organizations, and probably the one that had the strongest contracts, the strongest benefits for farm workers are the united farm workers. >> hinojosa: most people know the united farm workers. most people know cesar chavez. and one of the things that you and i were talking about before we started was that you actually think it's important to talk about your relationship with cesar chavez, to talk about what we as americans can learn about the experience of organizing and creating a labor movement. so what are the lessons that we need to learn from cesar chavez and you, dolores huerta, about creating essentially something from nothing? >> and i have to throw in another name here, because it would be wrong if i didn't, and that was a man named fred ross, sr. because this is the man that got both cesar and myself into organizing. he's the one that organized the community service organization. and he also, by the way-- i'm not going to go through his whole history, because it would take up our whole time here-- but he is also the man who organized the people down in orange county that filed the lawsuit on mend

chavez, shesar cofounded united farm workers of america and fought to secure basic rights for migrant workers and their families, helping save thousands from neglect and abuse. has never lost faith in the power of community organizing and through her foundation she continues to train and mentor new activists to walk the streets in the history. [applause] >> this photograph was taking -- richards at the end of the first week of the strike. she mentioned recently at a public program this was the fifth or sixth day of the strike. she had run out of plane close and those are the last ones she had. she described how her sweater was very wrinkled and she was standing on top of a truck, which we don't see in the cropping of the image. there are versions around are you see the truck. holding that sign to call on workers to leave the grape fields and join with the organizing committee. that viewers of this exhibition extend their knowledge of the farmworkers union, which is perhaps still wn in detail as part of the civil rights movement of our country. that they understand these issues are sti

>> dolores huerta is a civil rights activists who cofounded the national farm workers association in 1962, which became the united farm workers of america. in 2012, president obama awarded her the medal of freedom for her life's work. delores huerta: i was born in dodson, new mexico and then moved to california when i was six years old. my parents moved us to california. my parents divorced. sister androught my california. to my two brothers to california. as a teenager we were always harassed by the police. we had a lot of discrimination in high school against all the kids of color. a lot of the kids that were the okie kids as they called them faced quite a bit of discrimination. you always had this sense of injustice happening all around you. stockton, california is another agricultural community just like bakersfield is. you had all the same dynamics that were going on there. a lot of the people of color did farmwork. it was always like they were always trying to denigrate the people that did farmwork and making the feeling they were less of people, individuals. that was the dynamics that permeated the communi

in 1966, the unions merged together to form what we know as the united farm workers. this flag, which is from the collection of the national museum of american history, is an early flag from the union. it has the symbol that was created by richard chavez, the chaves for ther national farmworkers association, and that was kept later. it is a black eagle. eagles are very significant in aztec mythology. most of the constituency of the union, when they merged together with the union, was still mexican and mexican-american. so it really resonated with that particular constituency. as i said, it is a schematic eagle that is also an inverted pyramid. if you turn the flag upside down, you can see the shape of the pyramid, like a mexican pyramid. it also has the word "huelga" written in there. huelga means "strike" in spanish and also in tagalog, the native language of the philippines. so the word really resonated with the whole constituency of the movement and kept the workers animated and striking from 1965, when they launched the delano grape strike, to the 1970's, when the

workers who come to this country. i find that very few errors are committed. both mexico and the united states benefit from this program. mexico assists american farmers with workers when there is a farmabor shortage. it provides additional income to the mexican worker which improves its economy. both sides gain. in my contacts with the braceros i can summarize my impression by saying they are free to come to work in the united states. >> what of the money earned by the braceros? is it all drained out of the country? hardly. look at the braceros when they come. it is obvious they need a great many things, like clothes to winter the spend their money at go as a local merchant put it -- >> as a matter of fact, they could spend a great deal of money right here to purchase clothing and other domestic items such as transistor radios, luggage, furnishings, items that are not readily available at home. take a look at the braceros when they come into the country and when they leave. they have new shirts, pants, shoes, items bought here locally. i do not see how the local farmers get along without braceros without the source of labor, many farmers are going to be unable to make a profit and we

purchased by physically men that came from the philippines and farm workers or sea mann men or domestic helpers to worked to buy this 24 unit hotel i remembered back in the 70's when i he was the a county organizer going down the alleyways of mini in a and other streets smelling the beautiful filipino foods in the alleys people cooking and playing in the alleyways that was a beautiful thing back then today with gentrification many of our families have moved out as you may know the timing has been an informational point of newly arrived immigrants they stay and move to daily city and west virginia and santa fe we need to preserve this area for the future for future and we want to commend supervisor kim and april for they're hard work and dedication thank you. >> thank you for you're work to preserve the grand hotel in south park. >> hi, i'm carolyn work with the veterans quantity center but a teacher at the university of california, san francisco through an organization called north educational partnership part of my role as a coordinator is to enact students with the filipino community south of market i myself started as a

purchased by physically men that came from the philippines and farm workers or sea mann men or domestic helpers to worked to buy this 24 unit hotel i remembered back in the 70's when i he was the a county organizer going down the alleyways of mini in a and other streets smelling the beautiful filipino foods in the alleys people cooking and playing in the alleyways that was a beautiful thing back then today with gentrification many of our families have moved out as you may know the timing has been an informational point of newly arrived immigrants they stay and move to daily city and west virginia and santa fe we need to preserve this area for the future for future and we want to commend supervisor kim and april for they're hard work and dedication thank you. >> thank you for you're work to preserve the grand hotel in south park. >> hi, i'm carolyn work with the veterans quantity center but a teacher at the university of california, san francisco through an organization called north educational partnership part of my role as a coordinator is to enact students with the filipino community south of market i myself started as a

purchased by physically men that came from the philippines and farm workers or sea mann men or domestic helpers to worked to buy this 24 unit hotel i remembered back in the 70's when i he was the a county organizer going down the alleyways of mini in a and other streets smelling the beautiful filipino foods in the alleys people cooking and playing in the alleyways that was a beautiful thing back then today with gentrification many of our families have moved out as you may know the timing has been an informational point of newly arrived immigrants they stay and move to daily city and west virginia and santa fe we need to preserve this area for the future for future and we want to commend supervisor kim and april for they're hard work and dedication thank you. >> thank you for you're work to preserve the grand hotel in south park. >> hi, i'm carolyn work with the veterans quantity center but a teacher at the university of california, san francisco through an organization called north educational partnership part of my role as a coordinator is to enact students with the filipino community south of market i myself started as a

worker it is a job they enjoy, a lock term employee. >> miz ray. he was one of 1,000 butanese forced from their homeland. many feel a lot home on the farm. >> the united states resettled 85,000 since 2008. in 2012, more refugees came from butan than from any other country. >> in the refugee camp, ray's family lived in a hut. now, they have a 5-bedroom house partially subsidized by a state grant. >> it's a good step because the american workers really are not that interested in working on farms. >> pat standish runs a community group helping the butanese learn computer skills and english. some women have gotten johns natural. >> for ray and his family, coming to the united states was a turning point. >> i believe that if we have a will that i believe the opportunity to grow and have our dreams come true. >> while he didn't feel comfortable in a city, in rural america, they feel welcome at right at home. christian salomey. >>> the stars of u.s. women's soccer are speaking out against incomeinequality. five have filed a federal discrimination complaint. they say despite generating more revenue than the men, they are earning far less than their male count