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New Video: My Role as a Farmworker

November 2, 2021 By

Former SAF Levante youth member and current Campbell University student Maria Celeste Carbajal recorded this video about her role as a farmworker youth and advocate. Maria was a co-investigator for the Child Labor Study project between SAF and Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Click below to watch the video, which is being screened at the... [Read more]

SAF Alumni Survey Results 2021

November 1, 2021 By

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A night with the mobile clinic

August 2, 2021 By

– Joanna WelbornSAF Communications Arts Director Folding tables and chairs, tents, portable lights and examining tables, extension cords; laptops, cellphones, hotspots, clipboards, forms; masks, scrubs, blood pressure cuffs, water bottles, insect spray. These are the materials and equipment needed for a mobile clinic visit to a farmworker labor camp with the North Carolina Farmworkers' Project... [Read more]

What Outreach Looks Like

July 21, 2021 By

– Joanna WelbornSAF Communications Arts Director On a recent outreach visit to a labor camp in eastern NC, Farm Labor Organizing Committee organizer Maria Mejia checked in with workers about union business and how they're doing and gave out late Father's Day treats. SAF intern Rachel Scrudato interviewed two worker leaders about why they're part... [Read more]

What SAF interns are working on this summer:

June 30, 2021 By

A meaningful experience from last week was being able to volunteer at the Covid vaccine clinic in Vass to vaccinate a total of 265 farmworkers which is twice as much as last week. I learned about DACA renewal and helped to fill out the form for a client. Last week I went to a camp with... [Read more]

What We're Working On: June 2021

June 22, 2021 By

SAF staff and Into the Fields interns participated in a lobby day organized by the Immigrant's Rights Alliance to speak out against anti-immigrant legislation at the General Assembly on June 9.Intern Brandy Fuentes spoke at the event and said, "North Carolina has placed a significant financial barrier between undocumented students and education. I, like thousands... [Read more]

What We're Working On: May 2021

May 25, 2021 By

SAF staff and other Farmworker Advocacy Network (FAN) members and workers met with the NC Department of Labor Commissioner to ask how he will protect farmworkers and other essential workers at this stage of the pandemic and to ask that he enforce the emergency temporary standard that OSHA is supposed to release. During the meeting,... [Read more]

2021 National Farmworker Awareness Week Report

May 13, 2021 By

Thank you to everyone who helped make NFAW a success this year including our 41 partners spanning 17 different states! Check out our 2021 NFAW report with highlights from our week of action including images, quotes, virtual and in-person events, social media actions, and a list of all our partners who helped make the week... [Read more]

Welcome ITF Interns!

May 11, 2021 By

Welcome to our 2021 SAF Into the Fields interns! This new crop of activists will begin their summer with a five-day virtual orientation to learn about the issues facing farmworkers. They will spend their summer providing health, legal, community organizing, and educational outreach to farmworkers and their families. Check out their placements below and follow... [Read more]

Una carta de la Directora de SAF en apoyo a la organización de los empleados y empleadas de Duke Press

April 28, 2021 By

What SAF Solidaridad interns worked on this semester:

April 21, 2021 By

I gave a presentation at a church, and gave a sermon on environmental justice to my co-workers. I attended a College Assistance Migrant Program conference and helped SAF Levante high school students with their college applications. I helped to keep track of the Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness & Fatality Prevention Act which was recently reintroduced... [Read more]

A Letter from SAF's Director Supporting Worker Organizing at Duke Press

April 19, 2021 By

SAF Director Melinda Wiggins wrote this letter urging Duke President Vincent Price to recognize the Duke University Press employees' union and to be a leader in how Duke treats its people: Dear President Price, I am writing this open letter to urge the Duke Administration to recognize the Duke University Press employees’ union and to... [Read more]

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