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Music, Theater to Engage Community in Cause
S iury C o m im ed F rom F ront P age
PCUN, Ramirez regularly organizes to
raise awareness o f the farm worker’s
struggle He will also bnng attention to
the seven year boycott against Norpac
and the ways that others in the commu­
nity can get involved. The program will
feature live music by Lolo Rivas from El
Salv ador. who plays political and tradi­
tional folk music. A youth theater group
will perform, along with a traditional
.Aztec dance group. Itotiamtzayolltl.
Nahuatl for dancers o f the heart.
Burritos and refreshments will be
available. There will be a desert sale,
along with autographed copies o f Su­
san Samuels D rake’s book "Fields ot
C ourage.” and National W alk for
Farmworker Justice T-shirts. “We are
inviting the entire Portland community,
especially those organizations that hat e
endorsed the w alk ... to come out and
have a fiesta," Sara Meza-Romero from
Oregon Farm W orker Ministry said.
This benefit is the second o f three
being held forthe walk. The first, held in
Eugene raisedover $3,000. The organiz­
ers o f the Portland benefit hope to raise
at least half o f that. "The fond raiser
com es out o f the constant need o f
groups like this to find ways to cre­
atively fondourcau.se, ” M eza-Romero
said. Though lunding has been difficult
on occasion, all those involved see the
cause as very worthy. Fraser Rasmussen
is unhappy with the "unfair low wages”
and "poor conditions” the people who
' ‘prov ide the food we eat" live and work
in. That is why as a m em ber o f the
Central Lutheran Church and Lutheran
Advocacy Ministry, he leads the Port­
land committee for the fundraiser.
Ihe National Walk for Farm Worker
Justice will go on for a week in June. It
will consist o f several walks in and
around the fields being worked. Ihe
week will end with a rally at the capital
in Salem, and an interfaith service. The
money raised at these three fundraising
events will go to help promote the cause,
provide food and housing to the partici­
pants.
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Phone: 503-823-3320
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