Creando un Mundo Nuevo (Creating a New World): Campesinos in the United States

Authors

Maritza Yvette Duran, University of GeorgiaFollow
Jason A. Cade, University of Georgia School of LawFollow
Alyssa Marquez, University of California, Los Angeles
Gisela Cruz, University of GeorgiaFollow

Abstract

Farm workers have faced additive barriers with the pandemic and environmental issues that are exceedingly making their jobs more difficult. Coupled with the pandemic, farm workers are facing more obstacles in their everyday life. Despite these challenges, farm workers are finding ways to create organizations and advocacy avenues within their communities. Farm workers are also continuing to keep cultural practices alive and are creating communities where they migrate. These factors are resiliency factors that allow farm workers to create lives that feel meaningful and joyful to them.

Repository Citation

Maritza Yvette Duran, Jason A. Cade, Alyssa Marquez, and Gisela Cruz, Creando un Mundo Nuevo (Creating a New World): Campesinos in the United States (2022),
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/1458