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Winners for the Fred Ross Journalism Competition have been chosen for the 2022-2023 school year. September 15, 2022
FRED ROSS WAS ORANGE COUNTY'S LOSS—BUT CÉSAR CHÁVEZ'S GAIN, April 3, 2014
The Fred Ross Systemic Change Student Journalism Competition, November 4, 2022
On Labor Day, Unions Back Fred Ross Project, Randy Shaw, September 5, 2022
My Father, Fred Ross, Trained Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta to Organize. His Approach Can Help Us Win Today’s Fights. Fred Ross Jr. July 12, 2022
Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Historic House Meeting. Randy Shaw, June 9, 2022
Fred Ross, Jr. A Remarkable Organizing Legacy. Beyond Chron, March 7, 2022
Film on Fred Ross Will Inspire Young Organizers. Beyond Chron, January 24, 2022
Our Fathers Fought GOP Voter Suppression 70 Years Ago Cesar Chavez and Fred Ross Sr. knew it would take a movement to fight measures aimed at intimidating Latino voters. So they built one. The Nation, June 23, 2021
From the Grapes of Wrath to Cesar Chavez: A New Life of Fred Ross, Social Activist and Community Organizer, Steinbeck Now, March 28, 2016
‘America’s Social Arsonist,’ by Gabriel Thompson, San Francisco Chronicle, March 24, 2016
Will UFW Strategy Elect the Next President, BeyondChron, July 28, 2015
Alumnus Honored by Governor Brown, The Daily Trojan, October 9, 2014
Fred Ross Sr Inducted Into California Hall of Fame, IBEW 1245, October 8, 2014
The Nosh Pit: Honored activist’s son also a voice for farmworkers, Sacramento Bee, October 5, 2014
2014 California Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Imperial Valley News, October 2, 2014
New Class of California Hall of Fame Inductees Honored, Fox-40, October 1, 2014
California rolls out red carpet for annual Hall of Fame event, KCRA-3, October 1, 2014
Fred Ross, Cesar Chavez and Lessons for Fergusson, Capital & Main, September 24, 2014
Celebrating Fred Ross Sr.’s “Axioms for Organizers,” BeyondChron, September 24, 2014
Fred Ross Sr’s “Axioms for Organizers” E-Book Available for Download, IBEW 1245, September 22, 2014
A Book for the People of Ferguson — and Oppressed People Everywhere, The American Prospect, September 14, 2014
Axioms for Organizers, Collection of Sayings by Legendary Community Organizer Fred Ross, to Be Release This Month!, OC Weekly, September 4, 2014
Mayors Unite Behind Fred Ross Sr., BeyondChron, August 21, 2014
Empowering the Powerless, KQED Radio, July 7, 2014
Civil Rights and Union Organizer Fred Ross, Sr. Selected for California Hall of Fame, AFL-CIO Now, June 21, 2014
Mysterious Man Who Mentored Cesar Chavez Finally Gets Recognition, Fusion, June 21, 2014
Rep. Roybal-Allard Reacts to News that Fred Ross, Sr. Will Be Inducted into the California Hall of Fame, June 18, 2014
Governor Brown to Induct Organizer Fred Ross Into CA Hall of Fame, BeyondChron, June 17, 2014
Honoring Fred Ross Sr.: With Cesar Chavez, he formed the UFW, San Jose Mercury News, June 17, 2014
Fred Ross was Orange County’s Loss – But Cesar Chavez’s Gain, OC Weekly, April 3, 2014
Activistas piden Medalla de la Libertad para Fred Ross, Univision Noticias, March 15, 2014
Fred Ross, Zinn Education Project, 2013
Governor Brown Urged to Nominate Fred Ross Sr. for CA Hall of Fame, BeyondChron, October 11, 2013
Meet the Mysterious Man Who Mentored César Chávez, ABC News / Univision, March 19, 2013
Community Organizer Fred Ross Sr. Through the Years, ABC News / Univision, March 19, 2013
Activistas piden Medalla de la Libertad para Fred Ross, Univision Noticias, March 15, 2013
Voice: Freedom medal nomination, Imperial Valley Press, March 15, 2013
Campaign calls for Obama to award the Medal of Freedom to Fred Ross, VOXXI, March 9, 2013
Momentum Builds for Honoring Legendary Organizer Fred Ross, Beyond Chron, March 5, 2013
Fred Ross – Presidential Medal of Freedom, Huffington Post, February 26, 2013
The Grapes of Ross, Peter Dreier for the Huffington Post, February 25, 2013
Dick Meister: Honor a legendary organizer, San Francisco Bay Guardian, February 19, 2013
National Campaign Urges Obama to Award Presidential Medal of Freedom to Legendary Organizer Fred Ross, Beyond Chron, February 2 2013
A Trailblazing Organizer’s Organizer, Dick Meister’s Labor Articles, October 2007
Todd Sonkins – 1940 Fieldnotes, NPR, 2000
On the passing of Frances Ross, wife of Fred Ross, Sr. and Advocate for the Mentally Ill, The Congressional Record, March 25, 1999
He Spent a Lifetime Fighting for the Poor, The Sacramento Bee, October 3, 1992
Fred Ross Dies at 82; Farm Union Organizer, New York Times, October 02, 1992
UFW Memorial Honors Lifelong Activist Fred Ross: Labor: Cesar Chavez eulogizes the man ‘who changed my life,’ L.A. Times, October 19 1992
Fred Ross; Worked Quietly for Downtrodden Laborers, L.A. Times, October 1, 1992
An Organizer’s Organizer, Datelines, December 1988
41 Years In The Grass Roots: Organizer Fred Ross, 76, Still Has Work To Do, Chicago Tribune, July 14, 1987
Fred Ross, Veteran Community Organizer, Honored : 48 Years of Service Rates a Fine Party, LA Times, August 25, 1985