National Farmworker Awareness Week (NFAW)
National Farmworker Awareness Week (NFAW) is a national week of action for students and community members to raise awareness about farm worker issues... Read More »
Monthly Archives: February 2013
UFW Vice President testifies at House hearing on immigration
Giev Kashkooli, Vice President of the United Farm Wo... Read More »
Tags: immigration reform
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Immigration in the New Testament
Matthew 25:40-45 And the king will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, yo... Read More »
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Immigration in the Old Testament
Exodus 22:21 You must not molest the stranger or oppress him, for you lived as a stranger in the land of Egypt. Exodus 23:9 You must not oppres... Read More »
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Agricultural Labor Reform Principles
The Agricultural Labor Reform Principles were agreed upon by many farm worker groups, including the UFW, PCUN, FLOC, CATA, the Farmworker Association ... Read More »
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Take action for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Farm workers are the key to the U.S. food system, and although our population relies on their labor to put food on the table, these workers lack basic... Read More »
Tags: immigration reform
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
On February 21, Orlando YAYA screened the movie The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Twenty-eight comm... Read More »
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Pennsylvania YAYAs take action!
The situation for tobacco farmworkers in North Carolina is dire. A report from Oxfam America and the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) released... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina
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Women Raising their Voice
On Thursday, February 14th, three members of YAYA traveled to the Farm Worker Association of Florida's (FWAF) office in Homestead to join community ... Read More »
Tags: Florida
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Vice President Biden supports CIR!
National Farm Worker Ministry welcomes Vi... Read More »
Tags: immigration reform
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