Juan Uranga was a farmworker attorney for over 40 years and served as executive director of the Center for Community Advocacy, a farmworker housing advocacy organization in Salinas. Before sitting on a panel for the Zócalo and The James Irvine Foundation event—“‘What Is a Good Job Now?’ In Agriculture”—he joined us in the green room to talk about lawyering, political organizing, and retirement.
Mily Treviño-Sauceda is executive director and co-founder of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas. She also co-founded Líderes Campesinas in 1992, the first state-based farmworker women’s grass roots organization advocating on behalf …
José Anzaldo is a rising senior at UC Berkeley and works for Scholar System, an organization promoting equity in education. A Salinas local, he was a farmworker and was featured …
Salinas, California, isn’t just “Steinbeck Country,” its landscape famously memorialized in novels. The Monterey County city is also known as “America’s salad bowl,” for the produce, including lettuce, that is …
This piece publishes as part of the Zócalo/The James Irvine Foundation public program and editorial series, “What Is a Good Job Now?” which investigates low-wage work across California. Watch the event …
What happened to Stockton’s first Asian enclaves?
In the 20th century, downtown Stockton established itself as a cultural and commercial hub for Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino communities in California’s San Joaquin …
Salinas, California, isn’t just “Steinbeck Country,” its landscape famously memorialized in novels. The Monterey County city is also known as “America’s salad bowl,” for the produce, including lettuce, that is …
The Ojai Valley in Ventura County is a magical place. Consider its elements: the sweet and intoxicating smell of California citrus blossoms in the spring, the open space preserved by …
Kern County is home to two seemingly opposite realities.
First, it’s famous for producing food. In 2014, it grew $7.5 billion worth of grapes, almonds, milk, citrus, and beef. The …
This piece publishes as part of the Zócalo/The James Irvine Foundation public program and editorial series, “What Is a Good Job Now?” which investigates low-wage work across California. Watch the event …
