Christmas Drive!
South Florida and Central Florida Supporters: We are collecting new or gently used toys for a Christmas toy drive in the farm worker community of Hom... Read More »
Take action in support of the CIW
Central Florida Supporters: Protest the Windermere Publix on its opening day! Join YAYA and support the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and their ca... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida
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Immigration Congress
On Nov 18-20, a YAYA and NFWM delegation attended the Florida Immigrant Coalition's Annual Congress. This event, which took place in Gainesville, incl... Read More »
Tags: Florida, Immigration
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Stop child labor
Please take action before Dec 1st A message from the United Farm Workers (UFW): "The law lets kids do what? That’s right, in the US, children as... Read More »
Tags: Children in the Fields, Farm Workers, UFW, United Farm Workers
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Pesticide Industry on Trial
A message from Pesticide Action Network of North America (PANNA): "Known as the 'Big 6', Monsanto, Dow, BASF, Bayer, Syngenta and DuPont control 74% ... Read More »
Tags: Pesticides
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MSNBC Reporting Describes Same Farm Worker Housing Conditions Seen by NFWM Delegation
[caption id="attachment_1552" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Michael Szpak (AFL-CIO), Rick Goodman & Carol Blythe-Goodman (Alliance of Ba... Read More »
Tags: Alliance of Baptists, FLOC, NFWM, North Carolina, United Methodist Church, working conditions
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UCF and YAYA design sets in Seville
On Sunday, October 16th and Sunday, October 23rd students from the University of Central Florida (Women’s Studies Dept.) partnered with their local ... Read More »
Tags: Alliance of Active Women, Farm Workers, Florida, Pesticides
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CIW's Supermarket Week of Action!
On October 22nd, twenty Orlando YAYA members and representatives from other community groups, joined together in a peaceful demonstration at the Publi... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida, Publix Supermarkets
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Farm Worker Focus on National Food Day
Today, October 24, is National Food Day! The organizers of National Food Day have partnered with groups across the country to have thousands of events... Read More »
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Orlando, Fl: Rally in Support of the CIW
Publix, the largest private company in Florida and the 8th largest in the US, refuses to sign on to an agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Worke... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida, Publix Supermarkets
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