Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 8 AM – 1 PM 1240 Central Rd, Everson, WA 98247-9632, United States Now that the first berry season is over, it's time to trellis the remaining plants and prepare the land for the winter. The cooperative is looking for volunteers who can lift and hold wires that will be … [Read more...]
Support UUA Initiatives to “Close the Camps”
Through our coalition efforts we have shut down the detention camps in Tornillo and Carrizo Springs, TX, prevented Ft. Sill in Oklahoma from becoming a detention camp, and seen 1,500 youth released from the Homestead Florida camp. The fact that the Department of Health and Human services is now … [Read more...]
Trump Department of Labor Proposes Harmful Changes to H-2A Agricultural Guestworker Program
Today (July 26) the Trump Department of Labor announced plans to make sweeping revisions to the H-2A agricultural guestworker program to the detriment of farmworkers. The proposed H-2A changes would weaken key protections for farmworkers, reducing the ability of the current farm labor force to … [Read more...]
Dignity Dialogue (to proceed March for Dignity event)
WHEN: Saturday, August 3, 2019 from 1-3 pm. WHERE: Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship (1207 Ellsworth St. Bellingham, WA 98225). There will be a Dignity Dialogue the day before the march where we will discuss the new WA State legislation, Keep Washington Working, and what our local government is … [Read more...]
2019 March for Dignity
Sunday, August 4, 2019 at 4:30 AM – 5 AM until Starting at 1431 Sunset Ave, Ferndale, WA 98248-8914, United States Join farmworker leaders from Community to Community (C2C) and Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ) in an historic march in rural Whatcom County. The march starts with a sunrise … [Read more...]
Land and Liberty: How Migrant Farmworkers Are Organizing for a Better Future
“We know this contract is going to change our lives,” says Ramon Torres, Familias Unidas president. “We have always been invisible people, but now our children will have the opportunity to keep studying. It is not that we want to get them out of the fields, but we want them to have an opportunity to … [Read more...]