Learn more about the lives of migrant workers.
See the exhibit at Main Library Oct. 25-Dec. 17
PROGRAMS
Migrant Workers: Past, Present, & Future
Join us for a discussion on Migrant Workers: Past, Present, & Future with Suzanne Gladney, Attorney and Director of the Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund. MFAF assists migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families with public benefits, medical & dental, school enrollment, as well as other needs.
Learn more
Learn more about the Migrant Farmworkers Assitance Fund.
Donate needed items to the MFAF using the bin at the Main Library.
Books and MovieS
The Lives of Migrant Workers
This list of non-fiction, fiction, children’s books, and movies explores the lives and challenges of migrant workers.
WEbsites
United Farmworkers of America
Home of the UFW with news relating to labor organizing and farmworker issues.
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Online home of a national organization composed of local coalitions and immigrant, refugee, community, religious, civil rights, and labor organizations and activists.
Center for Farmworker Families
This organization works on projects to improve the lives of farmworker families.
Kansas Farmworker Health Program
Works to provide comprehensive primary care services to address the unique health care needs of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families.
National Farmworker Jobs Program
A nationally-directed, locally-administered program of services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents.
Farmworker Justice
A nonprofit organization that seeks to empower migrant and seasonal farmworkers to improve their living and working conditions, immigration status, health, occupational safety, and access to justice
Kansas Migrant Education Program
A state program designed to address the unique needs of identified migrant children and their families.
KCKPS ESOL/Migrant Services
Builds district capacity and shared responsibility for the development of multilingual and culturally competent students.
Music and Exhibits
Viva Mexico Playlist
Features a wide variety of music from Mexico (Ranchera, Norteño, Tejano and other classic Mexican styles expressing pride and patriotism)
David Bacon
Additional photography and reporting on farmworkers, immigration, labor, and other topics by exhibition creator David Bacon.
“Deportee” by Woody Guthrie
Song about a tragic plane crash in 1948 that killed 28 illegal immigrants being deported by US Immigration.
Migrant Workers and Braceros, 1930s-1964
Overview of the history of California migrant workers, particularly from Mexico, from the early to mid-20th century
articles
Desired for their labor, rejected as neighbors. Farmworkers in California face hostile communities
Migrant Farmworkers Remain Crucial To Harvest
In Kansas and Missouri, Immigrants are Rooted in the Agriculture Workforce