2014 MLK Day Parade!
Join us this Saturday, January 18th, for the Martin Luther King (MLK) Parade in Downtown Orlando! Since 2011, YAYA members have marched through the s... Read More »
Fellsmere's Christmas Posada!
In the late afternoon of December 20th, on one of the last Fridays of 2013, three representatives from Orlando YAYA took the familiar journey to visit... Read More »
Tags: Christmas, Farm Workers, Florida
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Homestead FWAF's Christmas Posada!
On December 21st, I met up with Nataly Azcurra, her mother, and two sisters in Homestead, Florida to celebrate YAYA-NFWM’s last Posada for the year... Read More »
Tags: Christmas, Farm Workers, Florida
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Cesar Chavez National Day of Service
A message from the United Farm Workers (UFW): In advance of the March 28, 2014 release of the major motion picture Cesar Chavez, the Cesar Chavez Fou... Read More »
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Cesar Chavez Foundation, UFW, United Farm Workers
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Wawa Grand Opening Action
On December 17th, 2013, six YAYAs attended the WAWA grand opening on Orange Blossom Trail by the Florida Mall. The main purpose of this action was to ... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, Florida, North Carolina, WaWa
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Christmas Toy Distribution with the PSC
On Saturday, December 14th, three YAYA members arrived early in the morning at St. Clements Chruch in Plant City, to help distribute toys and other go... Read More »
Tags: Christmas, Farm Workers, Florida, Pinellas Support Committee
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AMA's Christmas Posada!
Saturday, December 14th marked the date for the Posada hosted by Alianza de Mujeres Activas (AMA) held in Seville, Florida. A Posada is a traditional ... Read More »
Tags: Alliance of Active Women, Christmas, Farm Workers, Florida, Posadas
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A Call for Immigration Reform and Citizenship
NFWM's board members Fr. Hector Rodriguez (Episcopal Church) and Rev. Dr. Sharon Stanley-Rea (Christian Church, Disciples of Christ) visited the Natio... Read More »
Tags: immigration reform
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Food Justice Advocates Urge Wendy’s to Protect Farm Workers’ Rights
NFWM was one of 75 food justice advocates to sign onto a letter to Wendy's CEO insisting that they join the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Foo... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Farm Workers, Florida, Wendy's, Youth and Young Adults
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Members of British Parliament pledge to support FLOC
For 6 years, the Farm Labor Organizing Commi... Read More »