Dolores Huerta to receive Radcliffe Medal
Dolores Huerta, the civil rights icon who fought to build a nationwide coalition protecting farmworkers, will receive the Radcliffe Medal on May 31, the last day of Harvard’s Commencement week, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study announced today. The award, a highlight of the institute’s annual Radcliffe Day, honors individuals whose lives and work have had a transformative impact on society. Huerta, who has fought for 60 years to secure the rights of disadvantaged people and communities, is an exemplary medalist, noted Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin, who said that Huerta’s accomplishments were long unsung, particularly compared with those of her male contemporaries. Radcliffe will honor Dolores Huerta’s work on the issue that sparked her activism: the intersection of food and social justice. Courtesy of Dolores Huerta Foundation “Dolores Huerta is a towering figure in the labor, civil rights, and women’s movements,” said Brown-Nagin, a legal scholar and civil rights historian. “The fact that some...