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Latina Equal Pay Day 2019

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019, marked Latinas’ Equal Pay Day, the symbolic day when Hispanic and Latina women’s earnings “catch up” to non-Hispanic white men’s earnings from the previous year. Latinas are paid 54 percent of what non-Hispanic white men are paid. That means it takes Latinas almost an entire extra year of full-time, year-round work… Read More →

PJC Youth Cook Alongside a Professional Chef…

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GREENVILLE, NC – North Carolina Focused on Increasing Education, Leadership, and Dignity, NC FIELD, organized a culinary workshop for Poder Juvenil Campesino (PJC) farmworker youth at CPW’s Fine Foods & Spirits on Sunday, June 24, 2018.  PJC farmworker youth from various towns in eastern North Carolina, such as Kinston, Pink Hill, Snow Hill, and Beulaville… Read More →

Dolores Huerta Screening – PJC Youth

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For this year’s National Farmworker Awareness Week, PJC Youth attended a Dolores screening in Smithfield, NC. Dolores Huerta is an important icon in the farmworker justice movement, yet often very little is known about her. This screening was an opportunity for PJC Youth and the community to learn about her struggles, challenges, and successes as she… Read More →

Let’s Talk About Farmworkers & Food Justice!

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PJC Youth joined the Food Youth Initiative, a program of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, in presenting at the 2018 Food Storm Gathering in Greensboro, NC on February 17, 2018. The Food Storm Gathering connects people doing food and justice work in the Greensboro area. This year’s event focused on the intersection of growing… Read More →

Let’s get Evaluated!!

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This spring NC FIELD collaborated with Duke University Masters of Environmental Management student, Katheryn Gaash. Each spring graduate students are partnered with local organizations to conduct a project that supports the organization’s mission and programs. Katheryn collaboratively developed the tools and framework to better evaluate PJC Youth programming with NC FIELD. Katheryn conducted several focus groups… Read More →