{"id":804228,"date":"2026-05-18T03:40:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T03:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/804228\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T03:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T03:40:22","slug":"dolores-huerta-appears-at-mural-dedication-in-downtown-los-angeles-daily-breeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/804228\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolores Huerta appears at mural dedication in downtown Los Angeles \u2013 Daily Breeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A multistory image of labor leader and civil rights icon <a href=\"https:\/\/doloreshuerta.org\/dolores-huerta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dolores Huerta<\/a> will greet people in downtown Los Angeles following the dedication of a mural on Saturday, May 16.<\/p>\n<p>The dedication ceremony marked Huerta\u2019s first public appearance since allegations surfaced in March that Cesar Chavez, who co-founded United Farm Workers with Huerta in 1966, r<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2026\/03\/18\/cesar-chavez-accused-of-raping-teens-ufw-co-founder-dolores-huerta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">epeatedly raped and sexually assaulted her and other women<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The revelations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/18\/us\/cesar-chavez-sexual-abuse-allegations-ufw.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jFA.Zm4j.U_Ble2CkZK9m&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">first published<\/a> in The New York Times, have led cities and school districts throughout Southern California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2026\/03\/18\/call-rises-to-remove-cesar-chavez-name-from-sites-streets-events-across-southern-california\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to remove Chavez\u2019s name<\/a> from parks and other monuments and buildings. California lawmakers also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2026\/03\/31\/governor-newsom-proclaims-farmworkers-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">renamed Cesar Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mng-gallery-initialized mng-gallery-slider\">\n<li data-index=\"1\" class=\"mng-ge mng-gallery-active\" id=\"mng-ge-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"United Farm Workers leader Dolores Huerta, center, leads a rally...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779075618_344_SUT-Z-DHuerta-AP26077787399039.jpg\"\/>\n<p>United Farm Workers leader Dolores Huerta, center, leads a rally in San Francisco\u2019s Mission District in this 1988 file photo (File photo Court Mast, The Associated Press)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"2\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"From left, Shawna Hogan-Moore, Dolores Huerta, AIDS Healthcare Foundation President...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779075620_77_Huerta-and-Mural.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779075620_77_Huerta-and-Mural.jpg\"\/>\n<p>From left, Shawna Hogan-Moore, Dolores Huerta, AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein and Susie Shannon of Housing Is A Human Right pose for a photo in front of the \u201cWalking Into History\u201d mural in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, May 16, 2026. The Robert Vargas mural honors Huerta, a civil rights icon and co-founder of United Farm Workers. (Courtesy of Ged Kenslea, AIDS Healthcare Foundation)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"3\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cWalking Into History,\u201d a Robert Vargas mural of civil rights...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779075621_860_Huerta-Cropped-16x9-1-1.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779075621_860_Huerta-Cropped-16x9-1-1.jpg\"\/>\n<p>\u201cWalking Into History,\u201d a Robert Vargas mural of civil rights icon Dolores Huerta, adorns the north side of the Barclay Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, May 16, 2026. (Courtesy of Ged Kenslea, AIDS Healthcare Foundation)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"4\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Artist Robert Vargas signs autographs during the unveiling ceremony for...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779075622_92_TDB-L-DODGERSMURAL-0325-DK-06.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779075622_92_TDB-L-DODGERSMURAL-0325-DK-06.jpg\"\/>\n<p>Artist Robert Vargas signs autographs during the unveiling ceremony for his mural titled \u201cSamurai of the Diamond,\u201d on the Double Tree Hotel in Torrance on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. Vargas also created \u201cWalking Into History,\u201d a mural of Dolores Huerta in downtown Los Angeles. (File photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 4<\/p>\n<p>United Farm Workers leader Dolores Huerta, center, leads a rally in San Francisco\u2019s Mission District in this 1988 file photo (File photo Court Mast, The Associated Press)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Huerta, who turned 96 in April, spoke during Saturday\u2019s ceremony and called for an end to homophobia and violence against women while lauding gains made by farmworkers through organizing.<\/p>\n<p>She also spoke out against aggressive tactics used by federal immigration enforcement officers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all know what our immigrant community has been under, the way that they have been attacked, the way they\u2019re being detained and all of this horrible stuff that is happening to our immigrant community,\u201d Huerta said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/dolores-huerta-mural-dedication-ceremony\/3891420\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to NBC 4 Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Huerta mural, titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aidshealth.org\/2026\/05\/ahf-honors-dolores-huerta-with-new-robert-vargas-mural\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201cWalking Into History,\u201d<\/a> adorns the north side of the historic Barclay Hotel on Fourth Street, which today <a href=\"https:\/\/ahf.org\/ahf-rededicates-l-a-s-barclay-hotel-as-low-income-housing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">offers affordable housing<\/a> to extremely poor and formerly homeless tenants.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aidshealth.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AIDS Healthcare Foundation<\/a> owns the hotel. Ged Kenslea, the foundation\u2019s senior communications director, said the mural honors Huerta\u2019s \u201clifetime of advocacy\u201d in standing up for farmworkers, women and civil rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe powerful voice that she has been able to lend to so many causes over the years is just remarkable,\u201d Kenslea said. \u201c(The mural is) really a love letter to Dolores and thanks for her work over the decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mural\u2019s artist is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2026\/01\/13\/la-county-declares-robert-vargas-day-to-honor-prolific-muralist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Vargas<\/a>, known for painting murals throughout Los Angeles, including tributes to Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani in little Tokyo and Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela in Boyle Heights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A multistory image of labor leader and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta will greet people in downtown Los&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":804229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,16055,12514,2499,409,2961,224,6080,5337,50,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-804228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-california-news","11":"tag-diversity","12":"tag-downtown-los-angeles","13":"tag-immigration","14":"tag-la","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-los-angeles-county","17":"tag-losangeles","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116593508163852415","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}