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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Sharing the Power in Their Stories
Storytelling is an important component to the human experience — to entertain us, to teach us, to keep the spirit of those who came before us alive. To quote Ursula K. Le Guin: “There have been great societies that did … Continue reading
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Jobs Training for Migrant or Seasonal Farmworkers
The stated mission of the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) is to “counter the chronic unemployment and underemployment experienced by Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers (MSFW) who depend primarily on jobs in agricultural labor performed within the United States and Puerto … Continue reading
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The American Dream-“I am the hope of my parents’ harvest, I am the fruit of their efforts”
To honor Farmworker Awareness Week I invited a young farmworker woman to share her story. Eva and I first met in 2012 when she won a seven week, paid internship/fellowship in Washington D.C. Her story begins much the same as … Continue reading
Tagged AFOP, association of farmworker opportunity programs, ceasar chavez, college, DC, eva, evangelina, farmwork, Farmworker, Farmworker Justice, intern, internship, migrant, migrant seasonal farmwork, migrant seasonal farmworker, National Farmworker Awareness Week, NFJP, nmshsa, potatoes, seasonal, Washington, Washington DC, Washington State, Washington State University, wsu
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Protecting the Hard Working Hands
Farmworkers are some of the most forgotten and unacknowledged workers in the United States. The general public has little knowledge of the many challenges agriculture workers face on a daily basis: extremely limited access to health care; poverty incomes; exposure … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs
Tagged "employee rights", "health and safety", "organic food", "safe food", agriculture injuries, chemicals, environmental, environmental health, EPA, fair, Fair Food, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farmworker, food justice, hazard, Hazardous Orders, health, justice, migrant, organic, OSHA, pesticide, pesticide drift, pesticides, protection, SAFE, safety, seasonal, worker
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Farmworker Awareness Week, March 24-28, 2014
Join AFOP in Recognizing Farmworker Awareness Week, March 24-28, 2014 As we begin the 2014 Farmworker Awareness Week, the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs encourages you to take time this week, and hopefully every day hereafter, to recognize the two … Continue reading
Tagged 2014, AFOP, awareness, Cesar, Cesar Chavez, Chavez, Farmworker, March, Opportunity, Programs, week
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2015 Budget Proposal
Good news out of Washington. The president released his fiscal year 2015 federal budget proposal. Obama recommends that NFJP be flat-funded next fiscal year. That’s welcome news because the budget agreement Congress reached late last year provides far less sequestration … Continue reading
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