Our mission is to work alongside marginalized communities to build capacity, achieve holistic systems, equitable access to resources, and ensure a strong inclusive rural North Carolina.
NC FIELD VISION & VALUES
Our Vision
Our Values
- Marginalized community representation across all sectors
- Equitable access to social drivers of health resources
- Holistic systems in agriculture, health, education, and commerce
- Inclusivity of cultural and linguistic diversity
- Acknowledgement of the significant contributions of marginalized communities to local, state, national and global agribusiness success
Our Values
- Education as the factor that empowers people to overcome social inequalities;
- Leadership not only within the organization, but also in the community we serve;
- Dignity as a non-negotiable facet of humanity;
- Community strength as integral to facing individual challenges.
EDUCATIONLearning focuses on the skills necessary to build resilience, self-esteem, and facilitate the change the farmworker community wants to see. Youth and inter-generational organizing leads nearly all learning experiences at NC FIELD.
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LEADERSHIPWe are dedicated to meeting the needs identified by farmworkers and their children in eastern North Carolina. Farmworkers are active on the board of directors, committees, and on projects.
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DIGNITYWe aim to end child labor in agriculture through creating greater public awareness; continuing programs like the Farmworker Food Bank and subsistence agricultural projects and by providing safe and healthy living environments to unaccompanied youth and domestic violence victims in collaboration with existing organizations.
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