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Women's Week 2008
Political is Personal: Activism Embodied
Now is the Time!: Activisim for Social Change
Dolores Huerta: Keynote Address
Wednesday, March 12
4 p.m.
Olpin Union Ballroom
200 South Central Campus Drive 
Co-founder and first vice president of the United Farm Workers, Dolores 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, dignity, and a decent standard of living for one of the United States' most exploited groups: the men, women, and children who toil in the fields and orchards picking the vegetables and fruits that stock grocery stores. The recipient of countless awards from community service, labor, Hispanic, and women's organizations as well as the subject of corridos (ballads) and murals, the vibrant and charismatic Huerta is a much-admired role model for Mexican American women.
Now is the time for women to take charge and own our power! Set your priorities by finding something that is really important and empower yourself to create change. Unless women get into positions of power, we will never end wars, we will never have peace, and we will never end violence. Run for political office, join a community group, raise money for social transformation and support women's organizations. Dolores Huerta's extraordinary life and work will inspire you to find your passion and change the world! "Solos no ganamos nada.” (Alone we achieve nothing.)