Position Announcement – NFWM Executive Director
National Farm Worker Ministry seeks a dynamic, passionate leader with demonstrated commitment to social justice for the position of Executive Director. ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW NFWM is a faith-based organization committed to justice for and empowerment of farm workers. Since its organization in 1971, the ministry has worked with farm workers in their struggle for justice [...]
NFWM Announces Upcoming Departure of Executive Director
National Farm Worker Ministry is a faith based organization committed to justice for and empowerment of farm workers. NFWM educates, equips and mobilizes member organizations and other faith communities, groups and individuals to support farm worker led efforts to improve their living and working conditions. The National Farm Worker Ministry (NFWM) Board of Directors announces [...]
NFWM Applauds Push for Immigration Reform Giving Farm Workers a Path to Citizenship
We applaud President’s Obama’ commitment to Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) which includes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in the United States. We are glad to see that the President understands the urgency of the situation and wants Congress to act on this quickly. The current situation is untenable. As the President said [...]
Pinellas Support Committee for NFWM Annual Sacrificial Soup Supper
The Pinellas Support Committee invites you to join them at their Annual Sacrificial Soup Supper Saturday, November 17 at 5:30 at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Clearwater, FL. Bring new socks and underwear for kids under 12 and warm blankets for folks of all ages to support the Farm Worker Christmas Project and enjoy homemade lentil [...]
President Obama to Establish César E. Chávez National Monument
National Farm Worker Ministry Executive Director Virginia Nesmith, NFWM California Organizer Lucy Boutte, and founding NFWM Director Rev. Chris Hartmire and his wife Jane along with several other past and present board members of NFWM will be attending the establishment of the César E. Chávez National Monument on Monday, October 8 in Keene, CA. President Barack Obama will [...]
Chipotle Signs Agreement with CIW to Join Fair Food Program
The National Farm Worker Ministry congratulates the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Chipotle Mexican Grill on the October 4th signing of the Fair Food Agreement! We thank our many supporters who wrote letters, visited stores, marched with the CIW and worked tirelessly to bring a message of fairness and equality on behalf of tomato farm [...]
OCIC’s 47th Annual Farmworker Summer Celebration September 30
The Orange County Interfaith Committee (OCIC) will hold its 47th annual fundraising event for National Farm Worker Ministry on Sunday, September 30 2012 at Church of the Foothills in Santa Ana, CA. For those of you lucky enough to be close by to attend, this enjoyable evening will begin at 5:00 pm with a social [...]
Memorials for Joan Papert Preiss, Farm Worker Activist
by Virginia Nesmith Former National Farm Worker Ministry Board Member Joan Papert Preiss, passed away on June 1, 2012 in Durham, North Carolina. Joan was an amazing woman - as her obituary published in the Raleigh News & Observer attests to, and re-printed below. While those of us at NFWM knew of her love of family and [...]
Pioneers of the Farm Worker Movement Honored by Obama Administration
by NFWM Director Virginia Nesmith I was honored to be part of a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) event that lifted farm workers up for national recognition. On March 26th, the “Pioneers of the Farm Worker Movement” were inducted into the DOL’s Hall of Honor and the Cesar Chavez Auditorium was dedicated. The event was [...]
Ruby Ridge Workers & Supporters Deliver Petition to Darigold
Seattle March to Darigold Headquarters On January 27th, farm workers from Ruby Ridge Dairy and Occupiers from the Seattle area joined together to march through the streets of Seattle to Darigold’s headquarters. The crowd of nearly 1,000 delivered a petition with 20,000 signatures calling on Darigold, a large dairy cooperative which processes and markets [...]
