The North Carolina Network of Grantmakers is collaborating with Student Action with Farmworkers and the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation to learn about issues affecting migrant and seasonal farmworkers in North Carolina. A primarily Latino and immigrant population, this community is one of the lowest paid, least protected, and under-served populations in the state and nation.

This intensive workshop will give participants the opportunity to learn more about the health, education, and legal issues affecting this community, have dinner and hear directly from farmworkers during a labor camp visit, and have a chance to debrief and brainstorm potential responses to the concerns that are raised.

Preliminary Agenda

Wednesday, September 19

1:00 – 1:30 pm Arrival & Check in

Center for Documentary Studies
1317 W. Pettigrew St., Durham, NC 27705
(park cars in back parking lot)

1:30 – 2:00 pm Welcome, introductions, & overview

• Cindy Verity Frantz, NC Network of Grantmakers
  
• James Gore, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
• Melinda Wiggins, Student Action with Farmworkers

2:00 – 3:30 pm Travel to exhibit in van, exhibit tour & debrief

"Documenting the Politics of Food"
"SAF: 20 Years of Growing Farmworker Activists"
Perkins Gallery & Rubenstein Library Corridor Gallery
Duke University Libraries, Duke West Campus

3:30 – 4:15 pm Travel to hotel in van

Hampton Inn & Suites Holly Springs
1516 Ralph Stephens Road, Holly Springs, NC, 27540
TEL: 919-552-7610

4:15 – 5:00 pm Check-in hotel & break

5:00 – 5:15 pm Travel to clinic in van

5:15 – 6:15 pm Panel discussion of key issues & resources for farmworkers

Wake County Migrant Health Program
Clinic conference room, Fuquay-Varina, NC

· Farmworker & Latino Youth, Immigration & Deferred Action—Angeline Echeverria, El Pueblo and SAF board member
· Policy Advocacy—Carol Brooke, Farmworker Advocacy Network and NC Justice Center
· Food Security & Economic Development—Laxmi Haynes, Student Action with Farmworkers

6:15 - 7:00 pm Overview of farmworker health & prep for labor camp visit

· Kadi Hodges & Katie Cox, Wake County Farmworker Health Program

7:00 – 7:30 pm Travel to labor camp in van

7:30 – 9:30 pm Conversation and dinner with local farm workers

9:30 – 10:00 pm Travel to hotel in van

Thursday, September 20

9:00 – 10:30 am Breakfast & debrief at hotel

· Melinda Wiggins, Student Action with Farmworkers

10:30 – 11:00 am Next Steps

· Cindy Verity Frantz, NC Network of Grantmakers
· James Gore, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

11:00 – 12:00 pm Travel back to Durham in van

Registration is $50 per person which includes transportation, meals, and materials.  Hotel reservations should be arranged and paid for individually.

Hotel Information:
Hampton Inn & Suites Holly Springs
1516 Ralph Stephens Road,
Holly Springs, NC, 27540
TEL: 919-552-7610

With questions, please contact Cindy Frantz at cfrantz@ncgrantmakers.org.