Partners

Posted on June 10th, 2011 by Alejandra Okie No Comments

Harvest of Dignity is brought to you by the following organizations:

Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF)
SAF works with farmworkers, students, and advocates in the Southeast and nationwide to create a more just agricultural system. Since 1992, it has engaged thousands of students, farmworker youth, and community members in the farmworker movement. SAF offers internship and fellowship programs for college students to provide much-needed skills, energy and time to farmworker organizations while using documentary work to document their experiences. It also offers the Levante Leadership Institute for middle, high school and out of school migrant youth. SAF coordinates an annual national week of action, Farmworker Awareness Week, to raise awareness about farmworker issues on our campuses and in our communities.

North Carolina Farmworker Advocacy Network (FAN)
FAN is a statewide network of organizations that work to improve living and working conditions of farmworkers and poultry workers in North Carolina. Since 2003, they have collaborated to bring workers’ voices to the legislative process. In the past, they have identified and led campaigns to improve housing conditions, pesticide safety and wages. FAN’s current Harvest of Dignity campaign is working for safe places to live, safe places to work and strong enforcement of existing laws for farmworkers.

One Economy
One Economy is a global non-profit organization that leverages the power of technology and connects underserved communities around the world to vital information that will improve their lives. It helps bring broadband into the homes of low-income people, employs youth to train their community members to use technology effectively, and provides public-purpose media properties that offer a wealth of information on education, jobs, health care and other vital issues.

One Economy is pleased to present Harvest of Dignity on its public purpose network, which includes The Public Internet Channel (PIC.tv), The Beehive, Just Think, PIC Daily and Hooked UP!.

Support for Harvest of Dignity was provided by the North Carolina Arts Council and Oxfam America.

Farmworker Advocacy Network

U.S Department of Labor Keeps Children in Harm’s Way
By Emily Drakage, NC Regional Coordinator, Children in the Fields Campaign - Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs This spring North Carolinians are enjoying their local farmers markets as they begin to overflow with a myriad of fresh fruits and vegetables planted and harvested here in the state. Joy can be found on the faces of folks as they purcha […]
Workers’ Memorial Day: Remembering those who have died on the job in NC
By Tom O'Connor, Executive Director, National Council for Occupational Safety and Health 2011 was a bad year for North Carolina’s Hispanic workers, especially those working in construction and agriculture. Although they make up only about seven percent of the state’s population, Latinos accounted for 30 percent of deaths on the job in NC in 2011 accordi […]
The NC Farm Bureau Shares Concern about Immigration Enforcement’s Effects on Agriculture
By Erin Krauss This spring, the North Carolina Farm Bureau released a video-advertisement that encourages North Carolina lawmakers to think about the implications of harsh immigration enforcement policies on the agriculture industry. The NC Farm Bureau, founded in 1936, claims to represent 500,000 member families with ties to the agriculture economy. The vid […]
"Uprooted Innocence" featured on "The State of Things"
Photo by Joe Wolf Did you know that almost half a million children work in agriculture in the U.S.? Emily Drakage with the Children in the Fields campaign and Catherine Bittar, a Duke University student who helped produce the short documentary "Uprooted Innocence" talk about the reality of child labor with WUNC's "The State of Things. […]
Independent Weekly Highlights Child Labor in NC
Last week, the Independent Weekly published an excellent article on the realities faced by children working in the agricultural industry in North Carolina. The reporter interviewed several members of the Farmworker Advocacy Network, including the NC Justice Center attorney Carol Brooke and Emily Drakage from Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs […]

Facts About Farmworkers

Datos sobre trabajadores agrícolas

Find facts about farmworkers, including topics such as immigration, health and economic contributions.

Encuentra datos sobre los trabajadores agrícolas, incluyendo temas de salud, inmigración y sus aportaciones a la economía.

Documentary Projects About Farmworkers

Proyectos documentales sobre trabajadores agrícolas

Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF) interns have documented the stories of farmworkers in their writings and photographs since 1992. See their documentary projects.

Participantes de los programas de Estudiantes en Acción con Campesinos (SAF) han documentado las historias de trabajadores agrícolas en fotografías y escritos desde 1992. Ve sus proyectos documentales.