Dolores Huerta and Cesar E. Chavez Scholarship

Join MVC on Friday, March 29 at 7:30 am in the Student Academic Services Building, Room 121 for a delicious breakfast, entertainment and to honor scholarship recipients. Event parking is free.

• Tickets are $50 for general attendees and $40 for students. Purchase from Admissions & Records in the Welcome Center building.
• Group tickets, sponsorships and program advertising available. All donations fund future scholarships.
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For questions, call (951) 571-6939.

Submissions are reviewed by a panel of judges for quality, originality and adherence to the theme. All submitted artwork is featured at the scholarship award ceremony. Applicants must fully complete the online submission form, including a digital copy/photograph of their work and delivering any physical art pieces on the designated day.

Submission period has ended for 2024.

• Accepted media: painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital art, poem/spoken word recording, and video
• Three-dimensional submissions should be no larger than 36" wide x 36" high x 36" deep
• Recorded and video submissions should have a running time of no more than 3 minutes

Born near Yuma, Arizona, on March 31, 1927, César Estrada Chávez employed nonviolent means to bring attention to the plight of farmworkers and formed both the National Farm Workers Association, which later became United Farm Workers. As a labor leader, Chavez led marches, called for boycotts and went on several hunger strikes. It is believed that Chavez's hunger strikes contributed to his death on April 23, 1993, in San Luis, Arizona.

Dolores Huerta is a civil rights activist and community organizer. She has worked for labor rights and social justice for over 50 years. In 1962, she and Cesar Chavez founded the United Farm Workers union. She served as Vice President and played a critical role in many of the union's accomplishments for four decades. In 2002, she received the Puffin/Nation $100,000 prize for Creative Citizenship which she used to establish the Dolores Huerta Foundation (DHF).