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Jovita Idar
Jovita Idar was a journalist, activist, and suffragist who worked tirelessly to secure voting rights and equal education opportunities for Hispanic students. In 1911, she founded the League of Mexican Women (La Liga Femenil Mexicanista) and served as its first president. The organization aimed to empower women to participate in the feminist movement and work outside of their homes. To achieve this goal, they began by providing education for Mexican-American students. -
U.S. reproductive rights movement
With the introduction of the birth control pill to the market in 1960, women could for the first time deter pregnancy by their own choice. The fight for reproductive freedoms was intense. -
Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger fought for contraceptives that women would control. Her activism directly targeted the Comstock Laws, which made it illegal to disseminate birth control information. -
United Farm Workers of America
The UFW is a union that seeks to organize migrant farm laborers to improve their wages, education, housing, and legal protections. Through a series of marches, national consumer boycotts, and fasts, the United Farm Workers union attracted national headlines, gained labor contracts with higher wages and improved working conditions, galvanizing the Chicano movement. -
The Delano Grape Strike
The Delano Grape Strike and Boycott was a labor strike organized by the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) in 1965. The strike was against table grape growers in Delano, California to protest poor pay and working conditions. -
He Showed Us the Way
Cesar Chavez provided a speech in which he talked about non-violence. He said how powerful it is to be used instead of violence which could stain the people. He gives out good logical points as well as provides lots of pathos to persuade people. It really has an impact on how we really think about the world. -
Cesar Chavez
He Showed Us the Way was a speech that Cesar Chavez provided for the people and in honor of Martin Luther King. Cesar was one of the American labor leaders and civil rights activists. -
Chris Smalls
Smalls became one of the most recognized names in the effort to unionize Amazon's warehouse workforce in 2020 when he was fired for helping organize a strike at the JFK8 facility in the New York City borough of Staten Island. He is the president and founder of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) since 2021. -
Amazon Labor Union
The ALU, or Amazon Labor Union, is an autonomous labor union that represents Amazon employees. It was established in April 2021 and became the first union for Amazon workers acknowledged by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in April 2022. The ALU strives to advocate for better compensation and job stability for its members. -
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is an athlete who cares about helping others and supports social causes such as gender equality, education, and mental health. He has also given back to the community by allowing the owner of Valencia to use his image rights and making large donations to charities such as Save the Children, Unicef, and World Vision.