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…
FIELD was honored to host California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond on a recent tour of FIELD’s Union Avenue facility that is being redeveloped to accommodate our growing footprint in the state. FIELD CEO and President David Villarino acted as tour guide to the whole complex. He pointed out the new dorms under construction…
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….