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Thursday, December 7 • 3:15pm - 4:45pm
Justice for Farmworkers Forum LIMITED

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This talk and forum is aimed at discussing challenges and opportunities farmworkers face in the United States. Moderated by Jose Chapa of the Rural & Migrant Ministry Justice for Farmworkers Legislative Campaign, activist farmworkers will share their experiences and knowledge and update conference attendees on the important issues facing farmworkers locally and nationally. The second half of this workshop will be open to audience discussion and questions. 


Presenters
avatar for Jose Chapa

Jose Chapa

Campaign Coordinator, Rural and Migrant Ministry
Jose Chapa works for Rural & Migrant Ministry as the Justice for Farmworkers Legislative Campaign Coordinator.  Jose is originally from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas and as a youth worked and traveled with his family as a migrant farmworker in the fields of the panhandles of Texas and Iowa. He graduated from Wesleyan Un... Read More →
avatar for Boris Martinez

Boris Martinez

Farmer/Activist
Boris is currently a leader on El Consejo de El Centro para Trabajadores en Long Island. Originally from El Salvador, Boris came to the U.S. in 2013 escaping gang violence. As a greenhouse and nursery farmworker on the northfork, Boris helps grow the flowers you see from people's... Read More →
avatar for Flor Revolorio

Flor Revolorio

Farm Manager, Pie Ranch
Flor Assists manages production and education, holds the CSA, and manages the farm animals at Pie Ranch in Pescadero, CA. Flor is a Guatemalan born and raised in Chicago. Flor loves farming and the things that most inspire her and fuel her interests are soil, justice, and education. Flor is a city person at heart, but has loved living in small/rural communities for the past 5 years... Read More →
avatar for Juan Antonio Zuniga

Juan Antonio Zuniga

Farmworker Fellow, Rural & Migrant Ministry
Juan Antonio is a farmworker fellow with Rural & Migrant Ministry. Juan Antonio coordinates workers partcipation in the Justice For Farmworkers campaign. Juan Antonio came to the U.S. in the early 1990s, from El Salvador. In California, he worked in multiple low wage jobs including farmwork before settling on the east end of Long Island 12 years ago. A... Read More →

Thursday December 7, 2017 3:15pm - 4:45pm EST
PC I
  Session F