3. FARMWORKER FACTS There are 2-3 million farmworkers in the United States. Agriculture is consistently ranked as one of the three most dangerous occupations in the U.S. Farmworkers’ average annual income is $11,000; for a family it is approximately $16,000. This makes farm work the second lowest paid job in the nation (after domestic labor).

5. THEATER and other PROJECTS

6. PLACEMENTS: Migrant Education Programs Health Agencies Legal Assistance Agencies Community Organizing Groups Labor Unions STATES: South Carolina (~4 placements) North Carolina (~13 placements) Virginia (~2 placements) Tennessee (~1 placement)

7. IMPORTANT DATES Applications online: Dec. 1 Applications Due: Feb. 4 Interviews: Feb. 17-21 Notification of Selection: Mar. 5 Orientation: June 2-7 First Day of work: June 9 Mid-retreat: July 11-13 Final Retreat: Aug. 8-10 Fellow Final Ceremony: Nov. 14

9. IMPORTANT DATES Applications online: Dec. 1 Applications Due: Feb. 4 Interviews: Feb. 11-14 Notification of Selection: Feb 17- 21 Orientation: September 2014 Mid-retreat: January 2015 Final Retreat: April 2015

10. Retreats

11. “The most impactful experience during my summer in both Wilson and traveling for theater were the conversations. Whether in the car transporting a worker or facilitating theater discussion, it amazed me how easily some opened up and told me their personal tales of struggle and hardship- be it leaving their families, working, or the days spent walking in the desert to cross the border.” Andrea Barreto, 2013 Intern “Farmworkers are not people who need us to swoop in and solve their problems for them. Nor are they all mistreated. They are capable, dignified workers, whose blood, sweat, and tears go into our food, for which we should be grateful. And I think I will definitely go into my future endeavors doing my best to stick to SAF's name and do everything with and not for farmworkers.” -Shaoli Chaudhuri, Fellow 2012 "As student organizers we should and will put just as much effort in ensuring that the injustices faced by farmworkers today will not continue for future generations.” Christine Contreras, Organizer, 2011

12. www.saf-unite.org

13. SAF Links Read the field notes from the SAF Blog: http://saf-unite.tumblr.comhttp://saf-unite.tumblr.com Apply for Into the Fields Internship: http://www.saf-unite.org/content/fields- internshiphttp://www.saf-unite.org/content/fields- internship Apply for Sowing Seeds for Change Fellowship: http://www.saf- unite.org/content/sowing-seeds-change-fellowshiphttp://www.saf- unite.org/content/sowing-seeds-change-fellowship Apply for Student Organizing School: http://www.saf- unite.org/content/student-organizing-schoolhttp://www.saf- unite.org/content/student-organizing-school Celebrate National Farmworker Awareness Week: www.farmworkerawareness.org www.farmworkerawareness.org Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6laRBY81Vshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6laRBY81Vs