Today I am remembering meeting Dolores Huerta last year at the Capitol after the swearing in of Congress. Dolores Huerta, along with Cesar Chávez, was co-founder of the National Farmworkers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). She championed the rights of migrant workers.

Be sure to check out the 2017 Netflix movie about here, entitled simply, “Dolores.”