announced<\/a> last week that a 30-day public comment period opened April 1 for residents to submit their suggestions for the name change. The city council will vote on a new street name on May 13, and new signage will be installed by early June. About 38 parcels have a Cesar Chavez Boulevard address, Whitmire said.\u00a0<\/p>\nU.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, has already urged the city council to change the name to honor Huerta. <\/p>\n
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo also supports honoring Huerta, saying in a statement last week, \u201cAs an immigrant from Latin America, I\u2019ve always felt a connection with the work that the farm workers\u2019 movement has achieved. But that movement was never about just one person. It\u2019s about fighting to make the U.S. a land of opportunity for all of us. Renaming the street after Dolores Huerta will help our community heal and move forward while also continuing to recognize the work of the entire labor movement.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Linda Morales, an organizing director for the Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, said she\u2019d support Huerta Boulevard but has also proposed that the street be renamed for Maria Jimenez.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jimenez, a Houston-based immigrant rights activist, worked for decades to support Latin American and undocumented communities throughout the United States, particularly along the U.S.-Mexico border. She died of cancer in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe always helped immigrant families and was about doing what is right for workers,\u201d Morales said. \u201cShe has a long history of service. We had a man\u2019s name so now let\u2019s do a woman\u2019s name. Maria is very deserving of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Morales said she\u2019s heard the criticism that Huerta waited too long to come forward but says she believes the activist was putting the labor movement first and was probably concerned that no one would have believed her. <\/p>\n
\u201cLook at all of the \u2014 I\u2019m going to say this and I don\u2019t mean anything wrong \u2014 white women who were abused by Trump and Epstein; look how long it took them to come forward,\u201d Morales said. \u201cSome of them were wealthy people. Dolores Huerta was poor and she believed that coming forward would put the whole movement of the farm workers in jeopardy. When you\u2019re poor and you don\u2019t have a support system, you\u2019re going to be the one to be blamed for everything. Sadly she had to keep quiet for all these years.\u201d <\/p>\n
Morales emphasized the importance of changing the street name, noting that it offers an opportunity to educate young people on the crusaders who made significant contributions that shaped history. <\/p>\n
\u201cI had a panel discussion last year on Cesar and Dolores, and you would not believe how many people did not know who they were,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have to educate people on who these people are who fought for everyone.\u201d <\/p>\n
Houston ISD renamed its districtwide holiday Chavez-Huerta Day to \u201cFarmworkers Day\u201d in March but still hasn\u2019t determined what to do about Cesar E. Chavez High School, a campus near Hobby Airport where about 1,570 students are enrolled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gov. Greg Abbott announced last month that Texas would not observe Cesar Chavez Day, saying that he would work with Texas lawmakers to remove the observance \u201cfrom state law altogether.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cReports of the horrific and widely acknowledged sexual assault allegations against Cesar Chavez rightfully dismantle the myth of this progressive hero and undermine the narrative that elevated Chavez as a figure worthy of official state celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez co-founded United Farm Workers in 1962 with Larry Itliong. Credit: Screenshot<\/p>\n