Help us build broad public support for farmworkers who are speaking out and organizing. Gather your friends for a house party, host an event or presentation at your church, invite FLOC to present to your class, or take these campaign materials to your family Thanksgiving dinner. Organizing happens everywhere!
Here are a few good resources to get you started. Check back often, as this page will be updated as the campaign progresses and we develop new materials. For more materials or printed copies of anything you see here, please email flocnc@floc.com.
FLOC background and general information:
- An introduction to FLOC and the Reynolds Campaign (prints as a tri-fold brochure)
- How it all began: Migrant Workers Organize a Boycott of Campbell (news article from New York Times, 1984)
Reynolds Campaign:
- What is the Reynolds Campaign? (2-sided flyer)
- We Must End Human Rights Abuses in America’s Tobacco Fields (brochure; can be printed in various layouts and sizes)
- Kangaroo Consumers for Tobacco Farmworker Justice (2-sided flyer)
Literature about farmworkers and conditions in the fields:
- A state of fear: Human rights abuses in North Carolina’s tobacco industry (full report)
- “A State of Fear” Executive Summary in English
- “A State of Fear” Executive Summary in Spanish
- Facts about NC Farmworkers
- Facts about US Farmworkers
- NC Farmworker Health Facts
- Farmworkers’ Contribution to the NC Economy
Faith based resources: