Overview

• At 95, the Stockton-born Delta College alumna addressed a packed Atherton Auditorium during the school’s Voices of Change series for Hispanic Heritage Month.
• Hundreds attended as chants of “Si se puede” filled the hall, with many students wearing shirts bearing the movement’s motto.
• Huerta pressed students to register and vote, warning that democracy falters when people stay home from the polls.
• She underscored nonviolence, unity, listening, and community organizing as the tools for change, telling the audience that voices and votes carry power.
• Attendees said her remarks spanned workers’ rights, LGBTQ equality, racial justice, and reproductive freedom, leaving students and faculty energized to continue civic work.