Anita Garcia (center) dances with an unidentified person at a high school graduation dance at Independence City Hall in Independence, Oregon. Garcia is among the first group of Latin American students to graduate from Central High School in Independence. This dance is being held in their honor. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on June 10, 1966.
Diana Salinas (left), Chris Bernard (center), and Anita Garcia (right) attend a high school graduation dance at Independence City Hall in Independence, Oregon. Salinas and Garcia are among the first group of Latin American students to graduate from Central High School in Independence. This dance is being held in their honor. Bernard is the Valley Migrant League Supervisor of the Independence area. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on June 10, 1966.
Couples dance at a high school graduation dance at Independence City Hall in Independence, Oregon. The dance is being held to honor the first group of Latin American students to graduate from Central High School in Independence. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on June 10, 1966.
Three teenage girls stand next to a restaurant booth at a new youth recreation center organized by the Woodburn Police Department in Woodburn, Oregon. They all look off to the left. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on June 10, 1966.
VISTA volunteer Richard Meyer (center) reads a book to 2 boys, Doyle Ash (left) and Bobbie Eiffert (right) at the Valley Migrant League's daycare center in Sandy, Oregon. The center offers daycare services for the children of migrant farm workers. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on June 3, 1966.
An unidentified man kneels in a strawberry field in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. He wears a hat and smokes a pipe. A crate of strawberries sits on the ground in front of him. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on June 3, 1966.
An unidentified woman carries an empty crate over her shoulder and walks in a row of strawberries in a field in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. She looks back over her shoulder at the camera. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on June 3, 1966.
An unidentified woman and child look at each other as they kneel in a strawberry field in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. They each hold onto a crate of strawberries they have picked. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on June 3, 1966.
An unidentified girl kneels in a strawberry field in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. She holds a crate of strawberries she has picked. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on June 3, 1966.
A crowd of spectators watch the festivities of the Valley Migrant League's Maypole Dance in the Dayton American Legion Hall in Dayton, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on May 20, 1966.
Several couples dance on the dance floor at the Valley Migrant League's Maypole Dance in the Dayton American Legion Hall in Dayton, Oregon. The Olympics band, also known as "Los Olympicos," plays music in the background. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on May 20, 1966.
Chris Bernard (right), holds a crown and speaks onstage during the Valley Migrant League's Maypole Dance in the Dayton American Legion Hall in Dayton, Oregon. Bernard is the Valley Migrant League Supervisor of the Independence area in Oregon. He is about to crown Fay Galaviz as queen of the Maypole Dance. Pictured left to right on stage are Francisco Montelongo, Ricardo Galaviz, Fay Galaviz and Chris Bernard. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on May 20, 1966.
Queen Fay Galaviz wears a crown and sits on the stage at the Valley Migrant League's Maypole Dance in the Dayton American Legion Hall in Dayton, Oregon. Pictured left to right are Francisco Montelongo, Fay Galaviz and Chris Bernard, the Valley Migrant League Supervisor of the Independence area in Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on May 20, 1966.
Chris Bernard (right), speaks onstage during the Valley Migrant League's Maypole Dance in the Dayton American Legion Hall in Dayton, Oregon. Bernard is the Valley Migrant League Supervisor of the Independence area in Oregon. Fay Galaviz, the queen of the Maypole Dance, stands in the center. Pictured left to right on stage are Francisco Montelongo, Fay Galaviz and Chris Bernard. The Maypole princesses stand on the right. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on May 20, 1966.
A boy sits inside a tattered car, running a beer can opener over the seat covers. His name is Kelly Ridley and his parents work long hours in the hops fields of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. They have no access to daycare, so he is left in the car for long hours. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on May 13, 1966. It accompanied an article announcing the upcoming opening of a new daycare center for children of farm workers.
Quentin Rowland (left) and Sam Hernandez (right) look at a publication while standing outside the Salem Opportunity Center in Salem, Oregon. Rowland, who works with the Oregon State Employment Service, was invited to speak at the center by the Spanish American Club to discuss employment opportunities for migrant farm workers. Hernandez, an assistant supervisor for the Valley Migrant League, served as translator during the discussion. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on May 13, 1966.
Alicia Martinez serves rice at Ruby Ely's birthday party in Gaston, Oregon. Ely is the Valley Migrant League's Washington County Area Supervisor. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on May 13, 1966.
A truck is parked on a dirt road in front of a row of housing units on a ranch in Medford, Oregon. These units are available to migrant workers for $7.00/week. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on May 6, 1966.
Arlene Isaacson, a VISTA volunteer working with the Valley Migrant League, reads an issue of the Opportunity News newspaper featuring the headline, "VML welding graduates now employed." Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 29, 1966.
Lorinne Brown smiles at the camera and holds a small tree branch in her right hand. Brown has just completed her first year as a volunteer with the Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) program with the Valley Migrant League. She helped run a day program for the children of migrant workers at Hanna Camp No.2 near Independence, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 29, 1966.
Two men stand behind a table, smiling. Two stacks of rolled up graduation certificates sit on the table. Taken at a graduation ceremony for students of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.
Teachers Marge and Bob Wynia watch from the back of the room as their students graduate from the Canby Day School. Marge Wynia teaches a class in basic education and Bob Wynia is a Valley Migrant League coordinator for the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.
Students Lola Aguirre (left) and Nick Zuniga (right) sit at a table. They smile as they look off to the left. They are attending a graduation ceremony for students of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.
Student Carol Wallace (left) and teacher Marge Wolf (right, wearing glasses) eat lunch together. Taken at a graduation ceremony for students of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.
Irma Alvarez smiles at the camera as she holds a flower growing on a bush outside a building in Independence, Oregon. She has just been named a princess of the upcoming May Day celebration, put on by the Valley Migrant League. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.
Portrait of student Emilio Flores, looking off to the left. People sit at a banquet table behind him. Flores is one of 23 students graduating from the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.
A group of people smile and laugh as they sit at a long table at a graduation ceremony. A stack of graduation certificates sit on a table in the foreground. The ceremony is for students of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.
Three special guests sit at a banquet table at a graduation ceremony for the Canby Day School. From left to right, they are Sarah Hall Goodwin, Director of Valley Migrant League Adult Education, Father Huang, O.S.B. of St. Patrick's Church in Canby, and Paul Ackerman, Superintendent of Canby Elementary Schools. The Canby Day School was an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.
