Check it out this group also works much like the CIW/SFA:
The 2008 Florida YAYA Summit is a convening of Florida YAYA members who are fighting to bring justice to the fields and to those who put food in our tables.
The summit's purpose is to bring together these young adults so that they can meet with farm workers and farm worker advocates, share their experiences, stories and resources to further their work for farm worker justice individually and as a community.
This year's summit will include panels and workshops about pesticides, immigration, human trafficking, farmworker campaigns and more.
For a draft schedule of this event please click here.
The summit will take place at the Hope Community Center in Apopka, Florida.
Located at :
1016 N Park Ave
Apopka, FL 32712
A $20.00 registration fee is required for all participants.
It includes 6 meals, access to all the workshops and activities and floor space to sleep.
To register click here.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact us.
Requirements:
- Be at least 18 years old
- Have a strong commitment to farm worker justice
- $20.
00 Registration Fee
What to bring:
- A sleeping bag
- Utensils, a dish and a cup
- Thermos
- Instruments
- A towel and personal items
- Sun block, long sleeve t-shirt and a hat to go gleaning
About Me
- mommyamronh
- I currently volunteer with the Coalition of Immokalee Farmworkers & the Student Farmworker Alliance, along with solidarity work with Jobs with Justice, Fair Food Nation.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
OLMECA @ UIC CHICAGO
Fresh from the 2008 Encuentro, in Immokalee, Florida, not only did he spend time with the CIW he then headed to our town, the windy city, Chicago and took the stage @ UIC, Latino Cultural Center to once again, inspire and relate to his people, with his music and lyrics, he is an awe inspiring MC, articulate and expressive in all he says and how he relates with the audience.
The Latino Cultural Center was full of energized people, relating to the struggles we all face, whether they be in the growing fields, the streets of of LA clear across to Chicago, on political marches or the struggle of the CIW against, Chipotle, Olmeca inspires all to continue ahead and work together to make this world of ours a better place for if not us, today, then a change will take place in our future, for our children!
The Latino Cultural Center was full of energized people, relating to the struggles we all face, whether they be in the growing fields, the streets of of LA clear across to Chicago, on political marches or the struggle of the CIW against, Chipotle, Olmeca inspires all to continue ahead and work together to make this world of ours a better place for if not us, today, then a change will take place in our future, for our children!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
FROM L.A. TO IMMOKALEE, FL & NOW CHICAGO
IN CHICAGO ONE NIGHT ONLY - OLMECA PERFORMS @ UIC, CHICAGO, START TIME 7:00PM - 11:00PM
Coming from the 2008 Encuentro in Immokalee, Florida, Olmeca will perform one night only @ UIC....FREE ADMISSION
Coming from the 2008 Encuentro in Immokalee, Florida, Olmeca will perform one night only @ UIC....FREE ADMISSION
IT'S THAT THAT OF YEAR AGAIN...MINI-TOUR 2008
If it's fall, it must be time for a "mini-tour" in the tradition of the CIW this fall starts the "Chipocrisy Tour".
Bringing word to Chipotle Headquarters, that the CIW along with allies across the country will not stand for the hipocrsy that Chipotle has been showing...it is not food with integrity, so therefore the CIW along with its allies is set to roll at the end of this month, and ending in early October...educating the country on sustainble agriculture, and lets not forget the all powerful actions of solidarity along the way to the corporate headquarters of Chipotle in Denver, CO.
Keep reading for more exciting highlights as the tour gets ready to head out west...for more information visit www.ciw-online.org
Bringing word to Chipotle Headquarters, that the CIW along with allies across the country will not stand for the hipocrsy that Chipotle has been showing...it is not food with integrity, so therefore the CIW along with its allies is set to roll at the end of this month, and ending in early October...educating the country on sustainble agriculture, and lets not forget the all powerful actions of solidarity along the way to the corporate headquarters of Chipotle in Denver, CO.
Keep reading for more exciting highlights as the tour gets ready to head out west...for more information visit www.ciw-online.org
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
reprint from ciw
Whole Foods signs deal to pay up for Florida tomatoes
Natural foods giant agrees to penny-per-pound raise for farmworkers
Posted by Tom Philpott at 12:41 PM on 10 Sep 2008
Read more about: food | agriculture | business | environmental justice
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I reported a few days ago that a deal was imminent; now it's official: Whole Foods has signed an agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to pay an extra penny-per-pound for Florida tomatoes. The raise will go directly into the pockets of some of the lowest-paid workers in the United States.
