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Fall 2009 Newsletter

Newsletters - Fall 2009 Newsletter

• Fall 2009 News
• Health Care Reform and Farmworkers
• Fighting to Protect Workers' Rights in the H-2A Guestworker Program
• New FJ project will mobilize rural latinos against HIV
• FJ's New HIV Prevention Training Curriculum
• Promotores de Salud Programs: Community Health Workers in the fields
• Long Life of Service: Interview with Ben Obregon of UMOS
• FJ's Legal & Advocacy Skills in Demand in H-2A Program
• FJ Remembers Ted Kennedy

Farmworker Justice has just published the Fall 2009 issue of our semi-annual newsletter, Farmworker Justice News. As usual, you can download a pdf version in English but now you can also read all the articles online!  See below for a table of contents.

Will health care reform reach farmworkers? Not likely...find out why the prospects don't look very good for agricultural workers.

In wake of changes to our nation's agricultural guestworker program FJ's legal and advocacy skills are in demand

FJ has a new training curriculum for HIV Prevention; also, we are introducing a new Health Initiative for Rural Latino Communities called Poder Sano, based on a model of community education called promotores de salud programs.  Find out more about this method of popular education in Promotores de Salud: Community Health Workers in the fields.

Last, but not least, check out  Long Life of Service, an interview with farmworker advocate Ben Obregon of UMOS.  This is part of our series of interviews that explore the early experiences of individuals who have become key figures in the farmworker advocacy movement.

Two of the above articles are available in Spanish:

Justicia Campesina anuncia nuestro nuevo proyecto contra el VIH...

¿y que significa la reforma del sistema de atención de la salud para trabajadores agrícolas?

Lea más en español en Español aquí.

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