– 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... [Read more]
What SAF interns are working on this summer:
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... [Read more]
What We're Working On: June 2021
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... [Read more]
What We're Working On: May 2021
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... [Read more]
2021 National Farmworker Awareness Week Report
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... [Read more]
Welcome ITF Interns!
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.... [Read more]
Una carta de la Directora de SAF en apoyo a la organización de los empleados y empleadas de Duke Press
What SAF Solidaridad interns worked on this semester:
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... [Read more]
A Letter from SAF's Director Supporting Worker Organizing at Duke Press
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... [Read more]
2021 National Farmworker Awareness Week a Success
This year's National Farmworker Awareness Week was an incredible collaboration with 41 partners all across the country. Thank you to our partners for investing your time and energy into social media campaigns, t-shirt drives, film screenings,... [Read more]
New SAF Documentary: Stories from the Fields in The time of COVID
In the summer of 2020, SAF interns partnered with farmworkers in North Carolina and South Carolina to hear their stories of what they’re facing in the pandemic, how they’re coping... [Read more]
Get Ready For NFAW
SAF Solidaridad intern Tyshenna Phillips shares three reasons why National Farmworker Awareness Week is important to her.