Joaquin Magon: On Strikes, Power, and Unions

December 5, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Amarral, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, Nob Hill, strikes, UFW, United Farm Workers

  The Diary of Joaquin Magon Entry 20 About a month ago, I was talking to workers on strike at Nob Hill, a chain of high-end grocery stores, trying to figure out what moved them to take this major step.

Joaquín Magón: Farm Workers Will Benefit From Prop 37

November 3, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Dana Pearls, diary of joaquin magon, Farm Workers, food justice, GMO, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, Methyl Iodide, Pesticide Action Network, pesticides, Prop 37, Proposition 37, Salinas, UFW

  Entry 19: Farm Workers Left Out of Prop 37 Discussion, But Have a Stake SALINAS – As an organizer with the United Farm Workers, I’ve grown accustomed to seeing farm workers routinely be excluded or absent from the public discourse happening around issues of food justice.

The Diary of Joaquín Magón: The Incredible Story of Griselda

September 10, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Baja California, Calexico, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, community organizer, coyotes, Eastern Coachella Valley, El Norte, El Salvador, Farm Workers, Guatemala, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, Mexicali, migrant workers, north, Oaxaca, Salton Sea, Sinaloa, strawberry, strawberry fields, UFW, United Farm Workers

    Entry 18: The Incredible Story of Griselda, A Migrant Farm Worker   I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes I slept on the ground in the light of the moon On the edge of the city you’ll see us and then We come with the dust and we go with the wind -Pastures of Plenty, Woody Guthrie   Griselda left, as many of them do.

The Diary of Joaquín Magón: An Organic Strawberry Recalls

August 22, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: An Organic Strawberry Recalls, Coachella, community organizer, Farm Workers, Food Justice Movement, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, organic strawberries, organic strawberry, oxnard, Salinas, strawberry, strawberry fields, The Diary of Joaquín Magón, UFW, United Farm Workers

Entry 17: An Organic Strawberry Recalls   An Organic Strawberry Recalls: I grew up around Griselda.

The Diary of Joaquín Magón: An Organizer Defined

July 30, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Coachella, community organizer, community organizers, Dolores Huerta, Farm Workers, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, organizer, organizers, Salinas, salinas valley, The Diary of Joaquín Magón, UFW, United Farm Workers

  The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 16: An Organizer Defined As I look at the desolate power of a voice that cannot be heard, hands that can lift a million crates, eyes that can see through lies, and smiles that bend like the crescent moon our mothers worshipped, I see that the hope is at times as thin as the space in between strawberry rows that flow through the ground like tuned guitar strings.

An Open Letter to La Mujer Campesina

July 13, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: campesina, Coachella, diary of joaquin magon, Dolores Huerta, Farm Workers, female farm workers, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, Joaquin Magon, mujer campesina, oxnard, UFW, United Farm Workers, women's rights

The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 15: An Open Letter to La Mujer Campesina Mujer, Not a day goes by that I am not fascinated by your struggle.