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Outreach Event: Music and Poetry

On June 5th, 2010, Orlando YAYA organized an outreach event at Taste Restaurant. Using music and poetry they were able to educate the community about ... Read More »

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Todos Somos Arizona!!! We are all Arizona!!!

"Several community organizations came together on May 29 to speak out against the anti-immigrant Arizona law SB 1070, and to hold our local official... Read More »

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AgJOBS and DREAM Act Rally

On May 19th the Deland and Orlando YAYA Chapters collaborated with Apopka Students Working for Equal Rights to hold a rally outside of Senator LeMieux... Read More »

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Orlando YAYA Car Wash Fundraiser

On Saturday, May 15 our Orlando YAYA Members had fun in the Florida sun while we raised money for our work supporting farm worker campaigns. Thank yo... Read More »

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NFWM California visits Giumarra fields to share shade and hope

A Giumarra worker points out what his foreman usually provides him for shade: one tattered black tarp draped over a few vine rows, underneath which, ... Read More »

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Farm Worker Supporters Strong Presence at Reynold’s Shareholders Meeting

Supporters of human rights and justice joined the National Farm Worker Ministry and the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) in Winston-Salem, North... Read More »

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May 1st Immigrant, Civil & Human Rights Rally in St. Louis

On May 1st, over 2,000 people marched and rallied in St. Louis, MO calling for immigrant, human, and civil rights, with the message, “Because we bel... Read More »

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Immersion Trip with Middle School Students

On May 11, 2010, a group of twenty-one middle school students, and two Orlando YAYAs  traveled to Immokalee, Florida, to talk to farm workers in the ... Read More »

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The lives of Undocumented Immigrants on Front Porch Radio

Listen to Deland YAYAs, Ana Laura Bolanos, President of the Alliance of Active Women, Erica Lomeli, Civic Engagement Program Director from the UFW Fou... Read More »

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24 Hour Fast Held in Los Angeles in Solidarity with Giumarra Workers

About 75 farm worker supporters gathered throughout the night and day on Friday, April 23rd to show their support for the struggle of farm workers a... Read More »

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