News: “Milwaukee Latino leaders progress from activism to classrooms and boardrooms”

Great video and read on Latino activits in Milwaukee!

Read full article on Journal Sentinel: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/special-reports/50-year/2018/08/09/then-and-now-milwaukee-latino-leaders/923708002/

Jesus Salas, a former migrant farm worker, activist and Milwaukee Area Technical college Instructor, served on the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents and participated in the first protest march on the Allen-Bradly Co. on Aug. 13, 1968. Photo by Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Photo: Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Ernesto Chacon stands just off of National Avenue near the Rockwell Automation clock tower, formerly Allen-Bradley Co. Chacon helped organize a workers’ rights march that took place in the area in August 1968. Photo by Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Photo: Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Avelardo Valdez, now a professor at the University of Southern California, then a young community organizer known as “Lalo.”(Photo: University of Southern California)