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Farmworker Advocacy Network (FAN)
FAN is a network of organizations that advocates for improved living and working conditions of migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) and their families in North Carolina. FAN member organizations identify problems and issues affecting the farmworker population; track farmworker-focused policy; monitor government and other agencies serving and/or enforcing regulations affecting farmworkers; and bring farmworkers' voices to the legislative process. Currently, we are focusing on farmworker housing, wage and hour issues, pesticide safety, as well as poultry worker issues in NC. |
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Participating Organizations
- East Coast Migrant Head Start Project (ECMHSP) establishes, provides and promotes continuity of Head Start services to migrant children and their families along the East Coast of the United States.
- El Pueblo is a North Carolina non-profit statewide advocacy and public policy organization dedicated to strengthening the Latino Community. This mission is accomplished through leadership development, proactive and direct advocacy, education, and promotion of cross-cultural understanding in partnerships at the local, state, and national levels.
- Episcopal Farmworker Ministry responds to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families, and actively supports opportunities for them to become self-directive.
- Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) is a farm labor union that organizes for economic, legal and human rights for farmworkers. FLOC seeks to address the injustices of sub-minimum wages, exclusion from protective legislation, poor sanitation, health care and housing.
- *Legal Aid of North Carolina - Farmworker Unit, provides legal representation to farmworkers on a number of issues including, but not limited to, workers' compensation claims, lost wages, health and safety standards, retaliatory employment discrimination, and blacklisting. Legal Aid also conducts outreach to migrant labor camps and conducts community education on migrant issues.
- National Farm Worker Ministry - NC Office, mobilizes the religious community to support farmworkers who are organizing for justice, empowerment and equality.
- NC Community Health Center Association provides and coordinates technical assistance, training, policy monitoring, and resources to 23 Migrant and Community Health Centers within North Carolina, and in seven mid-Atlantic states (VA, WVA, MD, DE, SC, KY, TN) in order to enhance cultural competence and improve health care delivery to Hispanic/Latino and farmworker patients.
- NC Farmworkers' Project is a community-based organization dedicated to organizing migrant and seasonal farmworkers and developing farmworker leaders.
- *NC Farmworker Health Program is committed to providing health care through a statewide network of service providers working together to improve the health of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families in North Carolina.
- NC Justice Center Immigrants Legal Assistance Project provides legal representation to farmworkers who are unable to access traditional legal services programs, and focuses on class actions and impact cases. ILAP also conducts outreach to migrant labor camps and provides education to immigrant advocates about workers' legal rights.
- *NC Latino Coalition is a nonpartisan, multi-issue network of organizations dedicated to building relational power among grassroots Latino leaders that fulfills their goals by identifying, developing, and training grassroots leaders, strengthening institutions throughout the provision of technical assistance and addressing concerns through collective public action.
- Toxic Free NC is a nonprofit organization that advocates for alternatives to toxic pesticides in North Carolina.
- Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF) is a nonprofit organization that brings students and farmworkers together to learn about each other’s lives, share resources and skills, improve conditions for farmworkers and build diverse coalitions working for social change.
- *Telamon promotes the development of human potential in farmworkers by providing resources and creating opportunities in the communities served in the areas of Head Start, Job Training, Housing and Youth Opportunities.
- Western North Carolina Workers’ Center (WNCWC) organizes to improve wages, benefits, and working conditions of low-wage workers in Western NC by developing leadership among low-wage workers and partnering with faith communities and progressive labor leaders to serve as allies of low-wage workers.
*Advisory members only |
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Contact Information
Melinda Wiggins, Executive Director, Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF)
1317 W Pettigrew Street, Durham, NC 27705
|P| 919.660.3616, |F| 919.681.7600,
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| SAF * 1317 W Pettigrew Street * Durham, NC 27705 * Phone (919)660-3652 |
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