National Farmworker Ministry

Please join us Friday, May 29 at 11 am EST/8am Pacific, for the next Immigration Spotlight presented by the Loretto Latin America Caribbean Committee (LACC).  To request the Zoom link, use the contact form at the end of the post.

Elizabeth Rodriguez, National Farm Worker Ministry Directory of Farm Worker Advocacy, will be our guest. Born, raised and living in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, she holds a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work. Elizabeth works with La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), an organization founded by early leaders of the Farm Worker Movement working as a community organizer supporting rural communities in strengthening their voice and advancing policy change. During Covid, she was actively involved with a coalition to obtain access to vaccines and personal protective equipment for more than 2000 farm workers delivered directly to worksites. She also supported efforts to recover over $100,000 in unpaid wages for farm workers and contributed to the distribution of federal relief funds. As part of a multigenerational legacy of farm workers, with parents who met as migrants in the fields and grandparents who participated in the Bracero Program, she is deeply connected to the farm worker community through both her professional work and personal history.

The Latin America Caribbean Committee’s Immigration Spotlight is a bi-monthly opportunity to explore emerging issues and challenges regarding immigration, featuring people working for immigration justice.