Background
Farmworker Awareness Week (FAW) is a SAF-called, nation-wide week of action for students and community members to raise awareness about farmworker issues on their campuses and in their communities. Every year FAW takes place during the week of Cesar Chavez's birthday, March 31st, to honor his legacy as a leader of the farmworker movement.
Students and others across the country participate in FAW by planning events, teach-in's, rallies, marches, and film-screenings to inform their campuses and communities of the injustices farmworkers face and ways to support farmworkers.
Why do we have Farmworker Awareness Week?
Because farmworkers deserve fair wages. We know that farm work is hard work. It is skilled work, and it's work that feeds our families every day. We must work so their wages allow them to feed their families, too.
Because farmworkers deserve our respect. We know that farm work is necessary work. They cultivate the food we need to live and we need to return the favor. We should recognize and celebrate farmworkers' contribution to our society and economy.
Farmworkers deserve safe, healthy living and working conditions. We know that farm work is dangerous work. Every year, farmworkers are injured and even killed working to put food on our tables. Farmworkers and their families are often exposed to toxic chemicals in the field and at home. As consumers, we should call for better laws to protect farmworkers from harm.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
Tony Macias, Assistant Director
Phone: (919) 660-3652
Fax: (919) 681-7600
