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Annual FWAF-Fellsmere's Local Assembly

On Sunday, March 3rd 2013, YAYA met with the Farm Worker Association of Florida (FWAF) at their office in Fellsmere, for the Annual FWAF-Fellsmere's L... Read More »

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Prayers for CIR

Let us pray for our legislators, for farm workers, and for others whom we have indentured by borders, laws, and our demand for cheap labor. Let us... Read More »

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UFW Vice President testifies at House hearing on immigration

Giev Kashkooli, Vice President of the United Farm Wo... Read More »

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Immigration in the New Testament

Matthew 25:40-45 And the king will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, yo... Read More »

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Immigration in the Old Testament

Exodus 22:21 You must not molest the stranger or oppress him, for you lived as a stranger in the land of Egypt. Exodus 23:9 You must not oppres... Read More »

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Agricultural Labor Reform Principles

The Agricultural Labor Reform Principles were agreed upon by many farm worker groups, including the UFW, PCUN, FLOC, CATA, the Farmworker Association ... Read More »

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Take action for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Farm workers are the key to the U.S. food system, and although our population relies on their labor to put food on the table, these workers lack basic... Read More »

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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

On February 21, Orlando YAYA screened the movie The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Twenty-eight comm... Read More »

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Pennsylvania YAYAs take action!

The situation for tobacco farmworkers in North Carolina is dire. A report from Oxfam America and the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) released... Read More »

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Women Raising their Voice

On Thursday, February 14th, three members of YAYA traveled to the Farm Worker Association of Florida's (FWAF) office in  Homestead to join community ... Read More »

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