Migrant Justice

Migrant Justice is a grass-roots organization for food justice that empowers farmworkers to come together, discuss their problems, discern which one to tackle next and develop strategy. The organization is responsible to the farmworkers. In October, Migrant Justice's Abel Luna and Daniel Lopez came to St. Paul's to speak about food justice and their work with immigrant farmworkers in Vermont. Roughly 1500 immigrants from Mexico and Guatemala work in Vermont's dairy industry, many under difficult and dehumanizing conditions. The organization has helped transport farmworkers to the Statehouse to allow them to testify on their own behalf (with the aid of translators) about their need for drivers' licenses; worked on the 2014 campaign to reduce race-based policing in Vermont; and negotiated with Ben and Jerry's to adopt a worker-driven Code of Conduct which requires improved working and living conditions for farmworkers.

​ Being in solidarity with our marginalized, hardworking and effective neighbors has been challenging and very inspiring for us, leading us to new areas of Christian faith and life. For more information, please contact Sylvia Knight.

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