberative and challenging discourse. The moderated conversations will invite community leaders and faculty to come together to explore current issues and the impact on today’s society through an educational, socio-cultural and political, and historical lens.
For all events, the University encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs, events and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation, or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact the respective area below as soon as possible, but no later than seven (7) business days prior to the event/activity:
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