Dolores Huerta To Help Build Grassroots Political Power at the Creating Change Conference!

Filed Under GLBT Equality, Gay Events, Politics | September 18th, 2008 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union, legendary social justice heroine and leader Dolores Huerta will address the 21st National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, in Denver, Colo.

The Task Force is accepting proposals for workshops, training sessions and caucuses at the Creating Change Conference, convening Jan. 28–Feb. 1, 2009, in Denver. Proposals must be submitted through the online submission process. Complete information about session proposals and the online form can be found at www.creatingchange.org. The proposal deadline is Sept. 30, 2008.

A strong advocate and leading Latina voice for full equality for LGBT people, Huerta recently recorded a bilingual advertising message urging California voters to reject Proposition 8, the proposed amendment to that state’s Constitution that would strip away the freedom of same-sex couples to legally marry.

Huerta serves as president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, dedicated to building the grassroots political power of farm workers, union members and neighborhood activists. Through the Dolores Huerta Community Organizing Institute, the foundation helps people become leaders in their communities, to make real and concrete progress for individuals and for communities, and to change power dynamics in our society.

She co-founded the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) in 1962 with Cesar Chavez and, with Chavez, launched a movement to empower migrant farm workers and to improve their lives and the lives of their children. In September of 2003, Dolores was appointed to the Board of Regents for the University of California system. She also serves on the boards of the Feminist Majority and People for the American Way.

Conference registrations are now being accepted. The early bird registration rate of $250 is available until Nov. 30, 2008. Registrations and hotel reservations at the Grand Hyatt Denver, the host hotel for Creating Change, can be made online at www.creatingchange.org.

Source: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force