by Marianne Martinez | Feb 20, 2018 | Advocacy, Blog
Pesticides used in agriculture contain chemicals that are harmful to people of every age, but kids are particularly vulnerable to the dangerous effects of pesticides for several reasons: Kids’ bodies are still developing: the organs that break down and eliminate...
by Marianne Martinez | Jan 17, 2018 | Blog
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by Marianne Martinez | Jan 17, 2018 | Blog
In December, the Environmental Protection Agency announced some potential changes in 2018 to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), a set of policies aimed at preventing harmful chemical exposure for farmworkers and pesticide handlers. The WPS, which was updated in...
by Marianne Martinez | Jan 17, 2018 | Blog
This past November, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas—an organization of former and current female farmworkers in the United States—published a letter directed to the women of Hollywood in support of the “Me Too” movement. The movement, which took off in October on...
by Marianne Martinez | Dec 19, 2017 | Blog
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by Marianne Martinez | Dec 18, 2017 | Blog
Until Next Time! Oh man, where do I start! It has been a memorable year to say the least. Actually, six memorable years! I could not have predicted what has happened over the course of my time with Vecinos. I still fondly remember one my first nights of outreach. It...
