Justice for Farmworkers
Across New York During the Month of October
People from Many Different Backgrounds Will Gather for...
A Statewide Vigil
for Farmworker Human Rights
In the 1930s . . . in the midst of the Jim Crow era . . . farmworkers were excluded under New York Labor Law from basic human rights, including a day of rest, overtime pay and protection while bargaining collectively. Now, in 2009, the New York State Senate can right this wrong, and all of New York can feel the freedom of the yoke of injustice being removed.
Join Us!
Albany area
Thursday, Oct. 15
5:30-6:30 p.m. (Outside the headquarters of the New York State Farm Bureau, 159 Wolf Rd. in Colonie)
Middletown
Friday, Oct 16
6 p.m. (United Presbyterian Church, 50 East Main St., former Webb Horton Church)
Millbrook
Friday, Oct. 16
6 p.m. (Grace Episcopal Church, 3328 Franklin Ave.)
New York City
Saturday, Oct. 17
7 p.m. (Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 316 E 88th St.)
Monticello
Sunday, Oct. 18
6 p.m. (St. John's Episcopal Church, 15 St John St.)
White Plains
Monday, Oct 19
7 p.m. (St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, 82 Prospect St.)
Ithaca
Monday, Oct. 19
5 p.m. (First Baptist Church, Dewitt Park)
Long Island
TBD (Setauket)
For further information call the Rev. Noelle Damico (631) 371-9877.
Rochester
Wednesday, Oct. 21
7 p.m. (St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 15 St Mary's Place)
JUSTICE FOR FARMORKERS: THE TIME IS NOW!
For more information, call Rural & Migrant Ministry at (845) 485-8627
or go to www.justiceforfarmworkers.org.
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