Leaves Delano 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, 2000 arrives Bakersfield 6 p.m.
50-car farm worker caravan to election eve
Latino get-out-the-vote rally in Bakersfield
Farm workers and other Latinos by the hundreds will car caravan on Monday afternoon from Delano for a rally in Bakersfield to get out the Latino vote for Vice President Al Gore, U.S. Rep. Cal Dooley and area Democratic legislative candidates.
Headlining the rally will be UFW President Arturo Rodriguez, Assemblyman Dean Florez and other elected officials.
The more than 50-car farm worker caravan sporting political signs and UFW flags will take off from the union’s "Forty Acres" compound in Delano at 5 p.m. It is set to arrive by 6 p.m. at the Carpenters Union Hall in Bakersfield for an election eve dinner and rally to spur turnout among Kern County Latinos.
Who: UFW President Arturo Rodriguez, Assemblyman Dean Florez, Kern County farm workers and other Latinos.
What: Car caravan from Delano to election eve Latino get-out-the-vote rally in Bakersfield.
When: Caravan leaves Delano at 5 p.m., arrives in Bakersfield at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 6, 2000.
Where: Leaves UFW "Forty Acres" compound on Garces Hwy. west of Delano; ends up at Carpenters Union Hall, 911 – 20th St. in Bakersfield.
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