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UO Today #657 guest: Mario Sifuentez
Mario Sifuentez, assistant professor of History at UC-Merced. Sifuentez grew up in rural Eastern Oregon from a family of immigrant farm workers from Mexico. A first-generation college student, he attended the University of Oregon and graduated with a triple major in Political Science, History, and Ethnic Studies. Sifuentez returned to the U of O on October 28th, 2016 to speak about his recently released book Of Forests and Fields: Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest.
Delano Grape Strike
Lorraine Agtang, who participated in the 1965 Delano Grape Strike as a member of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, joined a panel discussion on the strike and its legacy, as well as the early days of the Farm Workers Movement.
Presenter – Mario Sifuentez (History, UC Merced)
Paper Session III : Labor, Immigration, and Changing Conceptions of Work
Theme: Migrant labor and Scales of Vulnerability
Presenter – Mario Sifuentez (History, UC Merced)
Merced Immigration Forum
Tearing Down The Walls of Ignorance
Hosted by California Central Valley Journey for Justice
Presenter Mario Sifuentez
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