10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, October 20, in Bakersfield
Farmworker &Latino activists launch biggest Valley registration drive as 250 attend all-day training conference
A non-profit, non-partisan political arm of the United Farm Workers is joining local elected Latino officials in kicking off the Central Valley’s biggest Latino voter registration campaign with a day-long training conference attended by 250 activists Saturday in Bakersfield. Addressing the start of the session between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. are UFW President Arturo Rodriguez, Assemblymember Dean Florez (D-Bakersfield), and Kern County Supervisor Pete Parra.
The UFW’s La Union del Pueblo Entero, founded by Cesar Chavez, and San Joaquin Valley Latino Vote, led by Parra, are hosting this first training session for activists. They will return to communities where they live across the southern San Joaquin Valley to organize voter sign-up activities. Similar conferences are planned for the Fresno area.
The program will go through the November 2002 general election. Sponsors of the non-partisan effort include Blue Cross, Union Bank of California, Univision and the Radio Campesina farm worker radio network.
Who: Joining 250 Latino community activists are UFW President Arturo Rodriguez, Assemblymember Dean Florez (D-Bakersfield), and Kern County Supervisor Pete Parra.
What: All-day training conference to kick off the largest voter registration campaign among Latinos in the Central Valley.
When: 10:30-11:30 a.m. main speakers with the training conference continuing until 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001.
Where: Plumbers & Steamfitters Union Hall, 6718 Meany Ave. (1/2 mile north of Rosedale Hwy. and 1/2 block west of Fruitvale) in Bakersfield.
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