A Contemplative Day: Buddhist Meal Prayers
Make copies and pass out to group to read aloud together before meal. * Over the full serving bowls of food, say: In this food I see clearly the pre... Read More »
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Contemplative Day Reflecting on Food & Labor
(Modeled on Peace Hill Gathering 9/9/05 facilitated by Melinda Wiggins, Student Action with Farmworkers & Lori Fernald Khamala, National Farm Work... Read More »
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Farm Worker Worship Service
Compiled by the National Farm Worker Ministry OPENING PRAYER Leader: Let us begin by recalling the words of Cesar Chavez: "Every time we sit at a tab... Read More »
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Quotes and Readings
Voices of Farmworkers "We were all shaking because it was so hot, almost dehydrated. You know what I did? I left them.... It was less than an... Read More »
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Litanies and Responsive Prayers
LITANTY OF CHRISTIAN HOPE From scripture and the words of Cesar Chavez Leader: When we are really honest with ourselves, we m... Read More »
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Reynolds Tobacco’s 2009 Annual Shareholders Meeting – NOT Business as Ususal!
On May 6th, NFWM, FLOC, farm workers and other allies gathered in Winston Salem, NC for a day of actions during the annual shareholders meeting of Re... Read More »
Tags: Event Announcements, FLOC, North Carolina, Reynolds
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Senator Diane Feinstein Reintroduces AgJOBs
Most of the workers who hand harvest the crops in our multi-billion dollar agricultural industry are immigrants and the majority lack legal documentat... Read More »
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NFWM and UFW Honor 15 fallen Farm Workers with Prayer Vigils
NFWM’s Christy Lafferty & Lucy Boutte join Maria's uncle, Doroteo Jimenez (center) and others in the vigil on May 14, 2009 to honor Maria Isabe... Read More »
Tags: California, North Carolina, Prayers, United Farm Workers
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Southern Poverty Law Center Report Finds Low-Income Latinos in South Targeted for Abuse, Discrimination
Low-income Latino immigrants in the South are routinely the targets of wage theft, racial profiling and other abuses driven by an anti-immigrant clima... Read More »
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2009 FLOC Action at Reynolds Shareholders Meeting
On May 5, 2009, I headed to the RJ Reynolds Shareholders Meeting in North Carolina in support of tobacco workers with nine other young people from NFW... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, Florida, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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