FLOC Action in North Carolina
On May 1st, nine members of Orlando YAYA drove to North Carolina to stand in solidarity with the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) at the annual ... Read More »
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Timber Creek High School's Earth Day Festival
On April 30th, Nicole and I tabled at Timber Creek High School’s Earth Day festival. It was an amazing time filled with dance, music, and runway s... Read More »
Tags: Florida
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YAYA Junior!
All Spring Orlando YAYA has been working with passionate and motivated seventh-grader Delanie McGuire to establish an organization chapter at her scho... Read More »
Tags: Florida
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Kangaroo action in support of FLOC
As part of YAYA’s ongoing support of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) and the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Campaign, YAYA members delivered let... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, Florida, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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Theater Workshop
In April 7th and 14th, UCF students Shannon McEnteer and I visited the beautiful women of Allianza de Mujeras Activas or the Alliance of Active Women ... Read More »
Tags: Alliance of Active Women, Florida
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Women to Women's Conference
On Saturday, April 14th, Orlando YAYA helped out at the Women to Women’s Conference. The Women to Women’s Conference was an event put together by ... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida
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Pioneers of the Farm Worker Movement Honored by Obama Administration
[caption id="attachment_2130" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Families of martyred farmworkers gather in front of mosaic of Cesar E. Chavez in... Read More »
Tags: Cesar Chavez, CIW, FLOC, NFWM, United Farm Workers
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Community Garden Service Project
Our second community garden work day in Fellsmere was a success! Orlando YAYA is organizing these work days (at least twice a month until February 201... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida
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Viva la Mujer!
On Friday March 30th, fellow YAYA member Oscar Flores and I attended Central Florida LCLAA's (Labor Council for Latin American Advancement) first annu... Read More »
Tags: Alliance of Active Women, Florida
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Viva La Causa Movie Screening Report
On March 29, YAYA cohosted a screening on the UCF campus of the Southern Poverty Law Center documentary, Viva la Causa, with the Student Labor Action ... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida
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