Fair Food Summit in Immokalee
On September 15, 2011, Orlando YAYA members Nicole Godreau, Leslie Cordero and I piled into a car with NFWM staff Bert Perry to make the 3.5 hour driv... Read More »
Category: News & Archives
Tampa Bay YAYA events
On September 17-18, members of Tampa Bay YAYA participated in a series of events that were put together to recruit new members and educate YAYAs about... Read More »
Tags: Florida
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OCIC’s 46th Annual NFWM Fundraiser Event September 18 2011
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Tags: California, Orange County Interfaith Committee to Aid Farm Workers
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A Happy Birthday to a Blessed Institution
by Olgha Sierra Sandman, CWU IL representative on the NFWM Board (The following article was published in the September 2011 issue of Church Women Uni... Read More »
Update on NFWM & CIW
by Bert Perry, NFWM Florida [caption id="attachment_1406" align="alignright" width="212" caption="Bert Perry as marshall at the UCC CIW march July 20... Read More »
Bike Pilgrimage to Publix HQ with the CIW
On a rainy Tuesday morning, September 6, Orlando YAYA members Juan Barredo and Katie Gillett joined the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and allie... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida, Publix Supermarkets
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2011 NFWM Board Meeting
On Aug 26-27, YAYA members Jimmy Dunson (Tampa Bay YAYA), Drew Beres and Jenny Lee (Olympia YAYA) attended the 2011 Fall Board Meeting for the Nationa... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida, NFWM, Oregon, Washington State
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School Supply Fair in Apopka
On Tuesday, August 16th, YAYA participated in a health and school supply fair at the Apopka Family Learning Center, whose aim is to "Empower Childre... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida
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Bike Fixup Day
On a sweltering Sunday afternoon, August 7, five YAYA volunteers and two amazing bike master friends- Stephen and Tyler from the Rusted Chain Bike Col... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida
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Intern Blog: Farm Workers and Small Farmers
Ryan Nilsen, NFWM intern through Duke Divinity School In our evening outreach to farm workers over the past few weeks, Octavio and I have ended up be... Read More »
Tags: North Carolina
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