[the medal is presented] dolores clara fernandez huerta. one of america's great labor and civil rights icons, dolores clara fernandez huerta has devoted her life to advocating for marginalized communities. alongside cesar chavez, she co- founded the united farm workers of america and fought to secure basic rights for migrant workers and their families, helping save thousands from neglect and abuse. dolores huerta has never lost faith in the power of community organizing, and through the dolores huerta foundation, she continues to train and mentor new activists to walk the streets into history. [the medal is presented] adam daniel rotfeld, former polish foreign minister accepting on behalf of jan karski. as a young officer in the polish underground, jan karski was among the first to relay accounts of the holocaust to the world. a witness to atrocity in the warsaw ghetto and the nazi izbica transit camp, he repeatedly crossed enemy line to document the face of genocide, and courageously voiced tragic truths all the way to president roosevelt.

[the medal is presented] [applause] dolores clara fernandez huerta. one of america's great labor and civil rights icons, dolores clara fernandez huerta has devoted her life to advocating for marginalized communities. alongside cesar chavez, she co- founded the united farm workers of america and fought to secure basic rights for migrant workers and their families, helping save thousands from neglect and abuse. dolores huerta has never lost faith in the power of community organizing, and through the dolores huerta foundation, she continues to train and mentor new activists to walk the streets into history. [the medal is presented] [applause] adam daniel rotfeld, former polish foreign minister accepting on behalf of jan karski. as a young officer in the polish underground, ka amongirsy accounts of the holocaust to the world. a witness to atrocity in the warsaw ghetto and the nazi izbica transit camp, he repeatedly crossed enemy line to document the face of genocide, and courageously voiced tragic truths all the way to president roosevelt. jan karski illum