Causes: Civil Rights, Ethnic & Immigrant Centers, Human Services, Immigration, Interfaith Coalitions, Religion

Mission: In the 1960's, when United Farm Worker founder Cesar Chavez began organizing, he called on the religious community to change its emphasis from charity to justice. NFWM was formed in response to that call and remains the national vehicle for people of faith and their institutions to respond to Chavez's vision of farm worker justice. NFWM now works with three national farm worker organizations, the United Farm Workers (UFW), the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC); and with two state-based groups, Pineros y Campesinos del Noroeste (PCUN) in Oregon and the Farmworker Association of Florida. There are 2-3 million farm workers in the U. S. Unfortunately, without consistent efforts on the part of farm workers and supporters, they and their problems are largely invisible in our society. Public and consumer support makes the crucial difference between success and failure in achieving farm worker goals. Faith-based organizations in particular bring both a moral voice and the strength of an organized constituency to the struggle. NFWM provides the leadership to maintain and grow that support on the national, state and local level.

Target demographics: Farm Workers

Geographic areas served: United States

Programs: Faith-based organizing and resources for faith-based support of farm worker campaigns.