Fellsmere Community Garden
On Saturday, August 31st, I started a great journey by joining YAYA to help, as a volunteer, in the Fellsmere’s Community Garden project. This initi... Read More »
Category: News & Archives
Let's get to planting with FWAF and YAYA!
What: Volunteer with YAYA at the Farmworker's Association of Florida's (FWAF) Community Gardens in Fellsmere. When: Saturday, August 31 - all day. W... Read More »
Tags: Community Garden, Farm Workers, Florida
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NFWM Board Meeting
From August 23rd through 25th, I was in Belleville, Illinois for the National Farm Worker Ministry board meeting. The event took place at the Natio... Read More »
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Rally at WAWA
On Saturday, August 10th, from 7:00-8:00 pm, 10 members and supporters of Orlando YAYA held a rally at WAWA store #5111 in solidarity with the Farm La... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, Florida, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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Thank you! The yard sale was a success :)
On Saturday, August 3, YAYA President Brian Luft parted ways with his beloved and rare collection of all four Jaws movies on VHS. The collection was ... Read More »
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Ralph Nader Speaks about Farm Workers
Ralph Nader has spent decades speaking truth to power. In an August 13th article he does so again - for the 2 million farm workers who work our fields... Read More »
Tags: FLOC, United Farm Workers, working conditions
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UFW and PCUN leadership arrested for their courageous stand in support of CIR
National Farm Worker Ministry applauds Giev Kashkooli, Vice President of the United Farm Workers (UFW) and Ramon Ramirez, President of Northwest Treep... Read More »
Tags: immigration reform, United Farm Workers
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reRoute, Building Youth and Student Power for a New Economy
From July 19th through the 21st, Nico Gumbs, YAYA organizer, and I, traveled to New York to attend, “reRoute, Building Youth and Student Power for a... Read More »
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Farm Worker Provisions in Senate Bill 744
Senate Bill 744, The Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, includes provisions that would specifically impact farm workers and th... Read More »
Tags: immigration reform, NFWM
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Religious leaders write to oppose House Bill H.R. 1773: the Agricultural Guestworker Act
The agricultural labor provisions of the Senate Bill are the result of a compromise between the United Farm Workers and all of the nation’s major gr... Read More »
Tags: immigration reform, NFWM
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