Rosenberry Lecture: National Florist Workers Strike! Kitayama vs NFWOM
March 19 @ 7:00 pm
$10 – $15
Join Dr. Priscilla Falcon, professor emeritus of the University of Northern Colorado, for a discussion of her gripping book, STRIKE: National Florist Workers vs. Kitayama, which chronicles the story of the 1968 strike against a Brighton-based carnation greenhouse for better wages and working conditions. Led by Guadalupe “Lupe” Briseno – and several other Chicana women – this strike lasted over 200 days and highlights the vital role Chicana women played in the fight for labor justice.
A book signing will follow the talk.
Dr. Priscilla Falcon traces her family roots to Northern New Mexico, originating in the village of Abiquiu in northern New Mexico. Her ancestors founded the settlement of Los Valdezes on the banks of the Rio Grande River in the San Luis Valley, where she grew up.
Dr. Priscilla Falcon completed her M.A.(1985) and PhD(1993) at the Josef Korbel School of International Relations at the University of Denver. Her academic research studies included travel to Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Turkey. Dr. Falcon was a faculty member at the University of Northern Colorado for 29 years, where she also served as Director of the Colorado Oral History and Migratory Labor Project. Her book, Mexican Foreign Policy 1934-1992, was published in 2022. Dr. Falcon retired in 2023 and is currently an Emeritus faculty member of the Department of Chicana/o and Latinx Studies at the University of Northern Colorado. She continues to hold membership in several local and regional professional organizations. Dr. Falcon’s second book, STRIKE: National Florist Workers vs. Kitayama was published in February of 2024, and she is currently engaged in researching the sugar beet industry in Northern Colorado.
