YAYA Yard Sale Fundraiser!
On Saturday, August 30, 2014, Orlando YAYA-NFWM held a yard sale fundraiser at my house to raise money for the work we do in support of farm workers a... Read More »
Category: News & Archives
Pa' Delante: My Experience with FLOC in the Fields of NC
This summer, a group of 15 interns and myself had the opportunity to work on the Farm Labor Organizing Committee's Respect, Recognition, and Raise cam... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina
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2014 Summer Board Meeting and Benefit Dinner
The weekend of August 15-16, 2014, National Farm Worker Ministry staff, board members and guests gathered at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleig... Read More »
Tags: FLOC, NFWM Board, North Carolina, Youth and Young Adults
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Blog: Ministers-in-Training and Farm Worker Justice
In recent years, the leadership of National Farm Worker Ministry (NFWM) saw fit to respond to the need of many 40+ year old nonprofit ministries in th... Read More »
Tags: Fair Food, NFWM, NFWM Board, Youth and Young Adults
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NFWM's 2014 Summer Board Meeting
From August 14th-17th, I was able to attend the National Farm Worker Ministry’s (NFWM) board meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina. Every six months, N... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina
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Tell EPA Safer Fields & Safer Families Matter
A Message from the Pesticide Action Network: Speak up for farmworkers Let’s make sure EPA implements better rules to protect farmworkers in the... Read More »
Tags: EPA, PAN, Pesticides
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My 3 a.m. Call with Dan Gerawan
I worked for years in the anti-human trafficking field. One thing I learned during that time is that most of the tactics used by traffickers are nex... Read More »
MPs Gather for Round Table Discussion with FLOC Supporters
British Parliament member James Sheridan shares his reactions to conditions for North Ca... Read More »
Tags: FLOC, NFWM, Reynolds American, Tobacco, Triangle Friends of Farmworkers, Youth and Young Adults
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British Parliament Members Visit NC Farms
On July 26th Members of British Parliament Ian Lavery and James Sheridan participated in a fact-finding delegation to North Carolina tobacco fields to... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, Tobacco
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New University of Central Florida Wawa Store
On Saturday, July 19th, several of us YAYAs paid a visit to the new University of Central Florida Wawa store that opened this past May. Continuing our... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco, Tobacco, WaWa
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