{"id":324,"date":"2016-06-20T21:19:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T04:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/?page_id=324"},"modified":"2016-07-13T13:57:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T20:57:45","slug":"jose-gomez-farm-worker-justice-day-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/inequality-town-hall-events\/jose-gomez-farm-worker-justice-day-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Jos\u00e9 G\u00f3mez Farm Worker Justice Day 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Winter Quarter 2016 Event:<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Jos\u00e9 G\u00f3mez Farmworker Justice Day<br \/>\n-West Coast Farmworker Movements<\/h3>\n<table class=\" alignleft\" style=\"width: 700px;height: 500px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 350px\">\n<h5>Panel Presenters:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0David Bacon, Photo Journalist<\/li>\n<li>Rosalinda Guillen, Community to Community Development<\/li>\n<li>Ramon Torres, Familias Unidas por la Justicia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to the presentations and group discussions,<br \/>\nJos\u00e9 G\u00f3mez was honored, Olympia Farmwork Justice<br \/>\nCollective led solidarity actions, and interactive workshops.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 350px\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-339 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-203x300.png\" alt=\"2016 farmworker justice day\" width=\"276\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day.png 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 350px\" colspan=\"2\">\u00a0World Caf\u00e9 style discussion after the panel presentation facilitated meaningful discussion among event attendees.<br \/>\nQuestions included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the factors influencing how you buy food? What have you learned about your responsibility as a consumer to farm workers?<\/li>\n<li>How did the panel help you think about who produces food?<\/li>\n<li>How can you get information about who is producing your food?<\/li>\n<li>Reflect on what you learned about farmworker organizing throughout the West Coast. How might farmworker rights be effectively supported?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theworldcafe.com\/key-concepts-resources\/world-cafe-method\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Caf\u00e9 <\/a>Discussion method provided an effective framework for stimulating and interactive conversation focused on collaborative dialogue about the challenging issues of the injustices faced by farmworkers and the food system.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 350px\" colspan=\"2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-350 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-panel-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"2016 farmworker justice day panel\" width=\"344\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-panel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-panel-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-panel-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-panel.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 350px\">Ramon Torres: \u201cOur children deserve a different future. We need more indigenous students going to college, becoming doctors and lawyers.\u00a0 Why not, if Obama became president, why not an indigenous president?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 350px\">Rosalinda Guillen: \u201cToday I won\u2019t be inspiring or hopeful.\u00a0 I bring a mixed message.\u00a0 It\u2019s getting late, we haven\u2019t listened.\u00a0 We need to organize in a way to change the whole food system.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 350px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-351\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-pic-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"David Bacon\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-pic-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-pic-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-pic-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-pic.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 350px\">David Bacon, telling the story of a woman leaving her father in Mexico. \u201cWhen she left, her father said, \u2018when you leave, you\u2019ll never return.\u2019\u00a0 And the woman, now in the US, said \u2018Right, I don\u2019t call him. I can\u2019t go back, I don\u2019t have the money.\u00a0 It would be too painful to call him\u2019.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 350px\">\u201cThis year\u2019s Farmworker Justice Day highlighted the potential of unity surrounding a key interest and a necessary dialogue.\u00a0 Overall, I was proud to see many new faces glowing with a yearning to learn \u2013 to rethink. I was pleased to hear David Bacon\u2019s insight on Filipino history and Mexican labor movements. However, I really enjoyed Rosalinda\u2019s perception on community engagement and Ramon\u2019s view of action. These are all instrumental ingredients to create a democracy, but it takes a stirring of unity to produce justice. I thought the day was informative and painted a picture few get to see and even less experience, but it came down to relationships.\u201d-Evergreen Student<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 350px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-349\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-OFJO-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Olympia Farmworker Justice Collective\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-OFJO-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-OFJO-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-OFJO-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/2016-farmworker-justice-day-OFJO.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lw4yJt8cnLQ?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h6>Direct Action Event-Students Protest Farmworkers\u2019 Unfair Wages and Working Conditions<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-422\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/boycott-action-2_17_16-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"boycott action 2_17_16\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/boycott-action-2_17_16-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/boycott-action-2_17_16.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nphoto courtesy of Cooper Point Journal, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooperpointjournal.com\/2016\/02\/24\/workshops-direct-action-at-farmworker-justice-daystudents-protest-farmworkers-unfair-wages-and-working-conditions\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here for full article<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Resources:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dbacon.igc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Bacon,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/Bacon-presentation-english.