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This poem, by Ophelia Bailey, shares her wishes that she could do more with her life like going to school to be a nurse or teacher. Bailey states that she wants to go into those occupations so that she can help people no matter their age or other…

This untitled poem, written by Jerline Dobson talks about how her right foot was broken once, yet, never fixed. She talks about when the cold weather comes it starts to hurt and it reminds her of the time she broke her foot. Later in the poem, it is…

This poem written in July 2002 by Jose Coyote Pérez explains migrant farming in a contrasting way. Pérez expresses that he feels like he is nature/the earth because of his good work always being taken advantage of. "Human beings are killing me/even…

This photograph exposes the harsh realities of what being a migrant farm worker is. It is unknown whether or not this photo was stage, yet, it still exposes the harsh realities of being a migrant farm worker. The unknown man in the photograph sits…

This poem, written by Felix Hipolito demonstrates the life that a migrant farm worker has. The first stanza of the poem begins with Hipolito getting to work and cutting tomatoes and then continuing to do so for the rest of her workday. From this…

This poem, written by Pedro Cervantes, displays the circumstances that migrant farm workers are put in daily. The poem explains in detail how Cervantes himself, obtained bumps from the grass the previous day while working on the farm. Yet, it was…

A journal of notes taken by Kathy Zimmer, a worker at the Geneseo Migrant Center. These notes were taken between 1994-1995 at camps including Blue Eagle and Seneca Castle.

This series of poems was created by various migrant workers on farms across New York that worked together with the Geneseo Migrant Center. The poems were organized in this collection by Sylvia Kelly, the director of the Creative Artists Migrant…

Photographed here is Annette Wells, a migrant farmworker of Moore Camp in Steuben County. This photographed was accessioned on a computer and saved through the Geneseo Migrant Center. Within the image, Annette is seen smiling while in the field. She…