We Stand With Sexual Abuse Survivors

We are heartbroken today to learn that Dolores Huerta and other sexual abuse survivors felt they had to deny their rights and safety for the sake of the wider farmworker movement and the United Farm Workers of America (UFW).

The safety and rights of women and children are non-negotiable in the fight for social justice. Our thoughts and intentions are with those who experience harm when patterns of oppression and abuses of power are recreated within movements for change.

While CRLA was founded as part of the federal War on Poverty, our founders were deeply inspired by the Latino and Filipino communities who united their civil rights struggles in the farmworker movement and UFW. 

Over our 60-year history as a nonprofit, anti-poverty law firm, we have had the privilege to represent farmworkers in notable legal victories that have made work safer and fairer for all Californians. Our advocacy has and will continue to center community and human wellbeing. 

We find strength in remembering that, as Dolores Huerta noted in her own statement, "the farmworker movement has always been bigger and far more important than any one individual." 

We remain committed to co-creating a just and equitable future where all people can thrive. 

In solidarity,
Jessica Manriquez Jewell
President and CEO