Facts About North Carolina Farm Workers [1] [2]
What Farm Workers Contribute [1] [2]
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Blessing the Hands:
Farm Worker Issues in a Biblical Context
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Additional Resources
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Session 1: Food: A Sacred Exchange
Society of St. Andrew - Gleaning on local farms and donating food to local food pantries
Bread for the World - Food policy
National Catholic Rural Life Conference - Ethics of Eating, especially note The Dignity of the Human Person II
American dream shriveling on the vine - Carolina Morning News, June 1, 2004
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Why Unions Matter
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Session 2: God Has No Borders
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Organizations Supporting North Carolina Farm Workers
Resources
Glossary
Acknowledgements
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POV Borders - video diaries on immigration
Crossing the line -- a risky journey of hope - San Francisco Chronicle June 20, 2004
Mexicans dying at record rate crossing to U.S. - Lexington Herald Leader May 23, 2004
Selected Resources on US-Mexico Border from Questia
BorderLinks
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Session 3: Labor in God's Harvest
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FLOC summer organizing report, 2003
NFWM Taco Bell Boycott Factsheet
Cesar Chavez biography
Like Machines in the Fields: Farmworkers denied basic rights - Oxfam America, March 2004
Rally Tests Fate of Union - The Kennett Paper, June 21, 2004
Silence in the Fields - Mother Jones Magazine, Jan.-Feb. 2001
Unfair Advantage: Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States Under International Human Rights Standards - Human Rights Watch, 2000
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Session 4: Health & Wholeness |
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Migrant Clinicians Network
National Center for Farmworker Health
Farm Workers and Pesticides - a collection of articles
HIV Prevention - Farmworker Justice Fund
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Session 5: Community & Culture |
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A day without a Mexican? Not here! - June 13, 2004
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Session 6: Family & Children |
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National Immigration Law Center
Fingers to the Bone: US Failure to Protect Child Farmworkers - Human Rights Watch
From the fields to the stars - Monterrey Herald, June 22, 2004
A college success story: My Four Sons - The Modesto Bee, May 25, 2004
Women and Children - Student Action with Farmworkers
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Session 7: Faith in Action
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Churches Back Boycotts Over Migrant Workers Labor Unions Decry Treatment by Taco Bell, Mt. Olive Suppliers - Washington Post, November 22, 2003
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