Organizing Trainings
What: Organizing training When: Sunday, April 13th from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Where: 4420 Parkway Commerce Blvd. Orlando, Florida, 32808 On Sunday, Ap... Read More »
Category: Action Alerts
Support tobacco farm workers! Travel to NC with us!
Join YAYA for our trip to North Carolina in support of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC)! For 6 years, YAYAs have traveled to North Carolina... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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Fed Up: The High Costs of Cheap Food
For decades, the farms around Lake Apopka, Florida's third largest lake, were sprayed with chemicals ranging from the now-banned DDT to toxaphene. The... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida, Pesticides
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Tell the state of CA to take Prima's owners to court ASAP!
A Message from the United Farm Workers: Gerawan Farming - which markets its fruits under the Prima brand - is a multi-million dollar company employin... Read More »
Tags: California, UFW, United Farm Workers
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Annual Yard sale and Bake Sale!
Join us this Saturday, March 22nd Orlando YAYA's annual Yard Sale & Bake Sale! There will be lots of great items for sale and baked goodies to sna... Read More »
2014 Farm Worker Awareness Week
*** (If you are planning on attending the premier of Cesar Chavez: An American Hero in Orlando, please notice that the time has changed to 9:50 pm) J... Read More »
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Community Garden, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, Reynolds Tobacco, WaWa, Women
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Cesar Chavez National Day of Service
Urge President Obama to declare a Cesar Chavez National Day of Service so Americans can honor the legacy of this civil rights and farm labor icon. A ... Read More »
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Cesar Chavez, UFW, United Farm Workers
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Pack the theater selfie contest!
On March 28th, 2014, Cesar Chavez: An American Hero will be released in theaters across the country. A Hollywood depiction of the life and struggles... Read More »
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Cesar Chavez
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CIW's Now is the Time Tour
Join the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) for their Now is the Time Tour! The CIW is organizing a 10 day tour to put pressure on Wendy’s and Pu... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida, Publix Supermarkets
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A day of gardening and solidarity!
Join Orlando YAYA and the Farmworker Association of Florida (FWAF) on Saturday, March 1st for a fun filled day of gardening and solidarity!!! Accordi... Read More »
Tags: Community Garden, Farm Workers, Florida
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