CIW Wins Major Victory for Social Responsibility in Florida Tomato Fields
NFWM congratulates the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) for the landmark agreements they won this month for farm workers in the Florida tomato fie... Read More »
Evergreen YAYAs sponsor Mason County Literacy ESL Tutor Training
On October 15th and 16th over 20 Evergreen YAYAs, students, and community members attended a ten hour volunteer training to learn how to tutor adult i... Read More »
Tags: California, Youth and Young Adults
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Bike Delivery in Apopka
The bike delivery at Apopka's Farm Worker Association of Florida office last October17th was very interesting and very worthwhile. We arrived early an... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida
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Evergreen YAYAs sponsor Mason County Literacy ESL Tutor Training
On October 15th and 16th, over 20 Evergreen YAYAs, students, and community members attended a ten hour volunteer training to learn how to tutor adult ... Read More »
Tags: Washington State
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Our Visit to Fellsmere
On October the third, Orlando YAYA members embarked on a 2 day immersion trip to Fellsmere, Florida, where we would lodge at the local Farm worker Ass... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida
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Human Rights Forum at UCF
On Tuesday, September 21st, the Orlando YAYA Chapter participated in a "Human Rights Forum" hosted by the Hispanic American Student Association (HASA)... Read More »
Tags: DREAM Act, Farm Workers, Florida, Immigration
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DREAM Act Action @ Senator LeMieux's Office
On September 20th 2010, YAYA members Carolina, Dominique, Sindy and myself went to support SWER (Students Working for Equal Rights)'s DREAM Act acti... Read More »
Tags: DREAM Act, Florida, Immigration
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Musical Action in Support of FLOC!
After two days of arduos practice, Brian, Katie, Dominique, Cole, Lariza, and the author (known as ACAT: Anti-Chace Action Team), finally got the chan... Read More »
Tags: Chase Bank, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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September Membership Meeting
On September 14th, the time came for Orlando YAYA to have our long awaited membership meeting at the First Congregational Church of Winter Park, for w... Read More »
Tags: Florida
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FLOC Launches JPMorgan Chase Divestment Campaign
JPMorgan Chase is one of the lead banks in a consortium of lenders that provides $498 million in credit to Reynolds American, one of the largest tobac... Read More »
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