Farmworker Awareness Week Events in Oregon
On March 28, farm workers and their supporters held a “Gran Marcha” for justice in Hermiston, Oregon, organized by the United Farm Workers union... Read More »
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Florida Church Women United Supports FLOC & CIW
Florida CWU attendees to this year’s Annual Assembly in March sent letters to the Lionel Nowell, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of PepsiCo. M... Read More »
Pray. – Harvest of Justice Table Prayers
Engaging participants at the event and afterwards is important. The NFWM has long felt that prayer is an important practice in justice work. Below are... Read More »
Tags: Harvest of Justice, Prayers
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United Farm Workers’ Prayer
UNITED FARM WORKERS' PRAYER written by Cesar Chavez Show me the suffering of the most miserable, so I may know my people's plight. Free me to pray ... Read More »
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Prayers, United Farm Workers
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Immersion trip to Homestead and Immokalee
On April 17-19, a group of middle school students from Miami spent their weekend in the rural communities of Homestead and Immokalee. They engaged in ... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida
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Lack of Social Benefits and Legal Protections
“We shall strike. We shall organize boycotts. We shall demonstrate and have political campaigns. We shall pursue the revolution we have proposed. ... Read More »
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Women Farm Workers Face Special Challenges
"Be angry about injustice! Use your skills to make the world a better place." Dolores Huerta- Duke University, 1983 Women Farm Workers Face Specia... Read More »
Tags: Women
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Farm Worker Health Concerns
“It is clearly evident that our path travels through a valley of tears well known to all farm workers, because in all valleys the way of the farm... Read More »
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Third World Housing Conditions
“It is ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your tables with abundance hav... Read More »
Tags: WRAL
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Migrant Education
“Perhaps we can bring the day when children will learn from their earliest days that being fully man and fully woman means to give one’s life t... Read More »
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