In addition, the press release states, Whole Foods is working with the CIW to create a "domestic purchasing program to help guarantee transparent, ethical and responsible sourcing and production." The natural foods giant already has such a program in place for products it buys from developing countries.
The Coalition of Immokalee workers first approached Whole Foods on March 14, 2007, when it sent a letter to CEO John Mackey asking the company to agree to the penny-a-pound wage hike, as industrial-food giant Taco Bell already had. Here's an excerpt:
[T]he notion of sustainability in agriculture is widely understood to include three distinct but interdependent dimensions -- economic, environmental, and social. And among those three dimensions, social sustainability -- and specifically the treatment of farm labor -- has seen the least amount of progress in US agriculture. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that farmworker conditions in the fields today, and in particular the tomato fields of Florida where our members work, constitute nothing less than a human rights crisis.
The US Department of Labor (DOL) has described farmworkers as "a labor force in significant economic distress." Tomato pickers earn about 45 cents for every 32-lb bucket of tomatoes they pick, working from dusk to dawn without the right to overtime pay. The 45-cent piece rate hasn't changed in nearly 30 years. As a result, farmworker wages fall beneath the federal poverty level. The DOL reports that farmworkers earn an average of only $7,500-$10,000 per year. Of course, the vast majority of farmworkers receive absolutely no benefits -- no health insurance, no sick leave, no vacation pay -- and have no right to organize to address these conditions on their own.
Whole Foods is now the first grocery store to agree to the raise. May others follow suit.
Natural foods giant agrees to penny-per-pound raise for farmworkers
Posted by Tom Philpott at 12:41 PM on 10 Sep 2008
Read more about: food | agriculture | business | environmental justice
Tools: print | email | + digg | + del.icio.us | + reddit | + stumbleupon
I reported a few days ago that a deal was imminent; now it's official: Whole Foods has signed an agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to pay an extra penny-per-pound for Florida tomatoes. The raise will go directly into the pockets of some of the lowest-paid workers in the United States.
In addition, the press release states, Whole Foods is working with the CIW to create a "domestic purchasing program to help guarantee transparent, ethical and responsible sourcing and production." The natural foods giant already has such a program in place for products it buys from developing countries.
The Coalition of Immokalee workers first approached Whole Foods on March 14, 2007, when it sent a letter to CEO John Mackey asking the company to agree to the penny-a-pound wage hike, as industrial-food giant Taco Bell already had. Here's an excerpt:
[T]he notion of sustainability in agriculture is widely understood to include three distinct but interdependent dimensions -- economic, environmental, and social. And among those three dimensions, social sustainability -- and specifically the treatment of farm labor -- has seen the least amount of progress in US agriculture. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that farmworker conditions in the fields today, and in particular the tomato fields of Florida where our members work, constitute nothing less than a human rights crisis.
The US Department of Labor (DOL) has described farmworkers as "a labor force in significant economic distress." Tomato pickers earn about 45 cents for every 32-lb bucket of tomatoes they pick, working from dusk to dawn without the right to overtime pay. The 45-cent piece rate hasn't changed in nearly 30 years. As a result, farmworker wages fall beneath the federal poverty level. The DOL reports that farmworkers earn an average of only $7,500-$10,000 per year. Of course, the vast majority of farmworkers receive absolutely no benefits -- no health insurance, no sick leave, no vacation pay -- and have no right to organize to address these conditions on their own.
Whole Foods is now the first grocery store to agree to the raise. May others follow suit.
Friday, September 12, 2008
BOOK READING TEATRO CHICANA
>*Teatro Chicana*
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> *A Collective Memoir and Selected Plays*
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>By Laura E. Garcia, Sandra M. Gutierrez, and Felicitas Nuñez
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>Foreword by Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez
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>The essence of the book is the empowerment of young girls and
how that
>transformation was made during the Chicana(o) Movement. Topics
covered by
>the writers include: sexual abuse, teen pregnancy, integrating
into the
>educational system as immigrants and more.
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>
>*Who Should Attend?* Open to the public especially for young
girls in their
>early teens and adults.
