Alma and Clifford Pearson Distinguished Speaker Series

The Center for Leadership and Values (CLV) at California Lutheran University will host Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, as part of the Alma and Clifford Pearson Distinguished Speaker Series. Huerta will discuss the “Human Side of the Immigration Policy Debate." Admission is free and open to the public.

Huerta has spent more than five decades working with community service agencies and has been instrumental in legislation focusing on the rights of Hispanic immigrants in the United States. As a co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association with Cesar Chavez, she lobbied for better pay and work conditions. She has served as an instructor at University of Southern California, teaching courses on community organization. In 2002, she began the Dolores Huerta Foundation, which provides programs focusing on community organizing and leadership training in low-income regions. She is also a member of the Feminist Majority Foundation.

The Center for Leadership and Values was formed in the School of Business in 1999 to promote discussion of issues related to values, character, leadership and social progress within the University and the larger community. The Center hosts a speaker series, serves as a clearinghouse and resource center for discussion materials, and conducts relevant research. The Center is co-directed by Charles Maxey, Ph.D., Professor and Dean of the School of Business, and Dr. Jamshid Damooei, Ph.D., Professor of Economics.