FIELD is excited to share with you the latest progress that is being made with our renovation project at our Union Ave facility in Bakersfield, CA. We anticipate that we will have interior renovations completed in the next few weeks. After that, we will begin site improvements. Our solar carport is officially complete and we…
It’s been a little more than three weeks since our wildly successful 8th Annual Chavez Legacy Breakfast and we’re still floating on Cloud 9. This year we had a record sold-out crowd of 600-plus attendees filling the ballroom to the brim with joy, love and hope for the future. We’re already talking about needing a larger…
With a record 600-plus people filling the hotel ballroom to capacity, FIELD’s 8th Annual Cesar Chavez Legacy Breakfast brought the entire Kern County community together to honor the life and legacy of the labor icon on what would have been his 97th birthday. This year, six distinguished community leaders were honored, offering stirring tributes to FIELD, as…
This article by Tony Salazar, Eyewitness News originally appeared on BakersfieldNow.com: Cesar Chavez Day is this Sunday, March 31, a U.S. federal commemorative holiday, but celebrations are beginning early to mark the celebration of what would have been Chavez’s 97th birthday. The Farmworkers Institute of Education and Leadership Development, or FIELD, held its annual Cesar Chavez…
This article by Steven Mayer originally appeared on Bakersfield.com: A record 600 people attended the eighth annual Cesar Chavez Legacy Breakfast on Thursday morning. And it appeared no one went home disappointed. Thursday’s event at the Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center was hosted by the Farm Worker Institute of Education and Leadership Development, or FIELD….