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Organization Description:Student Action with Farmworkers is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to bring students and farmworkers together to learn about each otherís lives, share resources and skills, improve conditions for farmworkers, and build diverse coalitions working for social change. SAF accomplishes its mission by coordinating summer internships and carrying out community education, advocacy, and community and labor organizing work.
SAF has been building student-farmworker solidarity since 1992. SAF works with students, who need connections to progressive social justice movements; farmworkers, one of the hardest-working yet most marginalized populations in our society; as well as farmworker agencies and community groups, which need greater human resources to carry out their work.
Issue Area(s):
- Social Justice
- Advocacy
- Agriculture
- International
Type(s) of Bonner Partnership Connections:
- Alternative Break Site
- Internship opportunity
- Educational opportunity
- Job opportunity
- Resource Provider
Internship Position
Internship Description: SAF links students with farmworkers to improve the living & working conditions of farmworkers in the Carolinas and to build student commitment to social justice and direct action. Into the Fields is a ten-week internship and leadership development program for college students to work for fairness in our agricultural industries. Through the Into the Fields program, college students from diverse backgrounds spend the summer working full-time with farmworkers to promote greater respect and justice for the people who supply food for our tables.
Into the Fields Interns are matched with community-based farmworker advocacy organizations. Positions are available in the following fields: Union Organizing, Adult Education & Basic Services, Legal Aid Programs, Migrant Education Programs, Migrant Health Clinics, Health Research.
In addition to training and work at placement sites, interns will choose to complete a folklife documentary project or to participate in the Levante Theater Group.
Applicants may apply for academic credit.
Eligibility Requirements:
-College students from farmworker families nationwide or Students currently attending a college or university in the Carolinas.
-Spanish skills are required for most placements.
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Application Process: Please download an application from our website.
Application Deadline:
Stipend Provided?: Yes, $1,200 living stipend ($650 raised by participant). $1,500 educational award.
Housing Provided?: Yes.
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Service Opportunity
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Resource Opportunity
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Policy and Advocacy Connection
Does this organization/program offer opportunities for students to engage in policy research, advocacy, lobbying, public education, etc.?
Type of Opportunity & Description: Advocacy
Student Action with Farmworkers mission is to bring students and farmworkers together to learn about each other’s lives, share resources and skills, improve conditions for farmworkers, and build diverse coalitions working for social change. SAF accomplishes its mission by coordinating summer internships and carrying out community education, advocacy, and community and labor organizing work.
Current Contact
Updated 11/2010
Name/Position: Melanie Stratton, Internship Coordinator
Email: melanie.stratton@duke.edu
Phone: 919-660-3652
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