HM 62 — "DOLORES HUERTA DAY"

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 62HONORING 54THNEW LEGISLATUREMEXICO'S -DAUGHTER STATEAND OFSOCIAL NEWJUSTICE MEXICOLEADER -DOLORES FIRSTHUERTA SESSION,AND 2019DECLARING INTRODUCEDFEBRUARY BY27, Patricia2019 Roybal"DOLORES CaballeroHUERTA andDAY" ChristineIN TrujilloTHE andHOUSE SusanOF K.REPRESENTATIVES.

Herrera6 WHEREAS, las mujeres, incorporated, the south valley and KarenBarelas C.neighbors, neighborhood associations, coalitions and numerous south valley businesses, residents and leaders are joining together to honor one of New Mexico's daughters, civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, with a street that bears her name;

Bashand WHEREAS, avenida Dolores Huerta will connect with avenida Cesar Chavez, making it the only street in the nation to join these two civil rights leaders, while making history and Joanneattracting J.positive attention to the Dolores Huerta community, state and nation;

Ferraryand 7WHEREAS, 9it Ais MEMORIALappropriate HONORINGthat NEWthese MEXICO'Stwo DAUGHTERleaders ANDwho SOCIALworked JUSTICEside LEADERby DOLORESside HUERTAfor ANDequality DECLARINGshould FEBRUARYbe 27,honored 2019with "DOLORESconnecting HUERTAavenues; DAY" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

15 WHEREAS, las mujeres, incorporated, the south valley and Barelas neighbors, neighborhood associations, coalitions and e t 17 numerous south valley businesses, residents and leaders are w l n d 18 joining together to honor one of New Mexico's daughters, civil = = 19 a l rights activist Dolores Huerta, with a street that bears her i a e r 20 name;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, avenida Dolores Huerta will connect with avenida d r e 22 Cesar Chavez, making it the only street in the nation to join c e s k 23 these two civil rights leaders, while making history and e a n b 24 attracting positive attention to the Dolores Huerta community, u [ state and nation;

and .213906.1 WHEREAS, it is appropriate that these two leaders who worked side by side for equality should be honored with connecting avenues;

and WHEREAS, the definition of avenue exemplifies the life's work of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez, who worked tirelessly to gain basic human rights for the HM 62 Page 1 disenfranchised;

and WHEREAS, together, through nonviolent protest and a e e 17 nationally and internationally successful grape strike, they e e n d 18 changed the way people who were striking were treated;

and = = l ] 19 WHEREAS, Dolores Huerta worked to improve social and a l r i 20 economic conditions for farm workers and to fight t e a t discrimination;

and m m 21 e d r e 22 WHEREAS, to further her cause, Dolores Huerta created the c e r c 23 agricultural workers association in 1960 and co-founded what e a n b 24 would become the united farm workers;

and u [ WHEREAS, Dolores Huerta set up voter registration drives .213906.1 - 2 - and lobbied politicians to allow non-United States citizen migrant workers to receive public assistance and pensions and to provide Spanish-language voting ballots and driver's tests;

and WHEREAS, Dolores Huerta, a skilled community organizer, traveled from poverty to political victory and became the second Mexican-American woman in history to be honored with HM 62 Page 2 the presidential medal of freedom;

e e 17 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF e e n d 18 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that Dolores Huerta = = l ] 19 be honored for her fierce and tireless activism to gain basic a l r i 20 human rights for the poor and disenfranchised;

and t e a t BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that February 27, 2019 be m m 21 e d r e 22 designated "Dolores Huerta Day" in the house of c e r c 23 representatives;

and e a n b 24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be u [ transmitted to Dolores Huerta, the mayor of Albuquerque, the .213906.1 - 3 - Bernalillo county board of county commissioners and the city of Albuquerque city councilors.

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