COMMUNIDAD: Building Relationships with Migrant Workers
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1 COMMUNIDAD: Building Relationships with Migrant Workers Mercedes Naber-Fisher, EdD. Lakota Migrant Program, Director Julie George, MA Global Connections, Executive Director
2 Learning Outcomes To grow in understanding about the following: Who migrant workers are Their work Their living conditions Their health concerns Their values To learn more about how a local non-profit organization has been building community with migrant workers in the BG area To collaborate with others on ways to build community with migrant workers in your respective areas To become aware of available resources
3 Connection Point What do you already know about migrant workers? What experiences have you had connecting with/befriending/serving migrant workers and their families? What are some challenges to building community?
4 UNDERSTANDING WHO MIGRANT WORKERS ARE
5 Who is a migrant? A migrant agricultural worker means an individual who is employed in agricultural employment of a seasonal or other temporary nature, and who is required to be absent from his/her permanent place of residence.
6 Two Types Follow-the-crops migrants Shuttle migrants
7 Current Migrant Stream
8 Current Migrant Stream
9 Migrants in Ohio An estimated 10,000 migrant workers travel to Ohio each year to harvest crops such as pickle cucumbers, tomatoes, apples, and nursery products. 12,516 in 2011, a 9% drop from 2010, and a 14% drop from The numbers have declined since 2007.
10 Demographics of Hispanic Migrants in the US More than 3 million live in the US. 72% were foreign born. The majority come from Mexico. 6 out of 10 are undocumented. 78% are male while 22% are female. 59% are married. 52% are parents. 35% do not speak English at all. Spanish and/or an indigenous language
11 Facts About Hispanic Migrants Migrants have a day-to-day survival mentality. Many migrants would like to break the migrant cycle but do not know how. Many do not have a high school diploma. 40% had completed grades % had completed grades % had attained some form of higher education.
12 LIVING & HEALTH CONDITIONS UNDERSTANDING THEIR WORK
13 Work in the Fields
14 Work in the Fields
15 What they pick...
16 ... is what we eat.
17 Work Days & Wages Migrants work 6-7 days a week for more than 10 hours a day. Many make below minimum wage. Median income for a migrant family is $16,000 a year. Median income for an individual is $11,000. Other studies show higher or lower.
18 Mexican Economic Infrastructure Migrants work very hard not only for themselves, but for their families back home. They send their money back to their country. This is called Las Remesas. Towns where families have migrant workers in the north benefit also.
19 Their Contributions to the American Economy Migrants PAY taxes. They pay the same taxes that all Americans pay. Depending on their legal status, they may or may not be able to benefit from these taxes. Undocumented migrant workers actually help social security.
20 Their Contributions to the American Economy Migrants play an important role in the American economy, particularly to the food supply. They do the work that most people in the US would not do for little money. They also increase the overall economic output in the regions that they work.
21 LIVING & HEALTH CONDITIONS UNDERSTANDING THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS
22 Mexican Economic Infrastructure The Ohio Department of Health Migrant camps can be... One or more buildings trailers tents or vehicles any land appertaining thereto, established, operated or used as temporary living quarters for two or more families or five or more persons.
23 Mexican Economic Infrastructure The Ohio Department of Health These rules were created to establish minimum standards, applicable throughout Ohio, for the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of these facilities in order to protect the occupants of the agricultural labor camp from injury, minimize the potential for disease transmission, and provide a safe and healthy environment.
24 Mexican Economic Infrastructure Migrant Camps in Ohio
25 Mexican Economic Infrastructure Migrant Camps in Ohio Camps are located in the country. Therefore, most Americans have never seen a migrant camp before.
26 Mexican Economic Infrastructure Migrant Camps in Ohio
27 Mexican Economic Infrastructure Inside a Migrant Camp
28 Mexican Economic Infrastructure Inside a Migrant Camp
29 Mexican Economic Infrastructure Showers in a Camp
30 Mexican Economic Infrastructure Bathroom Facilities
31 Mexican Economic Infrastructure Children & Childcare
32 UNDERSTANDING THEIR HEALTH CONCERNS
33 Health Insurance The majority of migrants do not have health care. 8% reported having insurance covered by employer but 5% for those who were employed seasonally and not year round.
