AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) President Michael Weinstein offered the following remarks in the passing earlier today of labor & civil rights icon Dolores Huerta:

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Labor and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta addresses the crowd at the May 2026 dedication ceremony for a tall wall mural honoring her life and work. The mural, by renowned muralist Robert Vargas, is on the north side of Housing4Humanity’s Barclay Hotel, which houses low-income and formerly homeless individuals in Downtown Los Angeles.

Labor and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta addresses the crowd at the May 2026 dedication ceremony for a tall wall mural honoring her life and work. The mural, by renowned muralist Robert Vargas, is on the north side of Housing4Humanity’s Barclay Hotel, which houses low-income and formerly homeless individuals in Downtown Los Angeles.

“Dolores Huerta was a towering figure who embodied everything that was best about the progressive movement.

Her singular voice encompassed fighting all forms of discrimination.

AHF was so honored to have Dolores as a close friend and supporter in our struggles for renter rights and defense of our democracy.

She marched with us. We lobbied together. She rode on our Food for Health float in the Rose Parade and was to speak at our 40th anniversary World AIDS Day event on November 30 at The Forum.

A piece of the best of us is gone, but she would have told us the fight goes on.”

WHAT: Día de Los Muertos public ofrendas welcome at mural to honor Dolores Huerta
 
WHEN: Starting Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 1:00 p.m. – onward through Monday November 2nd
 
WHERE: Barclay Hotel, 103 W. 4th St, Los Angeles, CA 90013 (rear North-facing wall)
Event held in Paragon Parking lot: 340 S. Spring St. 90013

In May, AHF and its affiliate Housing Is A Human Right (HHR) dedicated the new tall wall mural honoring Dolores Huerta, renowned American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers Union, by world-renowned Los Angeles muralist Robert Vargas. The mural 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.

More information on Ms. Huerta is available or donations in her honor can be made through the Dolores Huerta Foundation.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest HIV/AIDS healthcare organization, provides cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to more than 3.3 million individuals across 50 countries, including the U.S. and in Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region, and Eastern Europe. In January 2025, AHF received the MLK, Jr. Social Justice Award, The King Center’s highest recognition for an organization leading work in the social justice arena. To learn more about AHF, visit us online at AIDShealth.org, find us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok.

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