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Category: YAYAS IN ACTION
Welcome to our YAYAs in Action blog. This is where you will find the most recent updates on how young people are supporting farm worker campaigns for justice. Interested in getting involved? Take Action with YAYA!
Community Garden Service Project
Our second community garden work day in Fellsmere was a success! Orlando YAYA is organizing these work days (at least twice a month until February 2013) to provide an opportunity for members of the Orlando community to work with and … Continue reading
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Tagged Farm Worker Association of Florida, Farm Workers, Florida
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Viva La Causa Movie Screening Report
On March 29, YAYA cohosted a screening on the UCF campus of the Southern Poverty Law Center documentary, Viva la Causa, with the Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) and Deep Green Resistance as part of Farmworker Awareness Week. Thirty-six people … Continue reading
Bridging our Communities: LGBTQ and Immigrants
Bridging Our Communities was a 2 part series hosted by Orlando YAYA – in collaboration with The Center of Orlando. The events were organized with the intention of starting a conversation about the experiences of immigrants who are also members of the … Continue reading
CIW’s Fast for Fair Food
On Saturday March 10, 2012, Orland YAYA mobilized 30 people from Orlando, in addition to a few Tampa YAYAs, to participate in the culmination of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers‘ Fast for Fair Food. After a six day fast for … Continue reading
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Florida YAYA Organizers
NFWM/YAYA would like to welcome Antonio Franco as the new Florida YAYA Coordinator. “I am Antonio Franco and I have been blessed to be the new Florida YAYA Coordinator. I have been a member of YAYA since 2009 and have … Continue reading
Yard Sale
On February 18th Orlando YAYA had a yard sale fundraiser. Having stayed the night before, Yaya members woke up early that Saturday morning to assign roles and set up the various wares that had been donated by our wonderful community … Continue reading
Community Garden
On Saturday, February 11, 2012, YAYA volunteered working in the community garden of Fellsmere, about an hour and a half south of Orlando. The weather when we left carpooling from Orlando was brisk, but sure enough, when we arrived in … Continue reading
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Tagged Farm Worker Association of Florida, Farm Workers, Florida
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Hit the Field for Farm Worker Justice 2012!
I wish you could’ve been there. The second Hit the Fields for Justice NFWM-YAYA/AMA soccer game was a smashing success. Both teams arrived ready to play at the beautiful soccer fields in De Leon Springs, FL. There were grade school children playing … Continue reading
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Support the Florida DREAM Act!
Thirteen YAYA’s attended the rally in support of the Florida DREAM Act on Wednesday January 18th, 2012 at Rollins College. If passed, the Florida DREAM Act would guarantee equal access to education, as undocumented students or children of undocumented parents … Continue reading
The Harvest / La Cosecha
Last Saturday, January 14 2012, I attended YAYA’s screening of “La Cosecha” directed by Roberto Romano. The screening took place in the CWA office in College Park. The screening was meant to inform about the migrant children who tend to … Continue reading
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