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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Hundreds of students, and assemblage members from crossed the San Joaquin vale gathered wrong the Old Administration gathering at Fresno City College chanting “si se puede" arsenic they welcomed labour person and civilian rights activist Dolores Huerta.
"Si se puede, it means I can, but it truly means we each tin together, not lone myself, but again, we're each we're each stronger, but we each instrumentality actions together," said Huerta.
Huerta has spent decades advocating for workers rights, including amended conditions, benefits, and biology protections. successful 1965 Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers Union and led the Delano grape strike.
On Wednesday the Latino Faculty and Staff Association, the Ethnic and Gender Studies Department, the Puente program, and the Student Equity and Achievement Office invited Huerta to stock her life's acquisition with students.
"We're hoping that students tin larn from her experiences of helping to advocator for labour rights and besides quality rights," said Lori Natal, who is the Vice President of the Latino Faculty and Staff.
During the lawsuit Huerta took photos and signed autographs arsenic the assemblage waited to perceive her speak.
"Right now, I got to conscionable her, and it was benignant of similar truly nervus wracking. I was truly tense and it's benignant of similar you're truly gathering an idol, an icon that has done truthful overmuch for the community," said Mariana Mireles who is simply a pupil astatine Fresno City College, and a subordinate of the Puente program.
Students from Fresno State also came retired to Wednesday's event, including Rebecca Garcia who is simply a sophomore and majoring successful Chicano Studies.
"She embodies the cultura oregon culture, and she is simply a Mexicana similar us," said Garcia. "She's a practice that we don't have, and I deliberation it's thing beauteous that we person idiosyncratic who fought for us, for our rights, and I animate to beryllium similar her 1 day."
As Huerta spoke to the assemblage she urged the assemblage to travel unneurotic and reminded students that they are the aboriginal of the nation.
"The students are truly the look of the future, said Huerta. "I deliberation it's important to stock experiences with them and besides a small spot of history, it's not lone wherever you're going, but wherever you came from and what happened earlier you got here. And truthful I deliberation immoderate lessons oregon experiences that I tin stock with them that volition assistance them, I deliberation it's ever valuable."
Organizers anticipation this weeks events interaction students and helps them make alteration successful their communities.
"I anticipation that students locomotion distant with inspiration, excitement and possibly amended knowing what it takes to assistance advocator for their communities, for communities of color," said Natal. "And maybe, you know, beryllium capable to beryllium consenting to instrumentality that adjacent measurement successful bid to get civically involved."
