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Baltazar Aguirre, Jr., UFW Fndtn. | Farmworkers, Dignity & Community Resilience in Coachella Valley
Host Will Dean speaks with Baltazar Aguirre, Jr., a local organizer with the United Farm Workers Foundation on this episode of Healthy Desert Healthy You, about the essential yet often unseen farmworker community in the Coachella Valley. Aguirre explains the Foundation’s mission to advance human dignity, labor rights, and immigrant protections while sharing the region’s billion-dollar agricultural impact. The conversation explores common misconceptions about farmworkers, the realities of extreme heat and hard labor, and the fear created by increased ICE activity. Aguirre describes Know Your…
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