National Farmworker Awareness Week | March 28 - April 3, 2010

Farmworker Awareness Week is a national week of action for students and community members to raise awareness about farmworker issues on our campuses and in our communities.

Nadeen Bir
Student Action with Farmworkers
Phone: (919) 660-3652
Fax: (919) 681-7600

Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. invites you to participate in Farmworker Awareness Week. CDM is hosting the Bandana Project in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico, March 31, 2009 at the Casa de la Cultura Municipal, at 6:00 p.m. This is an informative and participatory event to raise consciousness about sexual harassment that migrant women suffer and about the conditions generally for migrant workers. Former migrant workers will be sharing their experiences. www.cdmigrante.org

Comunidad a Comunidad

Domestic Fair Trade Association
The DFTA works to promote and protect the integrity of Domestic Fair Trade Principles through education, marketing, advocacy and endorsements. As the movement for "Domestic Fair Trade" has gained momentum, organizations across the food chain have come together to contribute to a movement for fairness, equity and sustainability that supports family-scale farming, farmer-led initiatives such as farmer co-operatives, just conditions for farm workers, and the strengthening of the organic agriculture movement.

Fair Food Across Borders (FFAB) reveals the human rights abuses faced by migrant farm workers in Mexico who harvest many of the fruits and vegetables we eat here in the US.
Support the Campaign! | Background info


Paying the Price: Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa

The long-standing mission of the Farmworker Association of Florida is to build power among farmworker and rural low-income communities to respond to and gain control over the social, political, economic, workplace, health, and environmental justice issues that impact their lives.

Gainesville FAW Events: Indigenous South American music Concert, information tabling at UF, Gainesville Civic Media Center movie series, plus a concert on March 29. See calendar of events for more details!

Farmworker Justice uses litigation, administrative and legislative advocacy, training and technical assistance, coalition-building, public education and support for union organizing to empower migrant and seasonal farmworkers to improve their living and working conditions, immigration status, health, occupational safety, and access to justice.

Farmworker Justice is a proud sponsor of Farmworker Awareness Week, working with organizations around the country to bring timely and accurate information to the public on a variety of farmworkers' issues.

Farm Labor Organizing Committee

The Labor Education and Research Center, The Evergreen State College

National Farm Worker Ministry: an interfaith organization that supports farm workers as they organize for empowerment, justice, and equality.

During Farmworker Awareness Week, NFWM and it’s Youth and Young Adult Network (YAYA) organize numerous events around the country to raise awareness about farm worker organizations, their campaigns and the issues that affect farm workers and their communities. Check out the YAYA Farmworker Awareness Week Site- a MUST See!
Great Web Links: YAYA's facebook page | YAYA's myspace page

Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN)

Southern Poverty Law Center
Farmworker women are suffering from sexual harassment and assault in the workplace. Speak Out! Take Action! Wear a teal ribbon to show that you care! Sponsor an event! Support this Cause! Everyone deserves to be free of sexual violence- in the workplace and every place. Help us spread this message! Contact Esperanza: The Immigrant Women’s Legal Initiative of the Southern Poverty Law Center about getting involved in the Bandana Project, a public awareness campaign aimed at addressing this issue, and contact the local anti-sexual violence organization in your area for more information about ways to get involved in Sexual Assault Awareness Month activities near you.

Student Farmworker Alliance
Student/Farmworker Alliance is a national network of students and youth organizing with farmworkers to eliminate sweatshop conditions and modern-day slavery in the fields. We are currently calling on university food service industry leaders Aramark and Sodexo, as well as leading supermarket chains such as Publix, Stop & Shop, and Kroger, to do their part as major produce purchasers to improve wages and working conditions for tomato pickers in Florida.
Video 1 | Video 2 | Video 3

Student Labor Action Project
Calling the 10th annual National Student Labor Week of Action, 3/27-4/4. To support organizing activities on your campus we have lots of cool materials including posters, an organizing manual, stickers, whistles, and other fun stuff. Please sign up to be involved in the 10th National Student Labor Week of Action today!
SIGN UP to be part of the movement | Download an ORGANIZING KIT
FLYER | FIND AN ACTION near you!

United Farm Workers is currently concentrating on immigration reform, protecting farm workers from dying of becoming ill from extreme heat and the Employee Free Choice Act for Farm Workers--which is Calif. legislation which will expand farm workers right to organize. The UFW is out there in the fields every day continuing Cesar Chavez' legacy to improve the lives of farm workers. You can find out more about our efforts at our multilingual website. We are also supporting grassroots efforts for a national Cesar Chavez holiday and have posted an online petition at our Cesar Chavez resource page located at www.ufw.org/cesarchavez.

Speak out ! Take Action in your community this spring and add your voice to the movement for farmworker justice.