Children in the Fields Campaign

Rep. Cicilline and 46 Members of Congress Ask President Obama to Ban Child Labor in US Tobacco

October 18, 2016 The President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC

Tue Oct 18 2016

Antonement and Action for President Obama in His Last 100 Days

By Jonathan Todres This week is Yom Kippur (Sundown, October 11 to Sundown, October 12), the

Mon Oct 10 2016

Needed: A Champion for Children

By Len Morris If we are to have a government worthy of the America Jimmy Stewart described in his

Wed Jul 6 2016

Agriculture: Other types of farm work—Harvesting crops and using machinery

Despite perceptions that farms are safe, wholesome places for children, farms are actually quite

Thu Jun 2 2016

Artwork and Essays from Migrant Children Who Toil in U.S. Agriculture

by Madeline Daniels, First Focus Campaign for Children “It’s a summer day, the sun is rising,

Wed Jun 17 2015

CLC-Member Human Rights Watch: No Virginia, Tobacco Fields are Not a Place for Children

By Zama Coursen-Neff, Human Rights Watch “Are you saying my parents were stupid?” From

Fri Feb 6 2015

Essay Contest Spotlights the Plight of Child Farmworkers in the US

One of the privileges of working on child labor issues is getting to know the stories of individual

Fri Nov 1 2013

The Children’s Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act) would help protect child farmworkers

Grecia Balli began working in farm fields when she was 10 years old. At age 14, she decided to drop

Thu Jul 11 2013

Human Rights Watch’s Zama Coursen-Neff on The Hidden Victims of Tobacco

The smoking habits of the presidential candidates keep coming up: Barack Obama’s efforts to

Thu Oct 4 2012

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