For the Campesinos
The Schmidt Show PDX | Season 2, Episode 14
Some fights you don’t choose. They choose you.
On March 19th, 2026, a New York Times investigation alleged that Cesar Chavez had sexually abused girls in the farm worker movement and assaulted Dolores Huerta, his own partner in the struggle. For Portland’s Latino community that had fought a multi year battle to rename a street in his honor — a community that pushed through the racist attacks, broken promises, and a brutal bureaucratic process — the news landed like a gut punch.
And almost before they could process it, elected leaders were calling…
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