Joyful Crowd Celebrates Dolores Huerta as AHF’s New Robert Vargas Mural is Unveiled
Congresswoman Maxine Waters and AHF President Michael Weinstein joined Dolores Huerta to Celebrate Downtown Los Angeles’s Newest Mural Honoring Iconic Labor Leader
Today, community leaders and activists gathered for the dedication ceremony of the new 100-foot mural honoring Dolores Huerta, the renowned American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers Union, created by world-renowned Los Angeles muralist Robert Vargas. The mural, titled “Walking into History,” is on the north side wall of the Barclay Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, one of Housing4Humanity’s affordable housing hotels for formerly homeless and extremely low-income individuals. Huerta, who turned 96 on April 10, made her first community appearance since her recent extraordinary disclosures to the New York Times.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260518105788/en/ Dolores Huerta, American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers Union, addresses the crowd at the dedication of a new mural by artist Robert Vargas honoring her at a ceremony hosted by AHF on Saturday, May 16, 2026, in Downtown Los Angeles, California. To her right is AHF President Michael Weinstein and muralist Robert Vargas (far R) . The mural, titled “Walking into History,” is on a six-story wall of the historic Barclay Hotel, the oldest continually operating hotel in Los Angeles and one of Housing4Humanity’s affordable housing hotels housing formerly homeless and extremely low-income individuals. This was Huerta’s first community appearance since her recent groundbreaking disclosures to the New York Times.
