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Author Archives: Vashti Kelly, Children in the Fields Campaign Engagement Manager, AFOP
U.S. Child Labor: Becoming the Change We Want to See
Numerous media stories have been circulating covering the three newly released reports on International Child Labor and Forced Labor by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL). The reports include prescriptions that could have an enormous impact in putting an end … Continue reading
Proud Voices: Changing Communities One Story At A Time
The Children in the Fields Campaign is hosting our first child labor mini-conference entitled, “Youth Voices in Action: Conversations from America’s Fields” (YVIA) on April 26-27. Our staff are continuously searching for the best ways to share the stories of … Continue reading
It’s Not Just the Farmers vs. the Consumers
Recently, I read an article about fairness in our food system, and whether defending the farmer or the eater meant betrayal to either one. Not until the end of the article do “others” enter the equation. Farmworkers are frequently an … Continue reading
Día de los Muertos
November 2 marks the Mexican holiday known as Día de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” when families traditionally gather to honor those who have gone before. On November 1, members of the North Carolina Farmworker Advocacy Network (FAN) … Continue reading
Posted in Children in the Fields Campaign
Tagged agriculture injuries, Children in the Fields Campaign, Día De Los Muertos, Dos Taquitos Centro, Emily Drakage, environmental health, Environmental Justice, farm accident, food justice, NC FIELD, North Carolina, North Carolina Farmworker Advocacy Network, pesticides, sexual harassment, U.S. Department of Labor, Vashti Kelly
In Commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month: César’s Last Fast
“I remember poor wages and the lack of food… living in the car under a bridge is not that bad because you’re a kid, but the humiliation, that’s what you remember.” A quote from César’s Last Fast as César Chávez … Continue reading
Advocacy & Policy: Requirements for Food Justice
Over the past couple of years, the term “food justice” has become more and more commonplace in conversations about food. It is often used in reference to a lack of access to healthy food in low- and moderate-income communities. As … Continue reading
Accountable from Beginning to End: Transparency in Supply Chains
California, often known for its forward thinking, has done it again. A recent article posted in a business newspaper announced training for a new California law that would combat child labor and slavery. This law went under many people’s radar, … Continue reading
Childhood vs. Obligation: Child Labor
Millions of children are engaged in hazardous situations or conditions, such as working in mines, working with chemicals and pesticides, and working with dangerous machinery. They are everywhere, but remain unseen, hidden from view as domestic servants in homes, laboring … Continue reading
Fair Trade: A Social Responsibility
Although May 14, 2011 marked World Fair Trade Day, the awareness campaign continues. Individuals and companies alike are getting creative in their quest to support the fair and sustainable treatment of food producers through activities, including Fair Trade coffee breaks … Continue reading
Posted in Children in the Fields Campaign, Year of the Farmworker Child
Tagged Child Labor, Children in the Fields Campaign, Education, Fair Labor Standards Act, Fair Trade, ILO 182, International Labour Organization, living wage, Millennium Development Goal, poverty, Vashti Kelly, World Fair Trade Day
UTPA Students Rally Against Education Cuts and Elimination of Mexican American Studies
On Thursday, March 31, 2011, University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) students participated in a planned walkout, showing solidarity and protesting the proposed budget cuts to public education in South Texas. The reductions in general fund revenues, including scholarships, shifts the … Continue reading
