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The Garcia Family Photos
This image incorporates a lot of life within an oddly cropped picture of the Garcia Family. This image gives a look inside of the living conditions of migrant farmworkers, but not through the eyes of someone who knows them as a worker, instead the…
The Garcia Family Photos
This image incorporates a lot of life within an oddly cropped picture of the Garcia Family. This image gives a look inside of the living conditions of migrant farmworkers, but not through the eyes of someone who knows them as a worker, instead the…
"My Grandmom"
This poem showcases how much time migrant farmworkers spend apart from their families. Its circumstances were explained in an issue Real Talk, published by the Geneseo Migrant Center:"In honor of Mother's Day, Sunday May 14th, we would like to share…
Jose Coyote Pérez - "I Am Nature" July 2002
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…
School From a Student's Perspective
These pieces of writing have been written by children involved in migrant education programs. Some are represented as a positive perspective toward the instruction they are receiving while others are completely contradictory. School is complicated…
Teaching In a Migrant Camp: 1994-1995 Journal Notes
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.
Student In Action
A black-and-white image of a student completing an activity. This child is the sole focus of this image as it is a close-up of the female child playing a shape game. Their face is not shown in the photo but the actions in which they are participating…
Brockport Migrant Education Summer Art Class
This image is a part of a collection of photos taken at the Brockport Migrant Education Outreach Program. Along with the image is a letter(not featured) written to Sylvia Kelly, CAMPS Coordinator at Geneseo Migrant Center, from one of the workers at…