劳工领袖Dolores Huerta逝世享年96岁：州长纽森发表声明，加州下令降半旗致敬
Sacramento——加利福尼亚州州长 Gavin Newsom 与第一伴侣 Jennifer Siebel Newsom 10月28日就劳工领袖、民权活动人士 Dolores Huerta 逝世发表声明，州长已下令降半旗向她致敬。Huerta 的家人当天宣布她逝世，享年96岁；据家人发言人 Erik Olvera 的声明，她在 Bakersfield 的家中、在家人陪伴下去世，家人将另行公布纪念她生平与贡献的安排。
纽森在声明中说：「Dolores 代表了我们最好的一面。没有她坚定的精神、她对正义与公平的热情，以及她对那些被忽视、被遗忘者的投入，加利福尼亚州——乃至美国——不会是今天的样子。」他说，Huerta 以教师起家，为农场工人的孩子教书；离开课堂后，她从未停止「教导」他人：她先后在 National Farm Workers Association 与后来的 United Farm Workers 中，为性别平等、工人权利与民权奋斗，为一代代后来者开路。
声明说，Huerta 始终为一个更公平的世界奋斗，并以她标志性的宣言「Sí, se puede」提醒人们共同的责任；她通过抗议与游行、包括 Delano 葡萄抵制运动，在逆境中改变了历史进程，从根本上重塑了加州。纽森说：「她的遗产不仅在于她取得的成就，更在于追随她脚步的人们——他们接过重任，继续创造一个更美好的世界。」
Huerta 是 California Hall of Fame 成员。她与 Cesar Chavez 等人共同创办的农场工人运动，是美国劳工史上首批农场工人工会合同的推动力量；2012年，她获总统 Barack Obama 颁授美国最高平民荣誉总统自由勋章。
关联：Dolores Huerta：从Stockton的教室到总统自由勋章，一位农场工人运动领袖的一生
Labor Leader Dolores Huerta Dies at 96: Governor Newsom Issues Statement, Orders Flags at Half-Staff in California
Sacramento — California Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom issued a statement on October 28 on the passing of Dolores Huerta, the labor leader and civil rights activist, and the Governor has ordered flags flown at half-staff in her honor. Huerta's family announced her death the same day at age 96; according to a statement by family spokesman Erik Olvera, she died at her home in Bakersfield, California, surrounded by family, and the family will announce plans to honor her life and legacy at a later date.
"Dolores represented the best of us. California — and the United States — would not be what we are today without her resolute spirit, her passion for justice and fairness, and her commitment to those overlooked and forgotten," Newsom said in the statement. He said Huerta started off as a teacher working with the children of farmworkers, and although she moved away from the classroom, she never stopped teaching: as a leader in the National Farm Workers Association, and later the United Farm Workers, she fought for gender equity, workers' rights, and civil rights, paving the way for generations to come.
The statement said Huerta never faltered in fighting for a fairer world, continually reminding people of their shared responsibility, and became known for her iconic declaration, "Sí, se puede." Through protests and marches, including the Delano grape boycott, she changed the course of history against all odds and fundamentally reshaped California, Newsom said. "Her legacy lies not just in the accomplishments she achieved, but in the people who follow in her footsteps, who take up the mantle and keep creating a better world," he said.
Huerta was a member of the California Hall of Fame. The farmworker movement she co-founded with Cesar Chavez and others drove the first farmworker union contracts in U.S. history, and in 2012 President Barack Obama presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
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图片来源：图：Dolores Huerta生前在集会上讲话。Gage Skidmore 摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Dolores Huerta speaking at a rally. Photo by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
