CIW Takes on Royal Ahold at Annual Meeting
Supermarket giants across the country have signed on to the Fair Food Program with Florida based farm worker group Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW... Read More »
CIW Takes on Royal Ahold at Annual Meeting
Supermarket giants across the country have signed on to the Fair Food ... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Fair Food Program, NFWM
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Hold Walmart Accountable for Prima Brand Products
A message from the United Farm Workers: Retailers and growers want us to believe that they're doing right by the environment and workers. Gerawan F... Read More »
Alliance of Baptists Unanimously Pass Resolution Supporting FLOC
At the 2014 Alliance of Baptists' Annual Gathering in Portland, Maine the below resolution supporting the Farm Labor Organizing Committee's Reynold... Read More »
Tags: Alliance of Baptists, FLOC, NFWM
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Fighting For Food Sovereignty in Fellsmere
I still remember my first trip to the Fellsmere Community Garden. Yolanda, one of the members of the Farm Worker Association of Florida who plays an i... Read More »
Tags: Community Garden, Farm Workers, Florida
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California Farm Workers and Faith Leaders March for Immigration Reform
Led by the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, over 1000 farm workers, faith leaders, activists and students marched to Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s off... Read More »
Tags: CIR, NFWM, UFW, UFW Foundation
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2014 Earth Day
On Saturday, April 19th, 2014, I along with two other YAYAs attended and tabled at Central Florida’s Earth Day event at Lake Eola. The event began a... Read More »
Tags: Earth Day, Farm Workers
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Hundreds of Farm Workers Tell Rep. McCarthy that the Time is Now for Immigration Reform
On April 24th, 2014 thousands of people from across the country and hundreds of farm workers coming from all over California are standing side-by-sid... Read More »
Tags: California, CIR, immigration reform, UFW
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YAYA's Organizing Trainings
On Sunday, April 13, I took part in the YAYA Organizing Training. The YAYA Organizing Training is a series of different workshops and interactive sess... Read More »
Tags: Florida
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