Farmworker Association of Florida is a nonprofit organization management company based in Apopka, Florida, with offices throughout the state. The Farmworker Association of Florida’s long-standing mission is to build power among farmworker and rural low-income communities, to respond to and gain control over the social, political, economic, workplace, health, and environmental justice issues that impact their lives. Our guiding vision is a social environment where farmworkers’ contribution, dignity, and worth are acknowledged, appreciated, and respected through economic, social, and environmental justice. This vision includes farmworkers being treated as equals, and not exploited and discriminated against based on race, ethnicity, gender, or immigrant or socioeconomic status. In keeping true to the organization’s mission and guiding vision, FWAF’s core strategy is to help farmworkers realize and build upon their power to be effective agents of social and personal change by: Validating and strengthening the experiences, knowledge, and understanding of farmworkers, Building farmworkers’ capacity to participate in decision-making processes that affect their lives, Building multiracial coalitions with other farmworker organizations promoting civic engagement and better working conditions, Organizing around community and labor issues, Raising consciousness about and advocating for farmworkers’ rights and justice. Toward this goal, FWAF’s programs and activities build leadership, civic engagement, and activist skills among low-income communities of color who are disproportionately affected by pesticide exposure/health problems, environmental contamination, institutional racism, harassment and intimidation, exploitation, and political under-representation.
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To make sure our reporting reached Florida farmworker communities, we printed 1,300 brochures in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole on food access, disaster preparedness, and immigrants’ rights. They're being distributed statewide via The Farmworker Association of Florida and Rural Women's Health Project https://lnkd.in/gt8AG3c2
Thank you Rep. Eskemani! We appreciate your leadership standing up for farmworkers' rights!
In recognition of the amazing work of our farmworker community here in Florida, I am donating $2,500 from our political committee to The Farmworker Association of Florida and I encourage you to not only support their work by donating as well, but sign this petition asking the Governor to veto HB433. PETITION: https://lnkd.in/eT25uYNi DONATION: https://lnkd.in/ezAcAXqF Sign and spread the word. #VetoHB433
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“The threat of glyphosate is way outside the bounds of any reasonable person’s definition of acceptable harm, surpasses allowable risk under federal pesticide law, and represents the poster child for what has gone dangerously wrong with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program to control toxic pesticides in our environment, homes, workplaces, and communities, with disproportionate injury to farmworkers and landscapers." “This petition attempts to hold EPA accountable to the rule of law while recognizing that glyphosate, which causes adverse effects to biological systems—from soil microbiota to the gut microbiome, can be replaced by cost-effective organic food production and land management of parks, playing fields, or lawns.” —Jay Feldman, executive director of BEYOND PESTICIDES. Farmworkers, Environmental Groups File Legal Action Demanding Roundup Ban—Petition filed by Center for Food Safety on behalf of itself, Beyond Pesticides, and four farmworker advocacy groups (Alianza Nacional de Campesinas | Lideres Campesinas | Rural Coalition | The Farmworker Association of Florida). https://lnkd.in/dB6PPXpg