Most farmworkers are married and/or have children; yet almost six out of ten farmworkers live apart from their immediate family members.
Farmworker Awareness Week Events
Participate in an event in honor of farmworkers!
To search for a listing of National Farmworker Awareness Week Events by zip code, see our national event calendar!
Click here for a listing of National Farmworker Awareness Events by date.
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North Carolina National Farmworker Awareness Week Events:
March 24 - SAF & Duke Engage Tucson Training, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Contact: ramon.zepeda@duke.edu
March 26-30 – Levante’s Youth Food Bill of Rights @ Smithfield-Selma H.S.
Contact: raul.gamez@duke.edu
March 26- Tabling @ NC State Brickyard, 10:30am-1:30pm
Contact: gnarceji@ncsu.edu
March 27- So You Think You Can Be a Farmworker? @ Duke East Campus, 11:00 am
Contact: yuchenlong92@gmail.com
March 27- Documentary: “Retorno 360” @ NC Justice Center, 1:30pm-2:30pm
Contact: nadeen.bir@duke.edu
March 28- Levante Youth performs & panel @ World View (UNC), 10:45am-12pm
Contact: raul.gamez@duke.edu
March 28- SAF Documentary Exhibits @ Frederic Jameson Gallery Friedl Building, Duke East Campus, 7:00pm-8:30pm
Contact: Joanna.welborn@duke.edu
March 29 - White House selects Student Action with Farmworkers' Melinda Wiggins as Cesar Chavez “Champion of Change” Listent to Livestream @ 1:30 pm
Contact: mwiggins@duke.edu
March 29- Supplies Drive & Fundraiser @ Duke University, 12:00 pm
Contact: raewing@ncsu.edu
March 29- Duke Divinity Lunch @ Duke University, 12:30pm-2:00pm
Contact: nadeen.bir@duke.edu
March 29- Duke SOS: Children in the Fields @ Duke University, 6:30pm-8:00pm
Contact: lim9@duke.edu
March 30- SAF & NFAW on the Radio @ WCOM 103.5 FM, 10:00am-11:00am
Contact: ramon.zepeda@duke.edu
March 30 - Melinda F. Wiggins - SAF Executive Director Speaks at Duke Law School @ 1:30 pm
Contact: mwiggins@duke.edu
March 30 - LOTERIA NIGHT @ El Centro Hispano, Durham, NC 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Contact: ramon.zepeda@duke.edu
March 31- SAF Award Recognition @ Greenville, NC, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Contact: Joanna.welborn@duke.edu
April 1-6 - Pilgrimage for Peace & Justice @ Eastern NC, Everyday!
Contact: emily@witnessforpeace.org
April 12- Farmworker Institute @ United Church of Chapel Hill, 8:30am-4:00pm
Contact: farmworker_justice@yahoo.com
Contact
Ramón Zepeda
Youth Organizer
919-660-0704


