Celebrating the Florida Compact
On Wednesday May the 4th, there was a gathering at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, at 7pm, where YAYA among other organizations; Hope Community Cen... Read More »
Category: News & Archives
Marching in Apopka against FL anti-immigrant bills
On Sunday, May 1st, YAYA joined the Farm Worker Association of Florida for a march in Apopka, defending farmworkers and their rights by protesting ant... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida, Immigration
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Picketing at Publix Grand Opening
On April 28th, 2011 Publix opened up a new unit on the corner of University Blvd and N Goldenrod Rd (Orlando, FL), replacing a now bankrupt K-mart ... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida, Publix Supermarkets
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Beehive Collective Workshop: Art for Immigrant Rights
A team of dedicated YAYA volunteers had been working all semester on our special immigration project: a popular education curriculum designed to give ... Read More »
Tags: Florida, Immigration
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Florida Will Not Be Fooled by Arizona Laws in Disguise!
Youth, immigrants, faith-based communities, farm workers, labor unions and allies gathered outside of Senator David Simmons’ office on April 1st t... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida, Immigration
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Dialogue for Farmworker Justice 2011
On March 31st at TESC (the evergreen state college) YAYA held a panel discussion with Bridges Not Walls (BNW) and Mason County Literacy (MCL) and mo... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Washington State
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Groundbreaking Report on U.S. Farm Labor Released
Bon Appetit Management Company Foundation and United Farm Workers Release Groundbreaking Report on U.S. Farm Labor (Palo Alto, California) - More and... Read More »
Tags: United Farm Workers
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Trip to Immokalee
I had been looking forward to visiting Immokalee since Lariza had offered for me to come with her. I completely fell in love with the people and the e... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida, Immigration
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Fat Bankers and Students Continue to Work for Justice
Orlando YAYA hit up 3 Chase branches on the March 18th FLOC Day of Action. After our last round of actions, we found that some Chase locations were in... Read More »
Tags: Chase Bank, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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Olympia YAYA Supports FLOC
On Friday March 18th, a group of Olympia YAYAs went to two Chase Bank branches in Lacey and Hawks Prairie to leaflet in support of Farm Labor Organizi... Read More »
Tags: Chase Bank, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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