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Event Presentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/foodjustice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Community to Community Development<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/civilr\/guillen.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Rosalinda Guillen<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FamiliasUnidas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Familias Unidas por la Justicia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/boycottsakumaberries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boycott Sakuma Berries<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/evergreen.edu\/magazine\/2014fall-winter\/in-memoiram.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Jos\u00e9 G\u00f3mez<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/evergreen.edu\/communitybasedlearning\/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Community-Based Learning and Action<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/evergreen.edu\/communitybasedlearning\/docs\/CCBLA_Winter-Spring_2016_Newsletter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Newsletter featuring event<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Olympia-Farmworker-Justice-Collective-128706147485053\/\" target=\"_blank\">Olympia Farmworker Justice Collective<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Impact and Effect:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>\u201cThe Jose Gomez Farmworker Justice Day was a powerful and important event. Evergreen\u2019s Mission Statement boasts a commitment to social and environmental justice, and hosting this annual Farmworker Justice Day is critical in supporting students in upholding this mission. Rosalinda\u00a0 Guillen and Ramon Torres, two of the the speakers at the event, led an informative and moving panel on the lives, unjust treatment, and organizing of migrant farmworkers in the US. Afterwards, they offered workshops on boycotting as a political strategy as well as creating signs for the Familias Unidas Driscoll Berry picket that was to be happening later that afternoon. I came away from this day impressed at how Evergreen supports this building of solidarity between students and migrant farm workers. The issues these workers are organizing around are relevant to students who are studying food systems and sustainable agriculture \u2013 but really anyone who eats food. Evergreen students are learning the tools and building the relationships that are necessary to be part of creating a more just and livable world for everyone.\u201d<\/strong> -Evergreen Student<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">The event strengthened and deepened our teaching\/curriculum\/community by offering very significant information on a largely disregarded and forgotten part of the workforce \u2013 communities that are marginalized, targeted or made invisible.\u00a0 The intersection of food systems, workforce, ethics\/justice regarding migrating or new communities, the growing tension over \u201cborders\u201d and \u201cthe other\u201d are all essential elements in the discussion of conditions facing farmworkers here in the region, the west coast broadly and beyond. The event connects well with our interdisciplinary work , linking issues\/themes\/areas of food production, labor, public health, social justice and cross-national movements. This year\u2019s event paid particular attention to the challenge of just, effective and respectful documentation of communities and their struggles. This helped engage and connect those interested in the issues (food, justice, labor) and those compelled by the challenges of representation (documentary, media, story, research).<\/p>\n<h3>Sponsors:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>President&#8217;s Diversity Fund<\/li>\n<li>Center for Community-Based Learning and Action<\/li>\n<li>Evergreen Fund for Innovation<\/li>\n<li>The Black Cottonwood Collective<\/li>\n<li>Deans\u2019 Match<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Participating Programs:<\/h3>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" width=\"958\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h5>Faculty:<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<h5>Programs:<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Martha Rosemeyer, Thomas Johnson and Carolyn Prouty<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Ecological Agriculture: Healthy Soil, Healthy People<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Karen Gaul and Zoltan Grossman<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Resource Rebels: Environmental Justice Movements Building Hope<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eric Stein and Steven Flusty<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Place and Displacement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Carolyn Prouty, Laura Citrin and Rita Pougiales<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Bodies that Matter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Elizabeth Williamson and Frances V. Rains<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Out of the Shadows: Women of Color in the Era of Civil Rights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Steven Niva and Catalina Ocampo<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Culture and Violence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lin Nelson<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Student Originated Study: Working in Community<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Anne Fischel, Michi Thacker and Grace Huerta<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Local Knowledge: Building Just and Sustainable Communities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Alice Nelson, Savvina Chowdhury and Therese Saliba<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Reinterpreting Liberation: Third World Movements and Migrations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TESC Student Group<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Olympia Farmworker Justice Collective<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Sarah Williams, Steven Scheuerell and Abir Biswas<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Terroir: Chocolate, Oysters and other place-flavored foods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Quarter 2016 Event: Jos\u00e9 G\u00f3mez Farmworker Justice Day -West Coast Farmworker Movements Panel Presenters: \u00a0David Bacon, Photo Journalist Rosalinda Guillen, Community to Community Development Ramon Torres, Familias Unidas por &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/inequality-town-hall-events\/jose-gomez-farm-worker-justice-day-2016\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jos\u00e9 G\u00f3mez Farm Worker Justice Day 2016<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":0,"parent":331,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1049"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/324\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/townhalls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}