FW: Indigenous Farmworker Study website

[Guest guest]

FYI for any who has not already received this…

Dear Colleagues,

We are writing you because of your interest in the

health and well-being of Mexican indigenous immigrants and farm workers in

California.

A team led by Rick Mines and myself ( Nichols)

recently spent over two years conducting research for The Indigenous

Farmworker Study (IFS). The IFS is a state-wide study of Mexican

indigenous immigrants working in California agriculture. It was funded by

The California Endowment and undertaken in collaboration with California Rural

Legal Assistance. The Full Report detailing our findings is available at www.indigenousfarmworkers.org

In addition to the Report itself, the website

features:

-- Short videos of six different indigenous

language speakers (with subtitles in English and Spanish).

-- Photographs taken by Bacon in

California, and by members of our team in Mexico.

-- Interactive maps, with information on the

indigenous presence in California’s agricultural regions as well as the

location of nearly 500 different sending localities in Mexico

-- Highlights from the Report, including many

charts and graphs

-- Information about the IFS and the research

team

-- A Spanish version of the website

We invite you to explore the site and let us know what

you think. It’s still a work-in-progress and we will be adding

additional photographs and content in the weeks and months ahead.

We hope you and others who care about the indigenous

immigrant community find our work useful. Please feel free to share this

with others who might be interested and contact us if you would like additional

information.

Best,

_________________________

Nichols, Ph.D.

Co-Director

Indigenous Farmworker Study

/Estudio de Trabajadores Agrícolas Indígenas

www.indigenousfarmworkers.org