{"id":152,"date":"2017-01-26T05:07:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T05:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reyesentertainment.wordpress.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2017-01-26T05:07:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T05:07:15","slug":"david-damian-figueroa-honored-by-farmworker-justice-with-dolores-huerta-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.reyesentertainment.com\/es\/uncategorized\/david-damian-figueroa-honored-by-farmworker-justice-with-dolores-huerta-award\/","title":{"rendered":"DAVID DAMIAN FIGUEROA HONORED BY FARMWORKER JUSTICE WITH DOLORES HUERTA AWARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Farmworker Justice will honor David Damian Figueroa with its Dolores Huerta Award, recognizing his work on behalf of farmworkers\u2019 rights and justice throughout his career.\u00a0 Dolores Huerta is a civil rights icon who, along with Cesar Chavez, co-founded the group that became the United Farm Workers.\u00a0 She has devoted her entire life to the fight for civil rights and is the subject of a new documentary, <em>Dolore<strong>s<\/strong><\/em>. The award presentation features special guests:\u00a0 Dolores Huerta, actor\/producer Nicholas Gonzalez and actor Johnny Ortiz and takes place Thursday, February 23 from 6 to 8:30 at Sheppard Mullin, 333 S. Hope Street, downtown Los Angeles.<br \/>\n\u201cI am humbled to be recognized by Farmworker Justice with the Dolores Huerta Award,\u201d says David Damian.\u00a0 \u201cI am proud to come from generations of farm workers&#8230; my mother was a cotton picker in her youth. I spent a lot of my summers working in the fields and a lot of weekends.\u00a0 Throughout the years and in every professional role I\u2019ve held, I\u2019ve tried to bring to light the hardships and challenges faced by farmworkers in the United States.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDavid Damian is a person of integrity and intelligence and is an ideal person we need working for the Latino community,\u201d said Dolores Huerta, renowned civil rights leader.<br \/>\n\u201cDavid Damian Figueroa has never forgotten where he comes from and, more importantly, throughout his career, he has used his remarkable skills and resourcefulness to elevate often marginalized voices,\u201d said Bruce Goldstein, President of Farmworker Justice.<br \/>\nDavid Damian is a leading figure influencing Latino arts through his work in film, TV, music production and publicity.\u00a0 In 2007, The UCLA Chicano Research Center invited him to archive \u201cThe David Damian Figueroa Papers &amp; Collection.\u201d\u00a0 He has served as executive producer of the critically-acclaimed documentary <em>Food Chains<\/em> and associate producer of <em>The Harvest<\/em>\/<em>La Cosecha<\/em>, both of which brought national attention to the plight of farmworkers.<br \/>\nOriginally from Buckeye, Arizona and raised in the border town of Yuma, Arizona, David Damian and has spent his career contributing to numerous projects and social awareness campaigns which have furthered civil rights, health care reform, civic engagement and innovative philanthropy.\u00a0 He began in the entertainment industry fostering the success of music clients such as Jos\u00e9 Jos\u00e9, Boyz II Men, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Marc Anthony and La India and labels such as Arista Latin, MCA Polygram, BMI Latin, Motown Latino and RMM\/Universal.<br \/>\nAs the Associate State Director of the Los Angeles County Region for AARP California from 2002 to 2009, David Damian oversaw the implementation of social campaigns, community alliances, volunteer management and membership development.\u00a0 He helped to launch AARP\u2019s <em>Segunda Juventud<\/em> magazine, the largest bilingual publication in the nation.<br \/>\nDavid Damian grew up in the agricultural communities witnessing economic disparities which imbued him with his great sense of social responsibility. He went to work at MALDEF, the nation\u2019s top non-profit Latino legal firm and spent almost a decade as Director of Public Relations and Creative Marketing under civil rights icon Antonia Hernandez. He later served as Vice President and Director of Strategic Development Initiatives.<br \/>\nFor the past 20 years, David Damian has served as philanthropic volunteer advisor to numerous non-profits, Latino artists and leaders.\u00a0 David Damian has collaborated with actor and community activist Eva Longoria for over 17 years.\u00a0 For nearly a decade, he advised her on Latino issues, advocacy and philanthropy and their friendship and collaborations continue to this day.<br \/>\nDavid Damian specializes in connecting celebrities who want to have meaningful partnerships with non-profit organizations such as MALDEF, NCLR, LULCA, <em>Familia Unid<\/em>a Living with M.S., AltaMed Health Services, The Dolores Huerta Foundation, The Cesar E. Chavez Foundation, and the United Farmworkers of America.<br \/>\nDavid Damian currently serves as AVP of Brand and Content Strategic Alliances at Frontier Communications.<br \/>\nFarmworker Justice will also present a corporate social responsibility award to Andrew &amp; Williamson Fresh Produce for its successful efforts to improve food safety, wages, working conditions and occupational safety for farmworkers.<br \/>\nFarmworker Justice, based in Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower farmworkers to improve their living and working conditions, immigration status, health, occupational safety, and access to justice.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.farmworkersjustice.org\">www.farmworkersjustice.org<\/a>.<br \/>\n(END)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmworker Justice will honor David Damian Figueroa with its Dolores  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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