for HR+/HER2- MBC. >>> HERE IS BOBBY KENNEDY IN
1968 CELEBRATING THE GREATEST
VICTORY OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER
IN LOS ANGELES AT THE AMBASSADOR
HOTEL ON THE NIGHT THAT HE WON
THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. >> I WANT TO THANK CESAR CHAVEZ,
WHO WAS HERE A LITTLE EARLIER.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> AND CORONA, WHO WORKED WITH
HIM AND ALL OF THOSE MERKS KIN
MEXICAN-AMERICANS, ALL
MEXICAN-AMERICANS, ALL SUPPORTERS OF MINE.
AND DOLORES HUERTA, AN OLD
FRIEND OF I MEAN, WHO HAS WORKED
WITH THE UNION.
I APPRECIATE HER COMING TONIGHT.
>> MINUTES LATER AN ASSASSIN
SHOT AND KILLED BOBBY KENNEDY AS
HE WAS LEAVING THE HOTEL
BALLROOM.
BALLROOM. NO ONE IN THAT ROOM THAT NIGHT
HAS DONE MORE TO ADVANCE THE
KIND OF SOCIAL PROGRESS AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE THAT BOBBY
KENNEDY WAS TALKING ABOUT IN HIS
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN THAN
DOLORES HUERTA, WHO IS NOW 89
YEARS OLD, AND STILL AT
DOLORES HUERTA WHO IS 89 YEARS
OLD AND STILL AT IT.
IN 1960 SHE COFOUNDED THE
AGRICULTURE WORKERS ASSOCIATION.
AND IN 1962 SHE COFOUNDED WITH
CAESAR CHAVEZ THE NATIONAL FARM
WORKERS ASSOCIATION.
WORKERS ASSOCIATION. SHE WAS THE FIRST RECIPIENT IN
1998 OF THE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FROM
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON.
FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ONE
MIDDLE SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA ARE
NAMED AFTER DOLORES HUERT AND AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN TEXAS AND A
HIGH SCHOOL IN COLORADO.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA GAVE
DOLORES HUERTA THE MEDAL OF
HONOR IN 2012.
>> WHEN CAESAR CHAVEZ SAT HER
DOWN AT HIS KITCHEN TABLE AND
TOLD HER THEY SHOULD START A
UNION SHE THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING.
SHE WAS THE SINGLE MOTHER OF
SEVEN CHILDREN SO SHE OBVIOUSLY
DIDN’T HAVE A LOT OF FREE TIME.
BUT DORIN THE END SHE AGREED.
AND WORKERS EVERYWHERE ARE GLAD
THAT SHE DID.
WITHOUT ANY NEGOTIATING
EXPERIENCE DOLORES HELPED LEAD A
WORLDWIDE BOYCOTT AND EVER SINCE
SHE’S FOUGHT TO GIVE MORE PEOPLE
A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
DON’T WAIT TO BE INVITED, SHE
SAYS.
SAYS. STEP IN THERE.
AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE DOLORES
WAS VERY GRACIOUS WHEN I TOLD
HER I’D STOLEN HER SLOGAN, YES,
WE CAN.
WE CAN. >> AND THROUGH THE DOLORES
HUERTA FOUNDATION SHE CONTINUES
TO TRAIN NEW ACTIVISTS TO WALK
THE STREETS THROUGH HISTORY.
>>> THE ALWAYS BUSY DOLORES HUERTA JUST LEFT AN EVENT IN SAN
FRANCISCO AT CITY HALL WHERE SHE
WAS INTRODUCING NANCY PELOSI AND
MAKING HER WAY OUT OF THAT EVENT
TOOK SO LONG WITH SO MANY PEOPLE
TRYING TO TALK TO HER, THAT WE
ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REACH
HER ONLY IN THE CAR ON THE WAY
TO THE TV STUDIO WHERE SHE WAS
GOING TO JOIN US.
WE’RE GOING TO REACH DOLORES BY
PHONE IN THAT CAR.
AND JOINING US NOW IS DOLORES
HUERTA, THE COFOUNDER OF THE
UNITED FARM WORKERS AND FOUNDER
OF THE DOLORES HUERTA
FOUNDATION.
FOUNDATION. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US BY
PHONE, AND WE’LL GET YOU ON
CAMERA NEXT TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> IT’S GREAT TO HEAR YOUR
VOICE.
VOICE. TELL US, THE AUDIENCE, WHY YOU
GOT ARRESTED ONCE AGAIN THIS
WEEK, THIS TIME IN FRESNO?
