Public ofrendas honoring Ms. Huerta welcome at Día de Los Muertos altar at Barclay Hotel mural
Beginning TODAY, Wednesday, October 28th, starting at 1:00 p.m. through Nov. 2nd
LOS ANGELES, (October 28, 2026) – AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) President Michael Weinstein offered the following remarks in the passing earlier today of labor & civil rights icon Dolores Huerta:
“Dolores Huerta was a towering figure who embodied everything that was best about the progressive movement.
Her singular voice encompassed fighting all forms of discrimination.
AHF was so honored to have Dolores as a close friend and supporter in our struggles for renter rights and defense of our democracy.
She marched with us. We lobbied together. She rode on our Food for Health float in the Rose Parade and was to speak at our 40th anniversary World AIDS Day event on November 30 at The Forum.
A piece of the best of us is gone, but she would have told us the fight goes on.”
WHAT: Día de Los Muertos public ofrendas welcome at mural to honor Dolores Huerta
WHEN: Starting Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 1:00 p.m. – onward through Monday November 2nd
WHERE: Barclay Hotel, 103 W. 4th St, Los Angeles, CA 90013 (rear North-facing wall)
Event held in Paragon Parking lot: 340 S. Spring St. 90013
In May, AHF and its affiliate, Housing Is A Human Right (HHR), dedicated the new tall wall mural honoring Dolores Huerta, a renowned American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers Union, by world-renowned Los Angeles muralist Robert Vargas. The mural is on the north side wall of the Barclay Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, one of Housing4Humanity’s affordable housing hotels for formerly homeless and extremely low-income individuals
More information on Ms. Huerta is available, or donations in her honor can be made through the Dolores Huerta Foundation.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest HIV/AIDS healthcare organization, provides cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to more than 3.3 million individuals across 50 countries, including the U.S. and in Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region, and Eastern Europe. In January 2025, AHF received the MLK, Jr. Social Justice Award, The King Center’s highest recognition for an organization leading work in the social justice arena. To learn more about AHF, visit us online at AIDShealth.org, find us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok.
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Labor and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta (center), rides on AHF’s ‘Food for Health 2026 Rose Parade® float flanked by Commander Wendy M. Calderon, District 1, California Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW-San Diego, and Carlos Marroquin, National Director, AHF’s Food for Health program.AHF Rose Parade Float on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025 in Pasadena, Calif. (Dan Steinberg/AP Content Services for AIDS Healthcare Foundation)
