I am pleased to inform my colleagues that Richard Ginsburg. a lawyer and resident of Hilisboro. OR. has been awarded a very high honor in my State. the Oregon Human Development Corporations Golden Aztec Award. Anyone familiar with the work of American author John Steinbeck is aware of the migrant workers plight in America. Though the Depression and the Dust Bowl are gone. numerous problems remain. Many of these laborers are Hispanics and are. hence. at a linguistic. cultural. and economic disadvantage. With the help of leaders like Richard Ginsburg. they are overcoming those obstacles. His long commitment to the rights of migrant farm workers. both in Oregon and Colorado. exemplifies the kind of dedicated service to a minority group that the Golden Aztec Award recognizes each year in an individual. Among his many achievements as chairman of the board of directors of the Housing Development Corp. of Washington County is Mr. Ginsburgs work on a 50unit apartment building for migrant workers. I recall the long process he went through. amid red tape. to not only procure funds for the housing projects from the Farmers Home Administration. but also the struggle to build support in the community for this critical housing development.
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Hispanics are at a linguistic, cultural, and economic disadvantage.