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Levantando las voces de los trabajadores del campo a través de la organización comunitaria
El lanzamiento de V2C, de izquierda a derecha: Juan Saldana, Samantha Guerrero, Irene Ruiz, Ester Ceja, Marielena Vega, Christina Stucker-Gassi, Carrie Seymour, y Zoe Ann Olson. Se estima que más de 3 millones de trabajadores del campo inmigrantes y por temporada cosechan alimentos en los Estados Unidos. Los trabajadores del campo ayudan a proporcionar…
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Marielena Vega Returns to her Roots to Protect the People Growing Food in Idaho
In 2020, Marielena Vega met a farmworker with a disturbing story. While he was working in a field one day, he noticed a crop-duster flying close by. When he warned his foreman about it, he was told to just duck down and hold his breath. “When he questioned if that was safe, the foreman…
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Farmworker-led Solutions for Health Equity in the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic
In 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic began to sweep across the United States, the term “essential worker” did not hold the same weight and meaning as it does today. As stay-at-home orders were enacted, for the first time farmworkers were deemed essential and required to continue to work in the fields and food processing…