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Preliminary Inventory of the Student Action With Farmworkers Records, 1992-2005

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Descriptive Summary

Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Creator
Student Action With Farmworkers
Title
Student Action With Farmworkers Records, 1992-2005
Language of Material
Material in English Spanish
Extent
45 Linear Feet

30000 Items
Abstract
Founded in 1992, Student Action with Farmworkers is a non-profit organization whose mission is to bring students and farmworkers together to learn about each other's lives, share resources and skills, improve conditions for farmworkers, and build diverse coalitions working for social change. SAF accomplishes its mission by working with farmworkers to address their concerns through documentation of human rights violations, grassroots education and mobilization, leadership development of young people, policy advocacy, and support of labor organizing.
The Student Action with Farmworkers records include subject files containing correspondence, reports, articles, course material, internship applications, and other documenation of the organization's programs and mission, as well as posters used in protests and demonstrations. Major efforts represented in the collection include the Into the Fields Summer Internship and Leadership Development Program and Project Levante. Materials range in date from 1992-2005. Acquired as part of the Archive for Human Rights.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
Due to the sensitive and confidential nature of the material contained in the Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF) records, researchers must receive prior authorization from SAF in order to access the material. For authorization please contact:
Tony Macias
Assistant Director
Student Action with Farmworkers
tmacias@duke.edu
1317 W. Pettigrew St.
Durham, NC 27705
Phone (919) 660-3652
Fax (919) 681-7600
Once authorization has been granted, SAF will contact RBMSCL directly and provide name of researcher, dates of use, and which boxes may be accessed.
In addition, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Copyright Notice
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Student Action With Farmworkers Records, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Student Action With Farmworkers Records were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a transfer in 2007.
Processing Information
Processed by Jill Katte, John Mayrose, June 2007
Encoded by Jill Katte, John Mayrose, June 2007
This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
            

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Historical Note

[Adapted from Student Action with Farmworkers website: http://cds.aas.duke.edu/saf/]

Founded in 1992, Student Action with Farmworkers is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to bring students and farmworkers together to learn about each other's lives, share resources and skills, improve conditions for farmworkers, and build diverse coalitions working for social change. SAF accomplishes its mission by working with farmworkers to address their concerns through documentation of human rights violations, grassroots education and mobilization, leadership development of young people, policy advocacy, and support of labor organizing.

Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF) traces its history to the 1970s when child psychiatrist Dr. Robert Coles and professor Bruce Payne led twelve Duke University students in a summer-long Migrant Project, investigating conditions in NC migrant camps, testifying before the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and successfully lobbying for the creation of NC Farmworker Legal Services. In the early 1980s, Payne and other faculty and students at Duke founded the Interns in Conscience project of the Hart Leadership Program, and groups of students went to southern Florida during summer breaks to work with agencies serving farmworkers.

In 1990, a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke funded college student volunteers documenting the lives of migrant farmworker children. Fourteen Duke students in the summer of 1990 and eleven more in 1991 participated in the Center's Migrant Summer Program along with several University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students. In 1992, students from Duke and UNC participated in a joint service-learning class about farmworker issues and the summer internship program.

Inspired by other activists, a group of students enlisted farmworker advocates, farmworkers, and community members to incorporate SAF as a nonprofit in 1992. Since 1992, SAF has directly impacted thousands of farmworkers, students and community members

As of 2007, the goals of SAF include:

  • To provide farmworkers and their families with greater access to existing resources through collaborations with farmworker advocacy organizations and community groups
  • To link student groups working with farmworkers in order to share their experiences and ideas
  • To increase the involvement of farmworkers in leadership and decision-making roles within SAF and to encourage such involvement within other organizations working on farmworker issues
  • To create a supportive environment for the efforts of farmworkers to improve their status in our society
  • To create internships and other projects that are mutually beneficially for students and farmworkers
  • To encourage student commitment to justice and social action
  • To increase interaction, communication and understanding among people of different backgrounds
  • To provide students from farmworker families with educational and career opportunities
  • To provide information on farmworker issues for students, faculty, religious organizations, advocacy organizations, and community groups
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Collection Overview

The Student Action with Farmworkers records include subject files containing correspondence, reports, articles, course material, internship applications, and other documenation of the organization's programs and mission, as well as posters used in protests and demonstrations. Major efforts represented in the collection include the Into the Fields Summer Internship and Leadership Development Program and Project Levante. Materials range in date from 1992-2005.

Collection Arrangement

The collection is arranged into two series: Subject files and Protest posters. Within the Subject files series, the boxes are listed alphabetically by content, then chronologically, but the collection has not been physically arranged beyond its original order.

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Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
  • Agricultural laborers--North Carolina.
  • Archive for Human Rights (Duke University)
  • Children of migrant laborers.
  • Duke University--Students--Political activity.
  • Migrant agricultural laborers--North Carolina.
  • Migrant agricultural laborers--Services for--Study and teaching (Internship)--United States.
  • Migrant agricultural laborers--Services for--United States.
  • Student Action with Farmworkers (Organization)
  • Student movements--North Carolina.
  • Student service--United States.
List of Series in Collection
Subject files, circa 1992-2005 and undated
Protest posters, circa 1992-2005, mostly undated
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Preliminary Description of Collection

Subject files, circa 1992-2005 and undated

29 Boxes
Box 4
Alumni Association surveys
Box 21
Articles (alphabetical by subject): Agri -- Farmw
Box 22
Articles: Farmworkers -- Immigration
Box 23
Articles: Legal Issues -- Racism
Box 11
College campus files
Box 3
Corporation for National Service and other conferences, 1993-1994
Box 6
Duke Interns in Conscience and Migrant Summer Project, 1986-1992
Box 4
Farmworker class, 2001
Box 24
Farmworker Class Aim Club project: class descriptions, interview binders, art, etc., 1991-1997
(RESTRICTED: Student information)
Box 25
Farmworker Class Aim Club; project, M1 Hogar: photographs, books, tapes, negatives
Box 29
Farmworker Class Aim conferences and retreats
Box 26
Farmworker class projects, 2001-2002
Box 20
Health Journals
Box 19
Intern referral service, 1999-2000

Into the Fields program
Box 12
Into the Fields, 1993
Box 28
Into the Fields summer readings, 1993-2000
Box 1
Into the Fields, 1994
Box 15
Into the Fields, 1994
Box 13
Into the Fields, 1995-1996
Box 10
Into the Fields, 1996
Box 9
Into the Fields, 1997-1998
Box 7
Into the Fields, 1999-2000
Box 8
Into the Fields, 2000-2001
Box 17
Into the Fields, 2002-2003
Box 14
Into the Fields, 2004-2005
Box 5
Into the Fields, 2005
Box 20
Into the Fields Levant Theater, 2005
Box 29
Into the Fields education/intern files
(RESTRICTED: Student Information)
Box 4
Into the Fields expansion files, including California internship project
(RESTRICTED: Student information)
Box 27
Into the Fields Sponsor and campus files
Box 29
Leadership retreats/College Days

Project Levante
Box 16
Levante Youth, 1991-2001
(RESTRICTED: Student information)
Box 18
Levante Youth, 2001-2004
Box 29
Levante projects (mask writings, bios, word wide)
Box 11
SAF Activist Leadership Training (SALT) and spring convening, 2002-2004
Box 10
Symposium, 2003-2004
Box 2
Symposium, 1996-2001
(RESTRICTED)

Protest posters, circa 1992-2005, mostly undated

4 Boxes
Box 30
Levante: banners, 1998-2003
Box 31
Protest posters
Box 32
Protest posters
Box 33
Protest posters