Huerta said she was also among the women and minors who were allegedly sexually assaulted<\/a> by Chavez.<\/p>\n“I felt it was brave of her at her age to be dealing with this stuff,” Misteralek said.<\/p>\n
“It is an incredible disappointment to learn what’s come out about Cesar Chavez, but the movement and the struggle is bigger than a single person. And there’s always more people that were instrumental to fighting for migrant workers’ rights and the rights of Latinos across California,” said Autumn Ybarra, executive director of the Watts Century Latino Organization. “So pivoting to the Dolores Huerta was pretty easy to do.”<\/p>\n
That revelation prompted the change to this community mural, with Huerta now replacing Chavez.<\/p>\n
“It really illustrates the type of person that she was. It was someone that was at the rallies doing activism and speaking loud for people defending our rights,” said Misteralek. “I believe in my heart that this was the right decision and I hope the community gets to enjoy a beautiful mural after this.”<\/p>\n
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