The next phase of the COVID-19 approach needs to be focused on empowering individuals to make the best informed decisions to protect themselves, their families, and their communities By […]
By Yolanda Pinzon Uribe, Community Health Program Vecinos We know that our communities are in different COVID-19 “Levels”, but also we know that they need to have by hand […]
Por Yolanda Pinzon Uribe Coordinadora Programa de Salud Comunitaria Tres mujeres llegaron a esta región en busca de trabajo y oportunidades para ayudar a sus familias en México. Ellas […]
By Yolanda Pinzon Uribe, Community Health Program, Vecinos Vecinos is reaping the fruits of their 20+ years of labor. After working to establish themselves as a complementing their established […]
Internships are a great way to learn or apply skills, as well as a way to give back to the community. Vecinos offers flexible, unpaid internships throughout the year […]
As summer tip-toes back into our lives, there are plenty of delicious fruits and vegetables being cultivated right here in our beautiful mountain region! Vecinos visited Darnell Farms in […]
Photo by: Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP) This past week was National Farmworker Women’s Health Week (NFWHW), a public awareness campaign about the health risks that farmworker women […]
Cesar Chavez snd Dolores Huerta, Salinas, California. Photo: Victor Alemán. The legacy of farmworkers advocates like Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta is everlasting and can be felt today as […]
Agricultural Guest Worker Visas North Carolina’s economy relies on the agricultural industry (read more from last week’s blog) and with the lack of domestic workers, the H-2A visa program has […]
We’ve all been to grocery stores and bought our favorite fruits and vegetables, and most of the time it was with little thought – we just grabbed and went on […]