>> WELL, I WAS THERE WITH HOME
CARE WORKERS WHO ARE NOT GETTING
A LIVING WAGE.
THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR THREE
YEARS TO GET A CONTRACT WITH THE
FRESNO COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND IN THEIR LAST
NEGOTIATIONS THEY OFFERED THEM A
10 CENT RAISE.
AND THEY DO SUCH HARD WORK
CARING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE
DISABLED, TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE SENIORS.
THEY HAVE TO COOK FOR THEM, THEY
HAVE TO BATHE THEM, THEY HAVE TO
BE WITH THEM 24/7.
AND TO THINK THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS WOULD NOT EVEN GIVE
THEM ANY KIND OF LIVING WAGE.
THESE SUPERVISORS MAKEOVER
$100,000 A YEAR IN THEIR
SALARIES AND WOULD NOT GIVE
THESE HOME CARE WORKERS ANY OF
KIND OF A WAGE.
THEY’VE BEEN NEGOTIATING FOR
THREE YEARS AND COULD NOT GET A
CONTRACT.
CONTRACT. SO THE WORKERS DECIDED TO GET
ARRESTED, AND INITIALLY I WAS
NOT GOING TO GET ARRESTED BUT
ONE OF THE DEPUTY SHERIFFS
GRABBED THE BEATER OF THAT
UNION -- GRABBED HIM BY THE NECK
AND STARTED CHECKING HIM.
AND I JUST GOT SO OUTRAGED AND
SO ANGRY NOT ONLY THE WAY THESE
HOME CARE WORKERS WERE TREATED
BUT THE WAY THEY WERE PHYSICALLY
ASSAULTING THE LEADER OF THE
UNION.
UNION. SO WHEN IT CAME TIME TO GET
ARRESTED, I’M GOING TO ALSO GET
ARRESTED WITH THEM.
AND IT’S A SHAME WORKERS HAVE TO
GO THROUGH THESE LENGTHS TO GET
THEIR VOICES HEARD, TO MAKE
PEOPLE DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND, YOU KNOW, BY TAKING CARE OF
PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES, THESE
HOME CARE WORKERS ARE ACTUALLY
SAVING THE COUNTY OVER $55,000 A
YEAR, BUT THEY’RE NOT RESPECTED.
SO MANY OF THESE HOME CARE
WORKERS ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR,
EXFARM WORKERS, PEOPLE THAT NEED
TO BE RESPECTED.
THE WORKING PEOPLE OF OUR
COUNTRY NEED TO BE RESPECTED,
THEY NEED TO BE GETTING PAID A
LIVING WAGE AND WE’VE GOT TO
EMBRACE THE INEQUITY WE HAVE IN
TERM OF INCOME WAGES IN OUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> DOLORES, WE ONLY HAVE A
MINUTE LEFT AND I WANT TO GET TO
OUR VIEWERS HOW YOU DEAL WITH
THE FRUSTRATION, THE
DISCOURAGEMENT WHEN THINGS DON’T
GO YOUR WAY AND HOW YOU’VE BEEN
ABLE TO KEEP IT AT IT DESPITE
DISCOURAGEMENT AND SETBACKS
ALONG THE WAY.
>> WE KNOW EVERYTHING THAT’S
HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY RIGHT
NOW, THAT WE’VE ALL GOT TO MOVE
TO ACTION, WAVE ALL GOT TO
BECOME ACTIVISTS, WE’VE ALL GOT
TO STAND UP AND GET INVOLVED.
NOBODY’S GOING TO DO IT FOR US.
>> BUT EVERYONE THINKS THAT, AND
THEN WHEN THEY SUFFER A FEW
SETBACKS IN ACTIVISM OR THEIR
CANDIDATE LOSES, IT’S VERY EASY
FOR PEOPLE TO GET DISCOURAGED.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM?
>> WELL, WE CAN’T AFFORD TO GET
DISCOURAGED.
DISCOURAGED. AS CAESAR USED TO SAY THE ONLY
TIME WE GET DISCOURAGED IS WHEN
WE QUIT.
WE QUIT. WE KNOW IF WE KEEP ON WORKING
AND AS THEY SAID, THEY CAN CUT
ALL THE FLOWERS BUT THEY CAN’T
HOLD BACK THE SPRING.
AND WE ARE THE SPRING, WE ARE
ARE THE GARDENERS THAT ARE TO
SOW THE SEEDS OF JUSTICE AND