Dolores Huerta Foundation

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The Dolores Huerta Foundation is a non-profit organization inspiring and organizing communities to build volunteer based organizations empowered to pursue social justice.

Call to Action: !Si Se Puede! on #GivingTuesday

The DHF counts on your support to continue the grassroots community organizing and leadership development that improves neighborhoods and transforms lives. This takes a huge amount of resources. Your donation helps continue our work and organize new communities.Your...

Education Equity Summit, Sat. 10/12, 8:30 am

The Dolores Huerta Foundation, as part of the Kern Education Justice Collaborative, cordially invites you to attend the 1st ever Education Equity Summit in Bakersfield! The summit will bring parents, students, and teachers from across Kern County together to...

“Inspiring and organizing communities to build volunteer organizations empowered to pursue social justice.”

The Dolores Huerta Foundation (DHF) is a 501 (c)(3) community benefit organization that organizes at the grassroots level, engaging and developing natural leaders. DHF creates leadership opportunities for community organizing, leadership development, civic engagement, and policy advocacy.

DHF is a direct action organization and hands-on training center for community organizing, leadership development, and policy advocacy. Several of our projects are in agricultural communities of California’s Central Valley including Arvin, Lamont, Weedpatch, Lost Hills, Lindsay, Woodlake, and Cutler-Orosi.

Please consider supporting this important work with a generous monthly donation. We take pride in the fact that we do not accept corporate donations. We rely on the contributions of donors like you.

DHF in the News

SF School named for Dolores Huerta, raises funds to do even more.

Apr 20, 2019

Parents launched a GoFundMe for murals, books, and signs to fully honor the labor leader.

DHF in Action: 15th Anniversary Video

Jul 15, 2018

Dolores Huerta Foundation--English from Nueva Vista Media on Vimeo.

DH Op-Ed in the News: ‘Stop Texas-style immigrant crackdowns. Make California a Sanctuary State’ 7/13/2017

Jul 27, 2017

“California Values Act…would keep our people safe and decrease the fear and vulnerability they face when out in the community.

‘Dolores’ the movie seeks to inspire all generations.

Jul 27, 2017

“She inspires and empowers. No matter the age or the gender a true leader inspires through their actions and their words.

News: Chavez, Huerta statues installed in downtown Napa

Dec 3, 2015

Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta – in bronzed and larger-than-life form – now look out over residents and visitors in downtown Napa. The 9-foot-tall statues of the pioneering farm worker rights activists were installed early Wednesday morning in a niche above the entry...

News: Guardian Finds Kern County Police Department Deadliest in the Nation

Dec 3, 2015

Since 2013, the Dolores Huerta Foundation has called for changes in Kern County Law Enforcement’s approach to public safety, more oversight and transparency when it comes to use of force, and a more fair system for investigating complaints of excessive force and...

DHF Vecinos Unidos “United Neighbors” Celebrate Parent Training Graduation 11/18/15

Nov 25, 2015

Dolores Huerta Foundation Vecinos Unidos “United Neighbors”, in collaboration with the Lamont School District, continue ongoing efforts to improve educational outcomes by completing a 10 Week Parent Training Program to Promote Strategies for Authentic Parent...

Dolores Huerta is Bestowed “Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca” Mexico’s Order of the Aztec Eagle Award 11/17/15

Nov 18, 2015

On Tuesday, November 17th, the Mexican Embassy in the United States, on behalf of President Enrique Peña Nieto and Ambassador Miguel Basáñez, bestowed "Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca" - Mexico’s Order of the Aztec Eagle Award - to Dolores Huerta for her exemplary...