– Olivia Free, 2021 SAF internPiedmont Health Services Student Action with Farmworkers intern Olivia Free shares an experience that stuck with her while doing outreach this summer with Piedmont Health... [Read more]
Field Notes
Field Notes is a blog where Student Action with Farmworkers students share stories of their outreach, organizing, and advocacy work, and where farmworkers share their own stories and hopes for change, writing in the language they feel most comfortable.
To access our archive of past blog posts, visit our Field Notes Tumblr site here.
A Puzzle I Scrambled To Assemble
Natalia Morales, 2021 SAF internNC Farmworkers' Project My name is Natalia Morales, and I am working with the North Carolina Farmworkers Project (NCFWP) this summer in Whiteville, NC. I was... [Read more]
Power in raising voices
Rachel Scrudato, 2021 SAF internFarm Labor Organizing Committee My name is Rachel Scrudato, and I am a junior at UNC and I have the honor of working with the Farm... [Read more]
Los sistemas que me rodean
El Perry, 2021 SAF internNC FIELD Cuando me pregunto quien soy, por supuesto que pienso en los aspectos de mi identidad personales e íntimos. Soy veinteañero, soy afroamericano, soy queer.... [Read more]
Continuing in the Farmworker Movement
Yuliana Ventura, 2021 SAF internFarmworker Advocacy Network When I was twelve years old, I woke up early in the morning to get ready for work. Oddly enough, it was my... [Read more]
I am from la lucha de cada día
Nati Garcia-Franquiz, 2021 SAF internSC Migrant Education Program I am from una mente positiva and good energy siempreI am from mi mami who comes from the busy streets of la... [Read more]
I am breaking out of my shell
Celeste Ortega-Felix, 2021 SAF internNC Community Health Care Association I am Celeste. I come from the hibiscus-lined cool concrete houses of Puerto Rico under the fierce heat of the Caribbean... [Read more]
Part of the Foundation for Change
Brandy Fuentes, 2021 SAF internNew Frame LLC “Where are you from?” I hate that question. I hate the question because I don’t know how to answer. Do I start by... [Read more]
Amplifying Voices Outside My Own
Zola Jay, 2021 SAF intern, SC Legal Services Reflected in the computer screen that illuminated the faces of nearly thirty of my peers, was that of myself. Across it were... [Read more]
Finding Fuel For Growth
Sergio Orozco, 2021 SAF Program AssistantStudent Action with Farmworkers In summer 2019 I was selected as one of 25 interns to participate in SAF's Into The Fields internship. I was... [Read more]
Where Are You From?
Angel Venegas Alonso, 2021 SAF internGood Samaritan Clinic When asked “where are you from?” I always have to stop and think about it. I never really knew how to explain... [Read more]
A Call for Change to Happen Now!
America Juarez-Maldonado, SAF Solidaridad intern During my internship as a Solidaridad intern, I witnessed the growth of each student I worked with in the Levante Leadership Institute youth program. There... [Read more]