– Kevin Gomez-Gonzalez, 2021 SAF internNC Justice Center I’ve spoken about the buses before. The ones that stood guard near the edges of tobacco fields that bordered the roads in... [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.
Resistance has always been pushing up
– Rachel Scrudato, 2021 SAF internFarm Labor Organizing Committee When asked what he hoped for in the future, a farmworker answered with three simple things: “los mismos derechos, las mismas... [Read more]
Systemic Disparities in Medical Care
– Piper Strzelecki, 2021 SAF internEast Coast Migrant Head Start Program During my summer with SAF, one of the most significant disparities I noticed came to my attention at a... [Read more]
This Transformative Summer
– Ana Rojas-Gabriel, 2021 SAF Program AssistantStudent Action with Farmworkers This summer, I’ve had the pleasure of partnering with SAF for a second year as a Program Assistant. In this... [Read more]
In the moments we shared
– Joana Tellez Flores, 2021 SAF internEpiscopal Farmworker Ministry There really wasn't a typical day at work at the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry this summer; there was always something different to... [Read more]
An Issue That Was Reinforced to Me: Mental Health + Loneliness Among Farmworkers
– Angel Venegas, 2021 SAF internGood Samaritan Clinic SAF intern Angel Venegas speaks about an issue that was reinforced to him this summer through his outreach work with the Good... [Read more]
The Flowers of the Movement
– Ruhama Tereda, 2021 SAF internPiedmont Health Services This past summer, I drove hundreds of miles through the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Long winding roads were framed by the... [Read more]
The Biggest Issue That I Witnessed
– Alejandra Araiza Mendoza, 2021 SAF internNC Farmworkers' Project During my time in the fields, the biggest issue that I witnessed was oppression. Sadly, workers are still the victims of... [Read more]
My Favorite Experience So Far
– Sinai Pacheco-Zamora, 2021 SAF internSC Migrant Education Program SAF intern Sinai Pacheco-Zamora shares what outreach looks like with the South Carolina Migrant Education Program and about her favorite experience... [Read more]
Love is a concrete revolutionary practice
– Celeste Ortega-Felix, 2021 SAF internNC Community Health Care Association “Love is profoundly political. Our deepest revolution will come when we understand this truth. Only love can give us the... [Read more]
What I Did Not Know
– Marithza Mondragon, 2021 SAF internAccess East Before my SAF internship I knew about some of the injustices that farmworkers experience while coming to the United States to work. What... [Read more]
Healthcare is a human right
– Maria Echeverri, 2021 SAF internGood Samaritan Clinic Late nights are common for us when it comes to going on outreach. I love being able to see the North Carolina... [Read more]