Andrew Christiansen is KGUN 9's Catalina Foothills reporter. Send your story ideas to Andrew at [email protected].
As he opened the door of a large teal school bus called the Tortuga in their museum, John Arnold, had a rush of memories come back to him. Starting 57 years ago, he used the school bus to go around Southern Arizona to educate farmworkers.“Started going to farm labor camps, the brazier migrant camps, and that became our school,” Arnold described.He named his non-profit and high school after the bus, calling it Portable Practical Educational Preparation .
They have been recognized by prestigious awards including from Mexico, Arnold saying one of them is likened to the Nobel Peace Prize of humanitarian work.Their Farmworker Hall of Fame Museum is also recognized by the Smithsonian. It includes artifacts from Caesar Chavez, a farmworker activist, who Arnold worked with. Arnold has multiple pictures of him with Chavez in the museum.“People have to trust you.
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