Legendary labor rights activist Dolores Huerta has revealed she was sexually abused by César Chavez, her co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW). This disclosure comes nearly two decades after Huerta joined Mónica Ramírez at a Chicago event to promote the Bandana Project, a campaign aimed at raising awareness about sexual violence against women farmworkers.
At the time, Huerta passionately advocated for educating farmworkers about their rights and empowering them to speak out against widespread and underreported sexual exploitation in agricultural fields.
