Farmworker Awareness Week in NC
To celebrate Farmworker Awareness Week in North Carolina, Alexandria (Alex) Jones gave the reflection during the Sunday service at Caledonia UMC in La... Read More »
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez was the founder of the United Farm Workers. He advocated tirelessly for justice in the struggle to achieve equality for farm workers. Cl... Read More »
Tags: Cesar Chavez, History, United Farm Workers
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Activities for Older Children & Adults
Below are experiential activities to use with young people or adults to make farm worker issues come alive. 1. Farm worker Jeopardy 2. Repollo/ Cabb... Read More »
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Books
Autobiography of La Causa. Jacques E. Levy. W.W. Norton & Co. 1975. Conquering Goliath: Cesar Chavez at the Beginning. Fred Ross. El Taller Graf... Read More »
Videos
“Viva La Causa”, Southern Poverty Law Center (2008) 39 min. Documentary focusing on one of the seminal events in the march for human rights - the... Read More »
Other Links
AFL-CIO Catholic Migrant Farmworker Network Farmworker Justice Global Exchange on Farmworkers Interfaith Worker Justice Justice and Advocacy Commissio... Read More »
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‘Dine With Dignity’ Campaign
Student/Farmworker Alliance Launches National "Dine With Dignity" Campaign Urging Aramark, Compass, Sodexo to Address Human Rights Crisis in Florida A... Read More »
United Methodist Church Florida Conference and NFWM Florida
We offer many thanks to the United Methodist Church in Florida, and particularly to Bishop Whitaker, Rev. Larry Rankin, and Melinda Trotti. The UMC h... Read More »
NFWM Co-Sponsors Farmworker Awareness Week Events Around the Country
This year, Farmworker Awareness Week took place from March 29 through April 4. Farmworker Awareness Week (FAW) is a nation-wide week of action for stu... Read More »
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NFWM staff travel to Sacramento with farm workers to share their stories with state legislators
On Thursday, April 23, the anniversary of Cesar Chavez's death, about 100 farm workers traveled to the State Capitol in Sacramento to share their stor... Read More »
Tags: California, Cesar Chavez
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