Table of Dignity memorial unveiled in ceremony

A.G. Kawamura, former California agriculture secretary, addresses those attending the unveiling ceremony for the Table of Dignity agricultural workers memorial at the OC Fair & Event Center on Friday.

A.G. Kawamura, former California agriculture secretary, addresses the crowd at the unveiling ceremony for the Table of Dignity agricultural workers memorial at the OC Fair & Event Center on Friday.

Orange County artist Higgy Vasquez stands next to his drawing of a field worker, which adorns one of the arches at the agricultural workers memorial at the OC Fair & Events Center.

Lucy Boutte, formerly of the national farm workers ministry, quotes Cesar Chavez during Friday’s unveiling ceremony for the Table of Dignity, an agricultural workers memorial, at the OC Fair & Event Center.

A guest touches the boulder centered in the Table of Dignity at the agricultural workers memorial’s unveiling Friday at the OC Fair & Events Center.

State, city, and labor officials gather around the Table of Dignity during its unveiling ceremony at the OC Fair & Events Center on Friday.

Keynote speaker Ashleigh Aitken addresses the crowd at Friday’s unveiling ceremony for the Table of Dignity, an agricultural workers memorial, at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.

Rev. Dr. Sarah Halverson-Cano, at right with purple stole, says a blessing for the new Table of Dignity during its unveiling ceremony at the OC Fair & Event Center on Friday.

Members of the Westminster High School Future Farmers of America attend the agricultural workers memorial’s unveiling ceremony at the OC Fair & Event Center on Friday.