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Tag Archives: Farm Worker Association of Florida
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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Get dirty with YAYA!
Please join YAYA along with the Fellsmere Community to work in the community garden on Saturday, March 31st! The community garden project aims to provide an opportunity for members of the Orlando community to work with and develop a relationship … Continue reading
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Grab The Brush For Justice
Join us and members of the Homestead community at the Farm Worker Association of Florida’s office as we work together to paint their building. When: Sunday, March 25, 2012 9:30am until 4:30pm Where: 450 Davis Parkway, Florida City, Florida Tentative Schedule: 9:30 … 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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Three Kings Day Celebration
Bringing in the New Year right, 12 YAYA members and volunteers attended the Three Kings celebration at the Homestead Farm Worker Association of Florida office on January 7. The celebration was mainly focused on the children of farm workers to … Continue reading
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Christmas celebrations
On December 16-17, twenty NFWM and YAYA members attended three Christmas celebrations in the farm worker communities of Central Florida. We are very grateful for the opportunity to share with the organizations and members of these communities! At these events, … Continue reading
Trip to Immokalee
I had been looking forward to visiting Immokalee since Lariza had offered for me to come with her. I completely fell in love with the people and the experience of sharing that with a great group of 8th graders from … Continue reading
Posada and Bike Delivery in Fellsmere, Florida
Posadas are a traditional Catholic Mexican Celebration of the Nativity. The posadas take place nine days before Christmas Eve to represent the nine days in which Joseph and Mary where looking for lodging before Mary gave birth to Jesus. Posadas … Continue reading
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A Holiday Surprise for a Community Leader!
On the second week of December we received a surprising and pleasant call from our friends at 1-800 Charity Cars telling us that they had a car donation available for a farm worker family! What a great holiday gift, we … Continue reading
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Panel Discussion on Apopka Memorial Quilts at UCF
On November 1st, the Orlando YAYA Chapter participated in a panel discussion at the University of Central Florida (UCF) about the environmental injustices connected with the Apopka farmlands and the The Lake Apopka Memorial Quilt. The memorial quilt is a … Continue reading
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