The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW Movement
A book presentation & discussion featuring the author Christian O. Paiz
May 9, 2024
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
SBSG 1517
This event is an opportunity to learn more about Christian O. Paiz’s book, The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW Movement (UNC Press, 2021). His book presentation and discussion will center on the lives of Filipino and Mexican farm workers in the United Farm Worker (UFW) Movement from the 1940s to the 1990s.
Christian O. Paiz is an Associate professor in Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. He teaches courses on Latinx Studies, social movements, and inter-racial relations.
Event Co-Sponsors:
University of California, Irvine Departments of Chicano-Latino Studies and History, School of Social Ecology’s Labor Center, and
School of Humanities Center’s Building Intellectual Community Grant Program.
Event Organizer:
Ana Elizabeth Rosas, Departments of Chicano-Latino Studies and History, University of California, Irvine