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Posada and Bike Delivery in Fellsmere, Florida
Posadas are a traditional Catholic Mexican Celebration of the Nativity. The posadas take place nine days before Christmas Eve to represent the nine days in which Joseph and Mary where looking for lodging before Mary gave birth to Jesus. Posadas are celebrated ... Read More »
In Solidarity at the Black Farmers and Urban Growers Conference
by Tareek Leonard “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other a... Read More »
Immediate Opening: NFWM-YAYA Coordinator
IMMEDIATE Position Announcement (Full-Time) YAYA Coordinator Orlando, Florida This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of the historic farm worker movement and to join a progressive organization of young and old alike committed to self-determination f... Read More »
Las Posadas
Tis the season for joy, comfort, and food shared among family and friends. This is exactly how YAYA spent this past weekend with our extended family in Fellsmere of the Farmworker Association of Florida. Las Posadas is a Catholic Mexican tradition celebrated o... Read More »
Fall planting with our friends at FWAF
On September 26th, five YAYA’s travelled to the Campesinos' Garden in Fellsmere and although the Fall season had just begun that week, you would not have known it that day with just how hot it was. This is Florida, right? Or so the joke goes. But getti... Read More »
Tool Drive!
During our most recent visit to Fellsmere's Campesinos Garden YAYA-NFWM noticed a lack of gardening tools for all the volunteers and community members that came to work on the garden plot. So we have decided to do a tool drive for our friends in Fellsmere and ... Read More »
Tilling, Plowing, Watermelon: Oh My!
On May 23rd, four YAYAs volunteered at the Campesinos’ Garden in Fellsmere. Although it was a small YAYA group, many community families joined us to replot, till, and move soil to the second garden plot. During this hot May day, the group split to either mov... Read More »
Volunteers WANTED!
For the Campesino-a-Campesino Agroecology Encuentro: Collaborative Learning Exchange for Promoters of Agroecology, Traditional Wisdom, and Respect for Mother Earth during February 12-16. The Goal of the Encuentro is to create a cooperative space to int... Read More »
“More Than Fair” by Rev. Sophia DeWitt
Rev. Sophia DeWitt Grace Community Church UCC North Fork, CA September 21, 2014 Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45 & Matthew 20:1-16 “More than Fair” This morning’s text from the Gospel relates what has been called, “The Parable of the Laborers ... Read More »
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 with the Farm Worker Association. As the families started to pack into the office area, children played socc... Read More »