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>**
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>*When?* September 20, 2008
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>*Time?* 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.**
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>*Where? *Mujeres Latinas en Acción
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>2124 W. 21st Place, Chicago
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>*Cost?* Free
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>*RSVP? *Ana Soto at (773) 890-7699**
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>*Come meet editors, Laura Garcia, Felicitas Nunez, and*
>
>*contributors,Virginia Rodríguez Balanoff, Evelyn Cruz, and
Hilda Rodriguez.
>*
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>
>Enjoy a panel discussion and book signing.
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>"These memoirs are the personal, honest, and riveting
testimonials of
>seventeen Chicanas who performed Chicana theater during the
1970s. These
>carnalas empowered themselves and thousands during the
tumultuous years of
>the Movimiento by performing plays for working-class
communities……We need
>their courage today. And we need their stories for a new
generation of
>Chicanas and for working women everywhere." --- R*udolfo
Anaya*, author of
>Bless Me, Ultima and Curse of the ChupaCabra
>
>
>
>"'Órale, ya era tiempo.' Stories of 'the Movement' too often
emphasize men's
>roles, ignoring the vital participation of women or relegating
them to the
>sidelines. In Teatro Chicana, women are central to the ideas,
emotions,
>strategies, writing, art, and music of the 1960s and 1970s
when this
>country—and much of the world—rocked with revolutionary
imagination and
>fervor. The Chicano Movement, like most social movements, also
had many
>women warrior/leaders—this struggle was shaped and ignited by
women, fed and
>nurtured by women, with many men at their sides.......Seeing
it again
>through the voices of the elder-teachers in this book, I'm
reminded—no
>movement is complete without la mujer." — *Luis J. Rodriguez*,
author of
>Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. and Hearts and
Hands: Cre
>ating Community in Violent Times
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>For more information visit:
http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/guttea.html
>
> *A Collective Memoir and Selected Plays*
>
>
>
>By Laura E. Garcia, Sandra M. Gutierrez, and Felicitas Nuñez
>
>Foreword by Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez
>
>
>
>The essence of the book is the empowerment of young girls and
how that
>transformation was made during the Chicana(o) Movement. Topics
covered by
>the writers include: sexual abuse, teen pregnancy, integrating
into the
>educational system as immigrants and more.
>
>
>
>*Who Should Attend?* Open to the public especially for young
girls in their
>early teens and adults.
>
>**
>
>*When?* September 20, 2008
>
>*Time?* 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.**
>
>* *
>
>*Where? *Mujeres Latinas en Acción
>
>2124 W. 21st Place, Chicago
>
>* *
>
>*Cost?* Free
>
>* *
>
>*RSVP? *Ana Soto at (773) 890-7699**
>
>
>*Come meet editors, Laura Garcia, Felicitas Nunez, and*
>
>*contributors,Virginia Rodríguez Balanoff, Evelyn Cruz, and
Hilda Rodriguez.
>*
>
>
>
>Enjoy a panel discussion and book signing.
>
>
>
>
>
>"These memoirs are the personal, honest, and riveting
testimonials of
>seventeen Chicanas who performed Chicana theater during the
1970s. These
>carnalas empowered themselves and thousands during the
tumultuous years of
>the Movimiento by performing plays for working-class
communities……We need
>their courage today. And we need their stories for a new
generation of
>Chicanas and for working women everywhere." --- R*udolfo
Anaya*, author of
>Bless Me, Ultima and Curse of the ChupaCabra
>
>
>
>"'Órale, ya era tiempo.' Stories of 'the Movement' too often
emphasize men's
>roles, ignoring the vital participation of women or relegating
them to the
>sidelines. In Teatro Chicana, women are central to the ideas,
emotions,
>strategies, writing, art, and music of the 1960s and 1970s
when this
>country—and much of the world—rocked with revolutionary
imagination and
>fervor. The Chicano Movement, like most social movements, also
had many
>women warrior/leaders—this struggle was shaped and ignited by
women, fed and
>nurtured by women, with many men at their sides.......Seeing
it again
>through the voices of the elder-teachers in this book, I'm
reminded—no
>movement is complete without la mujer." — *Luis J. Rodriguez*,
author of
>Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. and Hearts and
Hands: Cre
>ating Community in Violent Times
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>For more information visit:
http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/guttea.html
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