United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 09/24/2010 Washington Independent: Immigration and Agriculture: The Non-Colbert Debate
- 09/24/2010 Crooks and Liars: Stephen Colbert and Farmworkers Take Fight To Congress (includes videos 5:47, 8:12)
- 09/24/2010 Grist Magazine: Colbert to Congress: What would Jesus do about migrant farm workers? (includes videos 5:29, 0:51)
- 09/24/2010 Washington Post: Mr. Colbert Goes to Washington (includes video 9:47)
- 09/24/2010 C-SPAN 3 (video 5:29): Stephen Colbert Opening Statement
- 09/24/2010 Huffington Post: Stephen Colbert Hearing: Updates From Colbert’s Visit To Congress (includes two videos 5:32, 0:50)
- 09/24/2010 Politico: Colbert turns Capitol Hill hearing into performance art (includes video 5:21)
- 09/24/2010 ABC30, Fresno, Cal.: Valley Ag leaders applaud comic approach to serious issue (includes video 2:57, 5:29)
- 09/24/2010 The Daily Caller: Mr. Colbert comes to Washington
- 09/24/2010 FireDogLake: Rep. Judy Chu: “The lone day Mr. Colbert spent in the fields gave him a better understanding of this issue than many people covering this story”
- 09/24/2010 Los Angeles Times: Stephen Colbert heads to Washington, and Congress and media play the jokester
- 09/24/2010 Farm Worker Movement Mourns Passing of Famed photographer George Ballis, who chronicled the UFW
- 09/24/2010 Washington Post: Stephen Colbert comes face to face with angry conservatives
- 09/24/2010 Statement of Arturo S. Rodriguez President of United Farm Workers of America Before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law ‘Protecting America’s Harvest’
- 09/23/2010 United Farm Workers’ Take Our Jobs Update September 24, 2010
- 09/23/2010 Stephen Colbert, UFW’s Rodriguez ask U.S. citizens to take farm jobs, urge Congress to pass immigration reform and AgJOBS Testifying at ‘Protecting America’s Harvest’ congressional hearing
- 09/22/2010 Salinas Californian: Salinas chapter of United Farm Workers of America awards students with scholarships
- 09/22/2010 Politico Blog: Colbert to testify before Congress (includes video 1:00)
- 09/22/2010 The Daily Caller: Stephen Colbert to testify before House immigration subcommittee Friday (includes video 13:35)
- 09/22/2010 Talking Points Memo: The Whole Truthiness? Stephen Colbert To Testify At House Subcommittee Hearing On Friday (includes video 4:45)
- 09/22/2010 Huffington Post: Stephen Colbert To Testify Before Congress On Immigration
- 09/22/2010 Wall Street Journal: No Joke: Colbert to Testify at Hearing
- 09/22/2010 USA Today: Seriously: Stephen Colbert to testify at immigration hearing
- 09/22/2010 Salinas Californian: Planning Commission recommends renaming plaza ‘Watsonville Dolores Huerta City Plaza’ to City Council
- 09/21/2010 Congress.org – News : Senate blocks defense bill