The Working Group on Labor and Community invites you to join other grantmakers to learn about the exciting funding opportunities in rural communities across the country. A limited number of spaces is available for each visit.
Participants are responsible for their travel to and from the site and for their lodging expenses.
During the 1990s, Nebraska was one of six states whose Latino population more than doubled. According to some estimates, Nebraska's Latino population now stands at more than 120,000 people or about 8 percent of the state's total population. In addition to Latinos, Nebraska also has a growing Asian and refugee populations. Hear about the needs of immigrant families and communities, how immigrants are being organized as active citizens, and the challenges of delivering services to them in rural communities with little or no service infrastructure. Visit a meatpacking plant and meet with immigrant workers, employers, and organizers to discuss wages, benefits, workplace conditions, and worker organizing efforts.