Aguirre volunteered for many union boycotts and political campaigns including the last federal immigration reform law of 1986 that provided amnesty to undocumented residents. During his tenure at the company he served as a steward and as the leader of the UFW worker committee working on their contract negotiations and administration at his ranch. Aguirre was born in Guanajuato, Mexico and immigrated to California at the age of 19, where he worked under a United Farm Workers’ union contract as a lemon harvester for 16 years. She received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.Įmail : Aguirre has over 33 years of organizing experience, getting his start with the United Farm Workers Union (UFW).
Caroline graduated from Golden Gate University School of Law in 1999 with Highest Honors. Zweig Community Health Advocate Award from the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice and OMB Watch’s Rising Star in Public Interest award in 2008. Her advocacy helped CRPE win the Carla Bard Award from California Water Policy Advocates. She co-authored with Luke Cole Structural Racism, Structural Pollution and the Need for a New Paradigm for the Washington University Journal of Law & Policy and authored, SB 115: California’s Response to Environmental Justice- Process over Substance, for the Golden Gate Environmental Law Journal and Lessons Learned from the Environmental Justice Movement for the Duke Forum for Law & Social Change. Caroline has represented low income communities and communities of color on issues related to dairy development in the Central Valley, hazardous waste facilities, land application of biosolids, and land use planning issues.Ĭaroline serves on the Steering Committee for the Central Valley Air Quality Coalition, the Steering Committee for the California Environmental Justice Alliance, on the Impact Fund’s Grant Advisory Committee and on the Board of Directors for Communities for a Better Environment, the Planning and Conservation League, and Act for Women and Girls in Visalia. She quickly established a reputation as one of the Valley’s foremost environmental justice advocates, going toe-to-toe with agricultural polluters from Fresno to Bakersfield. For over 14 years she has assisted low income communities and communities of color in the south San Joaquin Valley and throughout the country in their struggle for environmental justice.
County of KernĮmail : Farrell is the Executive Director of the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment based out of CRPE’s Delano office.
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