August 2, 2019 Press Release, Community to Community Development and Familias Unidas por la Justicia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Annual Farmworker March Spotlights Worker Violations at Crystal View Farms
When: Sunday, August 4, 2019 4:30 a.m
Starting point: 1431 Sunset Ave. Ferndale, WA
BELLINGHAM, WA August 2, 2019 – This Sunday, hundreds of people will march 14 miles through rural roads of Whatcom County for the annual Farmworker March for Dignity, organized by Community to Community Development (C2C) and Familias Unidas por la Justicia. The march kicks off at dawn, the average time a Farmworker begins working in the field. Leaders from C2C, Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ), and Cooperativa Tierra y Libertad will start the march at a Customs and Border Patrol station, the site of border militarization, detention and deportation impacting Farmworkers families in the region.
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