We hope After I Pick the Fruit will raise awareness about the need for humane immigration reform and inspire viewers to get involved in making that reform happen. To learn more about immigration reform and farmworker rights, here are some organizations that advocate for the human rights of immigrant workers and farmworkers.
America’s Voice
America’s Voice is a national organization that seeks comprehensive, sensible reform of outdated immigration laws, including reunification of families, a path to citizenship, and long-term solutions to the economic conditions in “sender countries” that force people to emigrate to the US as a matter of survival.
www.americasvoiceonline.org
The Worker Justice Center of New York, Inc.
The Worker Justice Center of New York pursues justice for those denied human rights with a focus on agricultural and other low wage workers, through legal representation, community empowerment and advocacy for institutional change. The Worker Justice Center is the merger of Farmworker Legal Service of NY (FLSNY) and the Workers’ Rights Law Center (WRLC). The merger builds on decades of achievement in providing direct legal services low-wage workers, empowering communities, and advocating for institutional change. The Worker Justice Center continues the long history of FLSNY’s services to seasonal and migrant farm workers, while recognizing that more and more farm workers are entering other industries closely related to agricultural and other low-paying service work.
www.wjcny.org
Farmworker Justice
Farmworker Justice is a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower migrant and seasonal farmworkers to improve their living and working conditions, immigration status, health, occupational safety, and access to justice. Farmworker Justice engages in litigation, administrative and legislative advocacy, training and technical assistance, coalition-building, public education, and support for union organizing.
www.farmworkerjustice.org
Rural and Migrant Ministry
Rural and Migrant Ministry is an interfaith coalition that works for the creation of a just rural New York State by nurturing leadership among farmworkers and standing with the disenfranchised to change unjust system.
www.ruralmigrantministry.org
United We Dream
As a national immigrant youth-led organization, the mission of the United We Dream Network is to achieve equal access to higher education for all people, regardless of immigration status. Its aim is to address the inequities and obstacles faced by immigrant youth and to develop a sustainable, grassroots movement, led by immigrant youth, documented and undocumented, and children of immigrants. United We Dream uses leadership development, organizing, policy advocacy, alliance building, training and capacity building to pursue our mission at the local, state and national levels.
www.unitedwedream.org
Migrant Support Services of Wayne County/ Wayne Action for Racial Equality (WARE)
MSS is dedicated to resolving the disenfranchisement and human rights violations of the migrant community at the local, state, and federal level through community organizing and direct support to the farmworker community. Through its association with WARE, dedicated to the ideal of racial equality in Wayne County, New York, donations are accepted to assist migrant farmworkers, in particular women and families.
For more information contact:
Migrant Support Services – John L. Ghertner, MD | johnghertner@gmail.com
Wayne Action for Racial Equality on Facebook
Jim Wood – mcwood4@msn.com