Supporting the CIW's Campaign to Tell Publix to "Do the Right Thing!"
On March 5, 2011 a group of 50 YAYA members and supporters set out to Tampa, FL to march and protest with the CIW (Coalition of Immokalee Workers) in ... Read More »
YAYA Speaks Out about Racial Profiling at UCF's Student Union
On Thursday March 3rd, various members of The Youth and Young Adult Network of the National Farmworker Ministry (YAYA) were present, on a school night... Read More »
Tags: Florida, Immigration
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Canned Food Drive
The UCF Women's Rowing team and YAYA held a canned food drive for the farmworkers in Immokalee, Florida that are currently out of work due to the Flor... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida
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Teleconference with Baldemar Velasquez
On Sunday Feburary 27th, YAYA came together with members of the United Church of Christ (UCC) and other allies to talk about the FLOC campaign. We had... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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CIW comes to UCF!
On Tuesday, February the 22nd, the CIW (Coalition of Immokalee Workers) did a presentation at UCF where they talked about their upcoming march in Tamp... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida, Publix Supermarkets
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CIW Protest in Orlando
On February 19, YAYA joined the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) in protesting Publix's refusal to "Do the Right Thing" and pay a fair price to th... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida, Publix Supermarkets
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NFWM Heads to Washington DC!
As a huge snowstorm moved across the east coast, National Farm Worker Ministry staff and board members gathered in Washington DC. For three days at th... Read More »
Tags: NFWM Board
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Tess Browne, SCN Supporting CIW’s “Do the Right Thing” Tour in Northeast
Tess Browne, SCN, former NFWM Board member who represented her community, the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, is now active with the Massachusetts Int... Read More »
Tags: CIW
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YAYA Stands with FLOC
On February 4, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) sponsored a national Day of Action targeting Chase Bank for their nationwide lead in home fo... Read More »
Tags: Chase Bank, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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Fat Bankers Stand for Justice
Can 3 twenty-somethings—with cigars in their mouths and wearing business suits stuffed with pillows—create social change by standing outside a ban... Read More »
Tags: Chase Bank, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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