CIW Workers' Voice Tour
Spring always welcomes a whirlwind of preparations for the year – taxes, March madness, and the after Christmas credit card payments. For YAYA-NFWM,... Read More »
Category: News & Archives
Tags: Boycott Wendys, CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Fair Food Program, Solidarity, Unitarians, Wendy's
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FWAF Campesinos Garden
After being an active member of YAYA-NFWM for over a year now, I have heard many times that working in the Fellsmere Community Gardens is one of the m... Read More »
Tags: Campesinos Garden, Community Garden, Farmworker Association of Florida, Fellsmere, FWAF, Solidarity
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The Struggle for social transformation – MST
MST, which stands for Movimiento Dos Trabalhadores Rarais Sem Terra (Landless Rural Workers Movement, in English) is a social movement in Brazil, “f... Read More »
Tags: Farmworker Association of Florida, FWAF, MST
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NFWM Board Meeting Collides with Historic Winter Storm
The NFWM Board encountered a bump in the road – or rather a very big snow pile – on the way to holding our bi-annual winter meeting scheduled for ... Read More »
Jonas vs. Winter Board Meeting
The weekend of January 22nd was suppose to kick-off the National Farm Worker Ministry’s Winter board meeting but Jonas (the storm not our great Deve... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farmworker Justice, FLOC, NFWM, UFW, United Farm Workers
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YAYA Yard Sale!
On Saturday, January 30th, the Orlando YAYA chapter hosted a yard sale in order to fundraise for the upcoming year. The event was held at the home... Read More »
Tags: Fundraising, Orlando, Yard Sale
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Achieving Climate Justice in Our Communities
Last Wednesday, Jan. 27, was panel discussion at the FAMU College of Law hosted by Florida Institute for Reform and Empowerment called “From Paris t... Read More »
Tags: Climate Change, Florida, Orlando, Solidarity
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See the video! Sakuma Bros. CEO Refuses NFWM Supporters’ Postcards
Following the National Farm Worker Ministry's endorsement of the Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ) called boycott of Sakuma Bros., Driscoll's berr... Read More »
Tags: Driscolls, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, Farm Worker Ministry Northwest, FUJ, NFWM
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Sakuma CEO Asks for “Dialogue” Refuses Your Postcards
On January 8, I and Farm Worker Ministry-Northwest (FWM-NW) members, Debi Covert-Bowlds, Carla Shafer, Kristen Barber and Mike Betz traveled to Mt. Ve... Read More »
Tags: Driscolls, Familias Unidas por la Justicia
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NFWM’s Highlights from 2015
NFWM is truly humbled and honored to work in solidarity with our farm worker partners and supporters. Here's a snapshot of the year 2015 in review. We... Read More »
Tags: Justice for Farm Workers, NFWM
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