Taking action for immigration reform!
On February 15, Speaker of the United States House of Representative, John Boehner attended a fundraising dinner in Sarasota, Florida. Also ,on that ... Read More »
Category: News & Archives
NFWM's Board Meeting
I had the privilege of traveling with our National Coordinator, Nico Gumbs, to the Golden State, California for the first 2014 Winter board meeting of... Read More »
Tags: California, Equitable Food Initiative, Immigration, NFWM, UFW, United Farm Workers
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House Republicans Release Immigration Reform Principles
Raleigh, NC - On Thursday, House Republicans released their principles for immigration reform in an encouraging step towards fixing our nation’s bro... Read More »
Tags: Immigrant Rights, immigration reform
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On Nafta's 20th anniversary: say NO to the TPP!
On Friday, January 31st, several YAYA members met up with the Orlando Light Brigade, the Communication Workers of America, Local 3108 and individuals ... Read More »
Tags: NAFTA
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Greater Orlando Human Trafficking Task Force
On January 25, five YAYAs joined the Greater Orlando Human Trafficking Task Force (GOHTTF) at their Sixth Annual Human Trafficking Awareness event at ... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Human Trafficking
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2014 Orlando MLK Parade
On Saturday, January 18th 2014, several YAYA’s joined Central Florida Jobs With Justice for the annual Orlando MLK Parade. This was YAYA’s fourth ... Read More »
Walmart Joins Fair Food Program
Corporate giant Walmart just joined the Fair Food Program by signing a historic agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)! The National... Read More »
Walmart Joins Fair Food Program
Corporate giant Walmart just joined the Fair Food Program by signing a historic agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)! The National... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida, Walmart
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Fellsmere's Christmas Posada!
In the late afternoon of December 20th, on one of the last Fridays of 2013, three representatives from Orlando YAYA took the familiar journey to visit... Read More »
Tags: Christmas, Farm Workers, Florida
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Homestead FWAF's Christmas Posada!
On December 21st, I met up with Nataly Azcurra, her mother, and two sisters in Homestead, Florida to celebrate YAYA-NFWM’s last Posada for the year... Read More »
Tags: Christmas, Farm Workers, Florida
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