“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 »
Category: News & Archives
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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Olympia YAYA Supports Ruby Ridge Workers in Seattle
In response to the nonresponse that Darigold has given Ruby Ridge workers and their supporters, the United Farm Workers (UFW) organized a rally in fro... Read More »
Tags: Darigold, Farm Workers, Oregon, Ruby Ridge Dairy, UFW, United Farm Workers, Washington State
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Bike Delivery in Seville
On a rainy afternoon a community center in Seville was filled with smiles and laughs. Seville is a farm worker community in Florida, located about 2 h... Read More »
Tags: Alliance of Active Women, Farm Workers, Florida
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Victory: Hector Maniau is Home!
Hector Maniau and his family have been active with NFWM/YAYA for almost two years. His family contacted me when we were coordinating a group to attend... Read More »
Tags: Florida, Immigration
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Soccer Field Inauguration!
On October 1st, 2011, Farm Worker Self-Help held a gathering in Dade city, introducing new soccer field property to various families and supporters. ... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida, Soccer
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