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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. RES. 326
Supporting the designation of April 10 as ‘‘Dolores Huerta Day’’, in honor
of the accomplishments and legacy of the trailblazing labor and civil
rights leader Dolores Huerta.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL10, 2025
Ms. G
ARCIAof Texas (for herself, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. BERA, Ms.
B
ROWNLEY, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CASAR, Mr. CASTROof Texas, Ms. CHU,
Mr. C
ISNEROS, Mr. CORREA, Mr. COSTA, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. CUELLAR,
Mrs. D
INGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr.
F
ROST, Mr. GARCIAof California, Mr. GARCI´Aof Illinois, Mr. GOMEZ,
Mr. G
REENof Tennessee, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. LEEof Penn-
sylvania, Ms. L
EGERFERNANDEZ, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr.
M
ENENDEZ, Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. NORTON, Ms.
O
CASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. POCAN,
Ms. P
OU, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. RIVAS, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. SALINAS, Ms.
S
A´NCHEZ, Mr. SOTO, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. THOMPSONof California, Ms.
T
ITUS, Mr. TORRESof New York, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. VARGAS, Ms.
V
ELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WATERS, Mr. HERNA´NDEZ, and Mr. VICENTEGON-
ZALEZof Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
RESOLUTION
Supporting the designation of April 10 as ‘‘Dolores Huerta
Day’’, in honor of the accomplishments and legacy of
the trailblazing labor and civil rights leader Dolores
Huerta.
Whereas Dolores Huerta was born on April 10, 1930, in
Dawson, New Mexico;
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Whereas Dolores Huerta began her activism career in 1955
when she cofounded the Stockton, California, chapter of
the Community Services Organization, which worked to
improve voting access and economic conditions for
Latinos;
Whereas, with her coorganizer Ce´sar Cha´vez, Dolores Huerta
founded the National Farm Workers Association, the
predecessor of the United Farm Workers’ Union, in
1962;
Whereas Dolores Huerta was the driving force behind the na-
tionwide table grape boycotts in the late 1960s that led
to a successful union contract by 1970;
Whereas Dolores Huerta helped organize the Delano strike of
5,000 grape workers in 1965 and was the lead negotiator
in developing the ensuing contract;
Whereas Dolores Huerta led another consumer boycott of
grapes that was instrumental in the groundbreaking en-
actment of the California Agricultural Labor Relations
Act of 1975, the first law in the United States that al-
lowed farm workers to collectively organize and bargain;
Whereas Dolores Huerta has worked tirelessly to create safer
working conditions for farm workers, including elimi-
nating harmful pesticides;
Whereas Dolores Huerta served as the voice for feminism and
women’s equality within the farm workers movement;
Whereas Dolores Huerta originated the phrase ‘‘Sı´Se
Puede’’, which became a rallying cry for the farm work-
ers movement and against injustice everywhere;
Whereas Dolores Huerta remained committed to her prin-
ciples of nonviolent civil activism, even when faced with
violence at the hands of police and growers;
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Whereas, in 1993, Dolores Huerta became the first Latina
inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame;
Whereas Dolores Huerta worked in the latter part of her ca-
reer to elect more Latinos and women to political office,
and has been a champion for the rights of women and
Latinos;
Whereas Dolores Huerta traversed the country for 2 years on
behalf of the Feminist Majority’s Feminization of Power:
50/50 by the year 2000 Campaign encouraging Latinas
to run for office, which resulted in a significant increase
in the number of women representatives at the local,
State, and Federal levels;
Whereas Dolores Huerta also served as National Chair of the
21st Century Party founded in 1992 on the principles
that women make up 52 percent of the party’s candidates
and that officers must reflect the ethnic diversity of the
Nation;
Whereas Dolores Huerta has received numerous awards, in-
cluding the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award in
1998 and in 2012 the Presidential Medal of Freedom,
the highest civilian honor;
Whereas Dolores Huerta holds 9 honorary doctorates, includ-
ing from Princeton University, Mills College, the Univer-
sity of the Pacific, and the University of Southern Cali-
fornia;
Whereas, in 1998, Dolores Huerta was named one of the 100
Most Important Women of the 20th Century by Ladies
Home Journal;
Whereas, in 2003, Dolores Huerta founded the Dolores
Huerta Foundation to continue her legacy of fighting for
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equality and civil rights, and is currently the president of
this foundation; and
Whereas the United States should continue to advance the ef-
forts of Dolores Huerta to ensure equal protection under
the law and civil rights for all people of the United
States: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘Dolores 2
Huerta Day’’; and 3
(2) honors Dolores Huerta’s legacy and con-4
tributions to advancing civil rights and equality. 5
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