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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.

Growth

August 12, 2022 By Christian Sanchez, 2022 SAF intern, NC Farmworkers' Project

Christian Sanchez, 2022 SAF internNC Farmworkers' Project This plant resembles a lot of things in my opinion. To me, it resembles "GROWTH". Growth in a way that things can change for the better. This is what I want for my job, my peers, and for the people who work and suffer in farm work. I... [Read more]

Values that align with my own

August 12, 2022 By Grace Calus, 2022 SAF intern, Farmworker Advocacy Network

Grace Calus, 2022 SAF internFarmworker Advocacy Network As an intern with SAF, the NC Justice Center, and the Farmworker Advocacy Network, I find that all 3 of these organizations hold and highlight values that align with my own. I see these values internally through the organizational structures and leadership within these organizations and externally through... [Read more]

Witnessing the power of hope firsthand

August 1, 2022 By Sophie Therber, 2022 SAF intern, Good Samaritan Clinic

– Sophie Therber, 2022 SAF internGood Samaritan Clinic I feel very fortunate to work at a site that prioritizes farmworker outreach. We do outreach 3 nights per week, and I feel that it provides an incredible opportunity for me to see the direct impact of the work we are doing. During outreach, the Good Samaritan... [Read more]

New Adventures Start At 8:30am

July 18, 2022 By Jenifer Caceres-Garcia, 2022 SAF intern, AppHealth

– Jenifer Caceres-Garcia, 2022 SAF internAppHealth My day typically starts at 8:30am with a fresh clean pairs of scrubs on, my backpack all packed from the night before, and my lunchbox in my hands. I'm ready to head out with AppHealthCare in Sparta, Alleghany county. First, I go inside to the health education room to... [Read more]

A bountiful harvest of social change

July 18, 2022 By Coltan Compton, 2022 SAF intern El Vinculo Hispano

– Coltan Compton, 2022 SAF internEl Vinculo Hispano It was an expectedly hot and humid North Carolina summer day; like most days of the season, it was just shy of unbearable. The vehicle of interns I was in trembled on the gravel road towards our destination, a modest labor camp of eight farmworkers in Dunn.... [Read more]

Worthwhile and Impactful

July 15, 2022 By Daniela Aguilar Carranza, 2022 SAF intern, Good Samaritan Clinic

– Daniela Aguilar Carranza, 2022 SAF internGood Samaritan Clinic Work at Good Samaritan Clinic has kept me incredibly busy this past month but it has all been work that has left me feeling satisfied and fulfilled. All the work I have done has felt worthwhile and impactful; not once have I felt like I have... [Read more]

I witnessed courage

July 15, 2022 By Brenda Dimas-Lopez, 2022 SAF intern, New Frame LLC

– Brenda Dimas-Lopez, 2022 SAF internNew Frame LLC Given the opportunity to work at the General Assembly this summer has shown me plenty of injustices, but has also shown me the sense of community among the people who want to fix those issues at a state level. Towards the end of the session, Senate Bill... [Read more]

My usual day at work...

July 15, 2022 By Hector Guerrero, 2022 SAF intern, Legal Aid NC-Farmworker Unit

– Hector Guerrero, 2022 SAF internLegal Aid NC-Farmworker Unit My usual day at work begins with waking up at 7 am to get into the shower and then make breakfast. I then drive 10 minutes to get into the Legal Aid of North Carolina building in downtown Raleigh to begin my day at the office.... [Read more]

Easing the education and language barrier

July 15, 2022 By Citlaly Marquez, 2022 SAF intern, SC Migrant Education Program

- Citlaly Marquez, 2022 SAF internSC Migrant Education Program Realizing that I am halfway through the summer in my work is quite crazy. I have been working with the South Carolina Migrant Education Program and it has been one of the most educational and fulfilling things that I have ever done. Our job consists of... [Read more]

Making a change while learning about social justice

June 24, 2022 By – Adriana Torres, 2022 SAF intern, Episcopal Farm Worker Minsitry

– Adriana Torres, 2022 SAF internEpiscopal Farm Worker Ministry Hello, my name is Adriana Torres. I am a rising sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a daughter of immigrant parents who have worked in food processing companies for the majority of their life. I have grown up and lived my... [Read more]

I am from el campo, from fresas and sandias...

June 24, 2022 By Estefany Barajas Valadez, 2022 SAF intern, NC Farmworkers' Project

– Estefany Barajas Valadez, 2022 SAF internNC Farmworkers' Project Por generaciones mi familia ha trabajado como trabajadores del campo. Hoy en día mi padre y madre continúan trabajando en una granja en la cual cultivan fresas, elotes, sandías, tomate y mucho más. Ellos me enseñaron el valor del trabajo con el sudor de su frente... [Read more]

I feel certain in the direction my feet are carrying me

June 24, 2022 By – Grace May, 2022 SAF intern, United for a Fair Economy

– Grace May, 2022 SAF internUnited for a Fair Economy This prompt is deceptively easy as I am 20 and still have no idea who I am. I know the basics… my name is Grace, I’m from Virginia, I have purple hair, I like pineapple on pizza. When I start going deeper, I become unsure... [Read more]

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