United Farm Workers

Presenter: Yareli Cervantes

Co-Presenter(s):
Miguel Rodriguez

Presenter Status: Undergraduate student

Academic Year: 20-21

Semester: Spring

Faculty Mentor: Malinalli Lopez

Department: Chicano and Latino Studies

Funding Source/Sponsor: SYRCE Symposium

Screenshot URL: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1B2C_sPn99kZ9X2dw2yHMahKYP_vJhQSI

Abstract:
The purpose of our whole research project was to find out and inform ourselves of how pop music and music in general influenced the era of the UFW movement. Music has had a powerful impact through many generations as a type of entertainment and also powerful advocacy for those who may feel alone or simply need an escape from the world. Another big thing is that many movements not only the UFW doesn’t really go in-depth towards the area relating to them so we overall wanted to go into depth because it’s not really something taken in discussion of learning objectives.  Many people are aware that the main representatives of the movement were Ceasar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, yet they are unaware of the influences they made and the impacts on people's lives and for us, we focused especially on the section of the art of music. For our visual representation, we decided to draw and create a mural that constitutes two of the most significant and impactful historical artifacts that still resonate with us today and remain as a contribution to our Latino community.  We captured this within our mural and included names of artists along with their songs that were influenced by such essential activists. Some songs mentioned in our research are El Picket Sign by El Teatro Campesino, Song for Caesar by Abel Sanchez and Jorge Santana, and No-Nos Moverán by Joan Baez, but these are only some songs released during and after the movement.