North Carolina Staff
National Farm Worker Ministry – North Carolina
c/o ERUUF
4907 Garrett Rd.
Durham, NC 27707
Telephone: 919-489-4485
Fax: 919-489-9149
nc@nfwm.org
Alexandria Jones, Community Organizer
ajones@nfwm.org
Cell: 919-597-1080
Save the Date - May 7th Reynolds Shareholder Meeting
The 2010 meeting of Reynolds Tobacco Shareholders will be May 7th in Winston-Salem, NC. As we have for the past two years, NFWM and FLOC (Farm Labor Organizing Committee)and other allies will have a significant presence demanding that Reynolds meet with FLOC to improve conditions for tobacco farm workers. We will be both inside the shareholder's meeting and outside on the streets. Check back here later for more information.
NFWM Board in North Carolina to Support Tobacco Farm Workers
On Friday August 7th, the Board and Staff of the National Farm Worker Ministry were joined by NFWM supporters and clergy from North Carolina for a day of activities in support of farm workers who toil in tobacco fields, inclulding a moving service held at a tobacco field honoring the sacrifices of farm workers.
Reynolds Tobacco's 2009 Annual Shareholders Meeting - NOT Business as Ususal!
On May 6th, NFWM, FLOC, farm workers and other allies gathered in Winston Salem, NC for a day of actions during the annual shareholders meeting of Reynolds Tobacco (RAI). We were there to tell Reynolds’ management and shareholders that farm workers are stakeholders too!
The day began with a brief prayer service outside of Reynolds led by Kevin Todd, Duke Divinity Field Education Intern at NFWM NC. Together, they read the Litany, “Give us hope in a new day in which all women and men will know justice, peace, equality, and love; A new day when we will no longer need to gather to STRUGGLE for justice but will gather to CELEBRATE justice.”
Farmworker Awareness Week in NC
To celebrate Farmworker Awareness Week in North Carolina, Alexandria (Alex) Jones gave the reflection during the Sunday service at Caledonia UMC in Laurinburg, made presentations to students from the Struggle & Hope Course at Salem College in Winston-Salem and from the Wesley Foundation at NC State University in Raleigh and she attended the Church Women United of NC’s State Meeting. Alex also participated in some of the numerous events organized by Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF).
You can read Alex's reflection, Building Bridges, Not Walls, given at Caledonia UMC.
YAYA Alternative Spring Break in NC a Success
Thirteen students from the University of Florida - Gainesville spent their spring break in North Carolina learning about and supporting farm workers and interacted with young people in North Carolina who are active in the farm worker movement. The week of action and education was organized by NFWM’s YAYA Coordinator, Lariza Garzon, and NFWM’s North Carolina staffer, Alexandria Jones, and in collaboration with UF's Florida Alternative Breaks.
