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Immokalee farmworkers and others championing causes to end the abuses farmworkers have suffered in the fields carried their message of resistance and hope across the state to Palm Beach this weekend.The first-ever Farmworker Freedom Festival began Friday and continues through Sunday celebrating farmworker culture as well as the gains of the Coalition of Immokalee Farmworkers Fair Food program.
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The three-day festival will be held on the island of Palm Beach starting March 8
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Lucas Benitez is a founder of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. He is now in the company of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu, John Lewis and the 14th Dali Lama of Tibet
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In the past six years Antonia Rios had became a face and the voice of calling for change and dignity.
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Humanitarian-aid orgs say the state’s newest anti-immigration laws will hurt it, in the long run.
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The Fair Food Program, the signature creation of Coalition of Immokalee Workers, is expanding internationally.
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Farmworkers share stories of life in the Florida agricultural fields
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Several dozen protestors assembled in front of the Collier County Government Center seeking justice for Nicolas Morales-Besanilla, a single father and farmworker who was killed during a mental health episode.
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Florida now has 21,019 confirmed cases of the coronavirus according to the latest update from the state Department of Health. In the past week, health…
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Florida now has 21,019 confirmed cases of the coronavirus according to the latest update from the state Department of Health. In the past week, health…