FieldFotos

#FieldFotos

Support farm workers and get involved now!

We are at a critical juncture in our path towards a new immigration process. The Senate is expected to vote on S. 744 for final passage as early as Thursday or possibly Friday. The next few days are crucial and we need to continue putting pressure on our lawmakers in the Senate to vote for this bipartisan immigration reform bill, S. 744.

On June 25, farm workers and their supporters started using their breaks to ask Senators to support a new immigration process that includes a roadmap to citizenship in a unique way through using Twitter and Facebook. Farm workers posted pictures of themselves in the fields and uploaded them on Facebook and Twitter, using the #FieldFotos hashtag and directing their posts at key Senators, like Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia. They will continue this throughout this crucial week.

Can you please join our farm workers by:

1. Re-tweeting or sharing the farm workers’ posts on Twitter and Facebook. You can find them by typing in #FieldFotos in your Twitter and/or Facebook searchbar.

2. Taking a picture of yourself holding a homemade sign saying, I support farm workers. Please vote for S. 744. Tweet your photo at your Senator and/or post it on Facebook (please make the photo public so we can share) with the #FieldFotos hashtag. Sample message below or go to http://ufw.org/fieldfotos.

3. If you don’t have a Facebook or Twitter account (and even if you do) can you forward this email to friends and family who use Facebook and Twitter?

4. If you use social media please “LIKE” us on Facebook @UFW and @UFW Foundation and follow us on Twitter at @UFWupdates and @UFWF.

The timing is key and your help today is critical. The Senate is expected to vote on S. 744’s final passage this week. This bipartisan legislation is so important to farm workers since it includes  agricultural provisions negotiated by the UFW, major grower associations and Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.).

Please join us in supporting farm workers and sending #FieldFotos.Si Se Puede!

Arturo S. Rodriguez
President

Photos from the Field Campaign

#FieldFotos

Digital week of Action! Help us raise the voices, stories and images of farmworkers while telling U.S. Senators to support the Senate immigration bill (S.744) & a pathway to citizenship for farmworkers & their families.

How to participate in this campaign:

1. Farmworkers and supporters: Take a photo(s) holding a poster/banner that says “Con La Unión de Campesinos Tendremos Papeles” or “I support farmworkers and S.744.”

Farmworkers: you can also take pictures in the fields to show what a day at work looks like.

2. Select Facebook, Twitter or BOTH.

• Here is a full list of Senate twitter names. But our key target is Senator Chambliss .@SaxbyChambliss

3. Upload the photo to Facebook,Twitter or both.

4. Use the following farmworker or supporter sample messages on Twitter & Facebook:

.@Senator_____ I am a farmworker in Fresno & I need you to vote for the #CIR bill. #FieldFotos @UFWupdates @UFWF

.@Senator_____ I am a farmworker supporter in Bakersfield & I need you to vote for the #CIR bill #FieldFotos @UFWupdates @UFWF

**Note: make sure to put a period (.) before your tweets. “.@Senator….” It allows the tweet/post to be public.

5. Use the hashtag #FieldFotos at the end of your message on Twitter & Facebook

6. On TWITTER include @UFWupdates and @UFWF.

7. On FACEBOOK include @UFW Foundation and @UFW. Note that these account names are different from our Twitter account names.

8. Finally share, post or tweet the picture and brief message!

• Photos

• ‘Photos from the Fields’ social media campaign in support of immigration reform enters its second day  

• Farm workers to post ‘Photos from the Fields’ on social media, asking lawmakers to support Senate immigration reform bill