United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 09/05/2017 KERO 23 ABC News (CA): UFW to hold presser in response to DACA announcement
- 09/05/2017 Kern Golden Empire (CA): Activists, community members congregate to defend DACA in downtown Bakersfield
- 09/05/2017 Kern Golden Empire (CA): Fear erupts as local Dreamers and activists react to DACA decision
- 09/05/2017 KERO 23 ABC News (CA): Local DACA recipient worries about the future of his education
- 09/05/2017 Los Angeles Times Editorial: How President Trump and the EPA’s Scott Pruitt are making America’s environment deadly again
- 09/04/2017 Bakersfield Californian: Pesticide continues to put farmworkers and fetuses in harm’s way
- 08/31/2017 KQED, CA Health Report: Pesticide Continues to Put Farmworkers and Fetuses in Harm’s Way
- 08/31/2017 LUPE Celebrates Court Decision to Block SB4 — SB4 is discriminatory and will lead to racial profiling
- 08/31/2017 National Catholic Reporter: Solidarity and support for farm workers follow death of young laborer
- 08/30/2017 Beyond Pesticides: Birth Abnormalities Linked to Pesticide Exposures
- 08/30/2017 The Texas Tribune: Texas judge temporarily blocks ‘sanctuary cities’ law
- 08/29/2017 independent: Pesticides linked to birth abnormalities in major new study
- 08/29/2017 Beyond Pesticides: Neurotoxic Pesticide Detected in Air at High Levels in California County
- 08/29/2017 National Catholic Reporter: Stand in solidarity with family farmers, farmworkers
- 08/26/2017 UFW: Trump pardon of Arpaio is ‘shameful’
- 08/26/2017 Science Daily: Negative effects of pesticide exposure on birth outcomes
- 08/25/2017 AZCentral.com: Joe Arpaio opponents express outrage, disbelief over presidential pardon of ex-sheriff
- 08/25/2017 Think Progress: EPA listened to Agriculture Department, not scientists, in decision not to ban dangerous pesticide
- 08/22/2017 CNN: EPA docs fuel criticism that politics played part in pesticide decision
- 08/21/2017 NRDC Blog: CA Chlorpyrifos Announcement Leaves Communities at Risk
- 08/18/2017 Health & Farmworker Advocates Respond to California Chlorpyrifos Announcement
- 08/18/2017 Salinas Californian: Salinas residents stand up against racism
- 08/18/2017 Bellingham Herald (WA): Is there enough protection for foreign farmworkers in the US, including i Whatcom?
- 08/18/2017 TheRecord.com: Foreign farmworkers fear deportation if they complain
- 08/18/2017 The Intercept: EPA Welcomed Industry Feedback Before Reversing Pesticide Ban, Ignoring Health Concerns