California Farmworkers Day

Current California Department of Education Resources for Teaching About the Farmworkers Movement

• Migrant Education Resources
  Federal and State programs that offer services to migrant students.
• Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum
  The model curriculum was adopted by the State Board of Education (SBE) on March 18, 2021.
  • Ethnic Studies Virtual Classroom: Chicano Latino Studies, July 14, 2020 (Video; 1:36:51)
    Recorded webinar on the Ethnic Studies Webinar Series: Chicano Latino Studies with State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond from the California Department of Education and Delores Huerta on July 14, 2020.

Philosophy and Ideals of Non-Violent Social Change

• Philosophy and Ideals: nonviolent social change
  • Victory for Non-Violence
    On July 29, 1970, Giumarra Vineyards Corp. and 28 Delano grape growers signed collective bargaining agreements with the United Farm Workers.
  • The Relevance of Gandhi in Inter-Religious Concord
    “In order to understand Gandhi's contributions to concord and co-operation among the great religious systems for the reconstruction of society, we must look at Gandhi’s concept of religion.”
  • Gandhian Movement in the West—Impressions of Tour
    Correspondence about the Gandhian movement in the west—some impressions of a tour abroad.
  • Pilgrimage to Sacramento
    The farmworkers of Delano are approaching the end of their 300-mile pilgrimage to Sacramento. Their march is a symbol of many years of humiliation and suffering. It is also symbolic of new courage and of the farmworkers’ continuing hope in the democratic process as they lay their cause on the conscience of the governor and the people of this state.
• Service to Others
  • Martin Luther King Farmworkers Fund, 1976, File 4
    Report on Martin Luther King, Jr. Farmworkers Fund Campesino Centers Conference, 7/9–14/1976, pp. 21–26.

The Work

• Organizing
  • Organizing Filipino Workers
    Pete Valesco, Señor Regalado, and Paulino Pacheco organizing the Filipino farmworkers for the union.
  • Community Service Organization, File 1
    Announcement of formation of Community Service Organization (CSO) in California, reports on progress, list of committee functions, CSO brochure, and voter literacy test letter draft.
  • Farmworkers Protest Immigration Enforcement
    Justice Clark was to give a speech commemorating Law Day throughout the nation. The farmworkers decided to celebrate what they called their first “When-Will-You-Enforce-The-Law Day” as a protest of what they cited as a laxity of enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws.
• Social Justice and Civil Rights
  • The Plan of Delano
    Plan for the liberation of the farmworkers associated with the Delano Grape Strike in the State of California, seeking social justice in farm labor with those reforms that they believe necessary for their well-being as workers in these United States.
  • Hartmire Remarks at Farmworker Rally, 4/10/66
    

    “Until I resigned two (2) weeks ago I was a member of the California State Social Welfare Board, closely associated with Governor Brown’s efforts to eradicate poverty. His absence today, for whatever reason—and the Governor should know that he is not the only one who is accustomed to spending Easter Sunday with his family—his absence today makes a joke of the efforts to eradicate poverty among farm workers.”

  • Community Service Organization, File 1
    Announcement of formation of CSO in California and reports on progress of the CSO. Includes a list of committee functions, a CSO brochure, and a draft of a voter literacy test letter.