MLK Parade
On January 14th, nine YAYAs participated in the 2012 MLK parade at Downtown Orlando as proud members of the Jobs with Justice Coalition. Being part... Read More »
Category: News & Archives
Three Kings Day Celebration
Bringing in the New Year right, 12 YAYA members and volunteers attended the Three Kings celebration at the Homestead Farm Worker Association of Florid... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida
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Christmas celebrations
On December 16-17, twenty NFWM and YAYA members attended three Christmas celebrations in the farm worker communities of Central Florida. We are very g... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida
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CIW Action at Publix
On December 15th, 2012, thirty six members of our community attended a rally at the new Publix Supermarket in Windermere, Florida. Our objective was t... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida, Publix Supermarkets
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“The Costs and Joys of Discipleship”: Forty Years of the National Farm Worker Ministry
In honor of its 40th anniversary as a national organization and 90 years of solidarity with farm workers, NFWM conducted oral history interviews ... Read More »
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Immigration Congress
On Nov 18-20, a YAYA and NFWM delegation attended the Florida Immigrant Coalition's Annual Congress. This event, which took place in Gainesville, incl... Read More »
Tags: Florida, Immigration
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MSNBC Reporting Describes Same Farm Worker Housing Conditions Seen by NFWM Delegation
[caption id="attachment_1552" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Michael Szpak (AFL-CIO), Rick Goodman & Carol Blythe-Goodman (Alliance of Ba... Read More »
Tags: Alliance of Baptists, FLOC, NFWM, North Carolina, United Methodist Church, working conditions
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UCF and YAYA design sets in Seville
On Sunday, October 16th and Sunday, October 23rd students from the University of Central Florida (Women’s Studies Dept.) partnered with their local ... Read More »
Tags: Alliance of Active Women, Farm Workers, Florida, Pesticides
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CIW's Supermarket Week of Action!
On October 22nd, twenty Orlando YAYA members and representatives from other community groups, joined together in a peaceful demonstration at the Publi... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida, Publix Supermarkets
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Farm Worker Focus on National Food Day
Today, October 24, is National Food Day! The organizers of National Food Day have partnered with groups across the country to have thousands of events... Read More »
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