34 Respiratory issues Diabetes Infectious diseases Dental Care Mental Illness Domestic Violence Human trafficking Health Issues
35 UNDERSTANDING THEIR VALUES
36 Hispanic Values Familismo Fatalismo Spiritualismo Three R s
37 A CASE STUDY IN BUILDING COMMUNITY
38 Who is the International Community in Bowling Green? International Students at BGSU International Faculty International Students at The Language Company BG Migrant workers & their families International residents & immigrants & their families International business people & family members
39 Global Connections Global Connections exists to: Connect with the International community by serving them and providing cultural events for them to participate in Make friends by inviting them into our homes Learn about their culture while sharing aspects of ours Invite them to observe or participate in our spiritual communities, if they choose to
40 What GC Offers EVENTS New International Student Activities Free Food & Furniture Barn Dance Welcome Picnic Family Fun Nights World Food & Fun Nights International Thanksgiving Dinner Community Resources for Internationals & Their Families Seminar SERVICES Transportation to Toledo transportation centers & Detroit Metro Airport Shopping trips: BG, International markets in Toledo, Franklin Park Mall Free English Class/TOEFL-prep Class
41 How GC Began Connecting With Migrant Workers
42 Evolution Who is in our immediate area? What can we do to welcome and serve? How can we build community? How can we make helpful resources available? How can we collaborate? What can we do to educate volunteers?
43 Welcome Picnic
44 Welcome Picnic
45 Welcome Picnic
46 Welcome Picnic
47 Welcome Bags
48 Backpacks
49 Household Items Give-Away
50 Weekly Connections
51 Family Fun Nights
52 Family Fun Nights
53 Family Fun Nights
54 Family Fun Nights
55 Ways to Serve Welcoming event Welcome Bags for adults/teens Backpacks for kids Weekly connections/visits with adults & kids Clothes/diapers/baby clothes & household items Family Fun Nights/Games for kids Resource Information Rides Translation help Reading to kids
56 Ways to Identify Learn how to make their food Eat with them
57 Play with them Ways to Identify Read to their kids
58 Ways to Identify Pick in the fields with them Conversation
59 Ways to Identify Be there developing history
60 Ways to Collaborate Dr. Mercedes Naber-Fisher Lakota Migrant Program Interns from MACIE Program/BGSU
61 Ways to Collaborate Wood County District Public Library Local churches
62 Stimmels Market Ways to Collaborate
63 Ways to Educate
64 Welcome Picnic Birthday parties Dancing End-of-Season Party Ways to Celebrate
65 Global Connections
66 Global Connections
67 Global Connections
68 Connection Point Where are the migrant workers in your area? How can you connect with them and build community? How can you serve, identify, and celebrate with them? With whom can you collaborate? What steps will you need to take to build community?
69 RESOURCES
70 Resources in BG Lakota Migrant Program (419) Global Connections La Conexión de Wood County Wood County Health Department Free Legal Clinic Legal-Services-Inc.html Wood County Jobs & Family Services
71 Resources in Ohio Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) Migrant Health Clinic (Fremont) 410 Birchard Avenue, Fremont, OH, (419) UTMC Clinic at Cedar Creek Church Clinic/Dr. Richard Paat (South Toledo Campus) South Byrne Road, Toledo, Ohio (419) Teaching Mentoring Communities (TMC)
72 Resources in Ohio Ohio Migrant Education Center (OMEC) ml Pathstone
73 CONTACT INFORMATION
74 Contact Us Dr. Mercedes Naber-Fisher, Director Lakota Migrant Program (419) Julie George, Executive Director Global Connections (419)
75 BIBLIOGRAPHY
76 Background art provided by Richard Haynes, titled Migrant Workers from ml Cason, K.L., Snyder, A., & Jensen,L. (November, 2004). The health and nutrition of Hispanic migrant and seasonal farm workers. Center for Rural Pennsylvania. Farmworker Health Factsheet. (September, 2012). National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. Retrieved on February 17, 2014 from Frolik, C. (2012, May 12). Ohio Has Fewer Migrants. Springfield News- Sun, p. 1. Retrieved on February 17, 2014 from hio-has-fewer-migrant-workers-1/npsnh/
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