¡Felicidades to Aideed Medina! Fresno Arts Council wisely selected her to be the next #PoetLaureate of Fresno!

I can't thank her enough for her contributions to the #FarmworkerPortfolio I coedited for The Common and for her support of #farmworkers and lifting their voices! 🦋 💙

Beyond Their Labor: Manuel Muñoz and Helena María Viramontes on Writing the Lives of Farmworkers HELENA MARÍA VIRAMONTES in conversation with MANUEL MUÑOZ <br> Even with us coming from East LA, we still had to do the summers picking near Fresno. You were able to at least make a little money, even...

and also this exquisite conversation with Manuel Muñoz. #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋
www.thecommononline.org/beyond-their...

The Fields of 1936 HELENA MARÍA VIRAMONTES <br> Sunday had arrived—Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is a Sabbath unto the Lord thy God—and brought with it a strong exhale that breezed ...

Read Helena María Viramontes’ contribution to the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋
www.thecommononline.org/the-fields-o...

#WomensHistoryMonth ♀️ #FarmworkerAwarnessWeek 🧑🏾‍🌾 #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #FarmworkerLit 📚

The Ghost of Jack Radovich TERESA B. WILSON-GUNN <br> Mama saw her boss, Jack Radovich, standing in her row during a sweltering San Joaquin afternoon. She was picking table grapes alone when he suddenly appeared, several yards ...

Read Teresa B. Wilson-Gunn’s contribution to the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋
www.thecommononline.org/the-ghost-of...

#WomensHistoryMonth ♀️ #FarmworkerAwarnessWeek 🧑🏾‍🌾 #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #FarmworkerLit 📚

Poetry on Borrowed Time GABRIELA SPEARS-RICO <br> I’ve always written my poems / on borrowed paper and borrowed time / In the camps, as a child, journaling / by the fire, by whatever light I could find. // What do you want f...

Read Gabriela Spears-Rico’s contribution to the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋
www.thecommononline.org/poetry-on-bo...

#WomensHistoryMonth ♀️ #FarmworkerAwarnessWeek 🧑🏾‍🌾 #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #FarmworkerLit 📚

My Grandfather’s Songs ALONDRA AGUILAR RANGEL <br> Three years ago, I left my parents' house in California to go study on the other side of the world. I can travel only once a year. The distance and time make me miss my fam...

Read Alondra Aguilar Rangel’s contribution to the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋
www.thecommononline.org/my-grandfath...

#WomensHistoryMonth ♀️ #FarmworkerAwarnessWeek 🧑🏾‍🌾 #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #FarmworkerLit 📚

Re(education) LIZBETH LUEVANO <br>in the coachella valley / children go to school and learn how to internalize silence / girls sit pretty with pigtails wrapped in bubble-ball hair ties / learn how to cast their eye...

Read Lizbeth Luevano’s contributions to the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋
www.thecommononline.org/reeducation

#WomensHistoryMonth ♀️ #FarmworkerAwarnessWeek 🧑🏾‍🌾 #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #FarmworkerLit 📚

GABRIELA YBARRA LEMMONS | The Common

Read Gabriela Ybarra Lemmons’ contributions to the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋
www.thecommononline.org/tag/Gabriela...

#WomensHistoryMonth ♀️ #FarmworkerAwarnessWeek 🧑🏾‍🌾 #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #FarmworkerLit 📚

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke | The Common

Read Allison Adelle Hedge Coke’s contributions to the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋
www.thecommononline.org/tag/Allison-...

#WomensHistoryMonth ♀️ #FarmworkerAwarnessWeek 🧑🏾‍🌾 #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #FarmworkerLit 📚

A Cowboy on Eighteen Wheels AIDEE GUZMAN <br> Cowboys aren’t remnants of the Wild West. Today they herd cattle across state lines, national borders, and now even oceans. From the feedlot to the slaughterhouse and from pasture to...

Read Aidee Guzman’s contributions to the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋
www.thecommononline.org/a-cowboy-on-...

#WomensHistoryMonth ♀️ #FarmworkerAwarnessWeek 🧑🏾‍🌾 #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #FarmworkerLit 📚

Escape ELLYN GADOS <br> I am surrounded by good intentions. On the wall of the post office there is a note that says, I am an honest girl, written by a customer who took a card costing $2.99 and left $3. The...

Read Ellyn Gaydos’ contributions to the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋
www.thecommononline.org/escape/

#WomensHistoryMonth ♀️ #FarmworkerAwarnessWeek 🧑🏾‍🌾 #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #FarmworkerLit 📚

Cosecha: Harvest of Truths TERESA ELGUÉZABAL <br> A moaning by the labor camp dump caught my attention. Inside a junked car with no doors, our neighbor, Diana, was hugging and kissing a big boy not quite a man. I never knew his...

Read Teresa M. Elguézabal’s contributions to the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋
www.thecommononline.org/cosecha-harv...

#WomensHistoryMonth ♀️ #FarmworkerAwarnessWeek 🧑🏾‍🌾 #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #FarmworkerLit 📚

Bless These Backs MICHELLE CASTLEBERRY <br> I stood behind the orthopedic specialist and watched the giant monitor where my MRI reports glowed. He traced the contours of my spine, his index finger waving back and forth...

Read Michelle Castleberry's contribution to the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #FarmworkerAwarenessWeek 🧑🏽‍🌾
www.thecommononline.org/bless-these-...

#WomensHistoryMonth ♀️ #FarmworkerAwarnessWeek 🧑🏾‍🌾 #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #FarmworkerLit 📚

California Obscura AMANDA MEI KIM <br> “Lift it up,” she said. “Show me.” It was already half full, too heavy to lift. “Come over here, I want to take your picture. Hop over those plants.” I turned away. I was not tall ...

Read Amanda Mei Kim's contribution to the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #FarmworkerAwarenessWeek 🧑🏾‍🌾
www.thecommononline.org/california-o...

Hey folx! It's #WomensHistoryMonth ♀️ AND #FarmworkerAwarnessWeek 🧑🏾‍🌾 ‼️ Let's continue to spotlight the contributors to The Common magazine's #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 featured in Issue 26
#FarmworkerLit 📚

Boysenberry Girls NORA RODRIGUEZ CAMAGNA <br> We demanded, we begged, we guilt-tripped our parents for money. We had reached the age where we cared about our image. We no longer accepted garage sale clothes or Kmart bl...

Read Nora's contribution to the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 in Issue 26 of The Common magazine
www.thecommononline.org/boysenberry-...

#FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #WomensHistoryMonth ♀️ #FarmworkerLit 📚

Aideed Medina | The Common

Read Aideed Medina's work in the #FarmworkerPortfolio
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I want to thank the women featured in the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 I am indebted to you 🙏🏾 This project would not have been possible without your words, your wisdom, your enthusiasm, your support, and, most of all, your corazón ❤️‍🔥 ¡Gracias! #WomensHistoryMonth ♀️ #FarmworkerLit 📚