{"id":119,"date":"2007-06-17T20:24:22","date_gmt":"2007-06-18T03:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malcs.net\/blog\/?p=119"},"modified":"2007-06-17T20:24:22","modified_gmt":"2007-06-18T03:24:22","slug":"dolores-huerta-rebelde-for-the-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2007\/06\/17\/dolores-huerta-rebelde-for-the-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolores Huerta: "Rebelde for the Cause""},"content":{"rendered":"

…After more than 50 years of fighting for what she and Chavez called La Causa (the cause), Huerta shows no signs of fatigue or cynicism. At one moment she speaks with the wisdom and affections of a grandmother (she has 11 children, 20 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren), and in the next with the fury of a warrior still on a lifelong mission.<\/p>\n

Recently, she has been traveling the country, speaking at marches and $100-a-plate dinners on behalf of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. In These Times<\/em> caught up with Huerta on the University of Illinois-Chicago campus where she spoke at a conference about the immigration movement in Chicago.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Article continues at In These Times <\/em><\/a>online magazine (https:\/\/www.inthesetimes.com\/article\/3125\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…After more than 50 years of fighting for what she and Chavez called La Causa (the cause), Huerta shows no signs of fatigue or cynicism. At one moment she speaks with the wisdom and affections of a grandmother (she has 11 children, 20 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren), and in the next with the fury of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-members-in-the-news","7":"entry","8":"override"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1045,"url":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2012\/05\/30\/dolores-awarded-presidential-medal-of-freedom\/","url_meta":{"origin":119,"position":0},"title":"Dolores awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom","author":"la Webjefa","date":"May 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"\"I'm deeply gratified in receiving the Medal of Freedom. 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