Farm Worker Awareness Week and Cesar Chavez’s legacy celebrated in California
Marches, masses, and presentations held at churches and universities were part of many events that commemorated Farm Worker Awareness Week and celebra... Read More »
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YAYA Alternative Spring Break in NC a Success
Thirteen students from the University of Florida - Gainesville spent their spring break in North Carolina learning about and supporting farm workers a... Read More »
Tags: Event Announcements, Florida, North Carolina, Youth and Young Adults
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Quotes from Cesar Chavez
“What do we want the church to do? We ask for its presence with us, beside us, as Christ among us. We ask the church to sacrifice with the people fo... Read More »
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Teach or Lead a Study group on Cesar
Do you teach? Or desire to lead a study group? The Chavez Foundation and NFWM offers some great resources to bring the lessons of Chavez and the stru... Read More »
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Resources
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Farmworker Awareness Week Events in Oregon
On March 28, farm workers and their supporters held a “Gran Marcha” for justice in Hermiston, Oregon, organized by the United Farm Workers union... Read More »
Tags: California, Farmworker Awareness Week, Oregon, United Farm Workers
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Florida Church Women United Supports FLOC & CIW
Florida CWU attendees to this year’s Annual Assembly in March sent letters to the Lionel Nowell, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of PepsiCo. M... Read More »
Pray. – Harvest of Justice Table Prayers
Engaging participants at the event and afterwards is important. The NFWM has long felt that prayer is an important practice in justice work. Below are... Read More »
Tags: Harvest of Justice, Prayers
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United Farm Workers’ Prayer
UNITED FARM WORKERS' PRAYER written by Cesar Chavez Show me the suffering of the most miserable, so I may know my people's plight. Free me to pray ... Read More »
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Immersion trip to Homestead and Immokalee
On April 17-19, a group of middle school students from Miami spent their weekend in the rural communities of Homestead and Immokalee. They engaged in ... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida
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Lack of Social Benefits and Legal Protections
“We shall strike. We shall organize boycotts. We shall demonstrate and have political campaigns. We shall pursue the revolution we have proposed. ... Read More »
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