NJ AJR168

Designates April 10 of each year as "Dolores Huerta Day" in New Jersey to honor the labor activist and civil rights leader born on that date in 1930.

Huerta co-founded the Community Service Organization (CSO), National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), and United Farm Workers' Union (UFW), and led nationwide boycotts that resulted in the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975.

Huerta originated the UFW motto "Sí se puede" ("Yes, it can be done") and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.

Requests the Governor to annually issue a proclamation calling upon public officials and citizens to observe the day with appropriate activities and programs.

The resolution acknowledges Huerta as a survivor of sexual assault and abuse who later came forward about her experiences to support other survivors.