NFWM’s Spring Newsletter is here!
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Category: News & Archives
Another Successful Soccer Game, Another AMA win!
Last Saturday, March 28th, after much anticipation, YAYA and AMA hit the fields for farm worker justice! This was the fourth annual soccer game betwee... Read More »
Tags: Alianza de Mujeres Activas, AMA, Central Florida, Florida, Fundraising, Soccer
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UCF Scavenger Hunt
On Thursday, March 26th, I attended a scavenger hunt throughout the University of Central Florida hosted by Orlando YAYA. This event took place during... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, NFAW, Solidarity
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UFW April 7th Washington DC Event Postponed
The United Farm Workers have postponed the Gerawan workers actions set for April 7th in Washington DC. The DC City Council will be in recess due to ... Read More »
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2015 FWAF Women2Women Conference
On Saturday, March 21st, I made the journey to Apopka, FL to volunteer in the Farmworker Association of Florida’s Women 2 Women Conference. This wa... Read More »
Tags: Central Florida, Farmworker Association of Florida, FWAF, Women, Women2Women
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Concert & Parade for Fair Food!
Growing up as the child of migrant and seasonal farm workers was one of the most difficult challenges I have ever had to overcome in my life. I was bo... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Florida, Solidarity
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Vigil for FLOC Organizer Brutally Murdered for His Work in Mexico in 2007
Santiago Cruz was a Farm Labor Organizing Committee organizer both in the US and in Mexico who was brutally murdered at FLOC’s Mexico office in 2007... Read More »
YAYA Chili Cook-Off: The Second Coming
Join us Thursday, April 16th at 630PM, as Orlando YAYA hosts a Chili Cook-Off fundraiser to support our continued work in solidarity with farm worker ... Read More »
Tags: Central Florida, Farm Workers, Orlando
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Bulls Service Break 2015
During the first week of March, a group of students from the University of South Florida (USF) made their way to Raleigh, North Carolina for their Alt... Read More »
Tags: NFWM, Solidarity
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OCIC Celebrates 50 Years!
This article was submitted by Suzanne Darweesh, Co-chair of the Orange County Interfaith Committee to Aid Farm Workers (OCIC). The National Farm... Read More »