Farmworker Justice Fund

1111 19th Street, N.W., Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 776.1757 tel
(202) 776.1792 fax fjf@nclr.org

The Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc. (FJF) is a nonprofit organization that works to improve the living and working conditions of migrant and seasonal farmworkers throughout the United States. Using a multi-faceted approach, FJF engages in litigation, administrative and legislative advocacy, training and technical assistance and public education. FJF focuses primarily on wages and working conditions, immigration policy and welfare reform issues, women's issues, occupational safety and health and access to the justice system. Their website includes a detailed bibliography on farmworkers as well as updated legislative information on issues affecting farmworkers.

California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, CRLAF

2210 "K" Street, Suite 201
Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 446.7901 tel

CRLAF operates offices across the state that provide research, policy and advocacy support to rural communities. Their Labor & Employment Law Project carries out policy-oriented research and farm worker field surveys, conducts legislative and administrative advocacy in the wage & hour, unemployment insurance, and farm worker law areas, both at the state and federal levels, and provides training, technical assistance and advocacy support to California legal services programs. Their Border Project provides technical assistance, advocacy support and direct legal representation to low-income and minority individuals in the U.S.-Mexico border region with a focus on opposing Operation Gatekeeper (see www.stopgatekeeper.org). They also have programs on pesticides and worker safety, health, environment, citizenship, housing, education, and civil rights.

National Council of La Raza

1111 19th, NW Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036

NCLR is a nonprofit organization with over 230 formal affiliates established in 1968 to reduce poverty and discrimination and improve life opportunities for Hispanic Americans.

As the nation's largest Latino organization, NCLR has worked for many years to promote fairness and equity for the nation's farmworkers. Of particular concern are poor wages and working conditions, and proposals to erode them further by importing "guestworkers" from other countries who would not receive protections under our labor laws.

Student Action with Farmworkers

1317 W Pettigrew Street
Durham, NC 27705
(919) 660.3652 tel
(919) 681.7600 fax
levante@duke.edu

SAF is a non-profit organization created to build a network of campus-based projects focusing on farmworker issues. These projects include both summer internships, as well as year-round opportunities for direct service, community education, advocacy and community organizing work. Through SAF's Into the Fields Internship Program, summer internships are provided for college students from the Carolinas, as well as from the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP). Through Project Levante, SAF address the educational barriers faced by migrant youth through theater and classroom components. Nationally, SAF provides technical assistance and support for campus-based groups working with farmworkers through our Sowing Seeds for Change Symposium, Trainings and Apprenticeship Program, as well as through their newsletter From the Ground Up.

Sin Fronteras Organizing Project

Centro de los Trabajadores Agrícolas Fronterizos 201 East Ninth Avenue
El Paso, TX 79901
(915) 532.0921 tel
(915) 532.4822 fax
sinfront@farmworkers.org

Sin Fronteras Organizing Project was founded to fight against the injustices and inequalities faced by the farmworker community of West Texas and Southern New Mexico. They work to satisfy the immediate needs of the agricultural workers and their families, and to organize the workers in committees that will bring changes to the agricultural system and to the public and private institutions that presently condone exploitation and poverty.

One of its main projects in the creation of the Centro De Los Trabajadores Agrícolas Fronterizos, an 8,000 sq. ft. facility sited on an odd shaped property near the Border Highway. It was built to support and assist the border agricultural workers and their families, as well as the residents of Southside El Paso.

Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs

1611 North Kent Street, Suite 910
Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 528.4141 tel
(703) 528.4145 fax

The mission of the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP) is to improve the quality of life for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families and to enhance the capabilities of members who serve them by providing information, education, support, advocacy, and representation at the national level.

National Center for Farmworkers Health

P.O. Box 150009
Austin, TX 78715
(512) 312.2700 tel
(512) 312.2600 fax

NCFH's mission is to improve the health status of farmworker families through the appropriate application of human, technical, and information resources.

Rural Coalition/Coalición Rural

1411 K Street NW, Suite 901
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 628.7160 tel
(202) 628.7165 fax
ruralco@ruralco.org

The Rural Coalition/Coalición Rural is an alliance of over 90 culturally diverse community based groups in the United States and Mexico who collaborate to advance social justice and sustainable development in rural areas. Since 1978, leaders of poor communities and communities of color--including farmworker groups, indigenous communities in the US and Mexico, minority, indigenous and limited resource farmer organizations, cooperatives, and grassroots groups in poor communities in Appalachia and elsewhere -- have banded together to confront structural injustices in policies, programs and delivery of government services; share skills, encouragement and strategies; seek and leverage resources to support their organizations and their work; make government entities more responsive; and support one another in local and global struggles.

Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund

P.O. Box 95
Epes, AL 35460
(205) 652.9676 tel
jzippert@aol.com

FSC/LAF is a service, resource and advocacy association for a constituency of 25,000 low income families organized into over 100 cooperatives in rural communities across the South. The membership is primarily African-American but also includes White, Chicano and Native American members. They work to retain and sustainably develop the remaining land base owned by Black farmers in the south, advocate for public policy changes to assist family farmers and rural poor people to improve their lives, and organize training and education programs, credit unions, and housing opportunities for low-income rural people.

Catholic Migrant Farmworker Network

1915 University Drive
Boise, ID 83706
(208) 384.1778 tel
cmfncc@aol.com

The CMFN strives to provide training and resources for pastoral agents working with migrant and seasonal farmworkers as well as to promote greater awareness in parishes and communities about the struggle of farmworkers.