Search Results for: Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2017
NFWM Board Meets in San Jose, CA
During the weekend of February 1st, the NFWM Board held its bi-annual meeting in San Jose, CA. We were graciously hosted by former board member Pastor John Freesemann at Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church, as well as by Jackie Vazquez at an Equitable Food Initiativ... Read More »
NFWM Board Returns to Bellingham, WA
A Report on the August 2018 Board Meeting by Julie Taylor The National Farm Worker Ministry’s board returned to Bellingham, WA this August. Previously, NFWM’s Board met there during the summer of 2015 to support Familias Unidas por la Justicia, the new... Read More »
Harvest of Justice Table Prayers
Engaging participants at the event and afterwards is important. NFWM has long felt that prayer is an important practice in justice work. Below are a number of prayer pamphlets from former years – download, print, and distribute as you like. Also, n... Read More »
Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste
Based in Woodburn, the center of Oregon’s agricultural industry, PCUN-Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United), is Oregon’s farm workers union and largest Latino organization in the state. Founded in 1985 ... Read More »
DACA Recipients Led "Rubio, Stop the Flop" Rally
On Tuesday, August 15th, DACA recipients from the Hope CommUnity Center led a rally with the Indivisibles and the Farmworker Association of Florida to pressure Senator Rubio to "Stop the Flop" on DACA. YAYA members joined the march outside Senator Rubio's Orla... Read More »
Health & Safety
Background Heat Stress Green Tobacco Sickness Toxic Pesticides Health Care An Issue of Justice Learn More Background Farm work is hard work. Farm workers perform repetitive picking motions, bend over for ho... 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 a number of prayer pamphlets from former years - download, print, and distribute as you like. Also, note tha... Read More »