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Category: News & Archives
Hit the Field for Farm Worker Justice 2012!
I wish you could've been there. The second Hit the Fields for Justice NFWM-YAYA/AMA soccer game was a smashing success. Both teams arrived ready to ... Read More »
Tags: Alliance of Active Women, Farm Workers, Florida, Soccer
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Support the Florida DREAM Act!
Thirteen YAYA’s attended the rally in support of the Florida DREAM Act on Wednesday January 18th, 2012 at Rollins College. If passed, the Florida DR... Read More »
Tags: DREAM Act, Florida, Immigration
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The Harvest / La Cosecha
Last Saturday, January 14 2012, I attended YAYA’s screening of “La Cosecha” directed by Roberto Romano. The screening took place in the CWA offi... Read More »
Tags: Children in the Fields, Farm Workers
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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 »
Tags: Florida
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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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