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EFI Leadership Team members including workersand managers, talked with NFWM Board members at SierraFarm... Read More »
Category: News & Archives
Hit the Fields for Farm Worker Justice was a success!
Confession: I had never played in soccer in my life before May 18, 2013. In fact, I had never even kicked a soccer ball before we started kicking it a... Read More »
Tags: Alliance of Active Women, Farm Workers, Florida, Soccer
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AFL-CIO Immersion Trip at HCC
On Saturday, June 1st, Florida AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) joined the Hope CommUnity Center (HCC... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida
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Senate Judiciary Committee approves immigration reform legislation
On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved... Read More »
Tags: immigration reform
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In support of FLOC
On Thursday, May 9th, five YAYAs packed in a van and drove to the RJ Reynolds Plaza Building, in North Carolina, for the RJ Reynolds annual shareholde... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, FLOC, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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Right to Live, Right to Work, Right to Stay Together!
On May 1, 2013, YAYA members attended the Right to Live, Work, and Stay Together event at the Fountain of Living Water Church in south Orlando. Nico,... Read More »
Tags: Florida, Immigration
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Apopka Community Garden
On April 27, our community came alive at the Billie Dean Community garden, when farm workers and college students joined forces to enjoy a day of gard... Read More »
Tags: Florida
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Strawberry Festival
On Saturday, April 20th, the Pinellas Support Committee of the National Farm Worker Ministry held their annual Alternative Strawberry Festival to hono... Read More »
Tags: Florida
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Yard Sale!
On Saturday, April 20th, YAYA held a yard sale outside the home of YAYA member Melissa McGuire Maniau. Five YAYA members woke up early in the morning ... Read More »
Tags: Florida
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Senate bill for immigration reform
Dear NFWM friends, Last week, members of the National Farm Worker Ministry’s staff, board, and Youth and Young Adult Network accompanied over 100... Read More »
Tags: immigration reform
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