Family Farm Alliance. Monthly Briefing. June 2020

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June 2020 "Monthly Briefing" Now Available Western Water Infrastructure Bills Move in Congress  Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) hold a news conference to discuss the House Democrats' new infrastructure bill, "The Moving Forward Act". Photo courtesy of Drew Angerer/Getty Images Several legislative vehicles are emerging to carry a series of Western water infrastructure bills introduced in the 116th Congress, including a $1.5 trillion infrastructure and stimulus bill that will be debated on the floor of the House of Representative before the July 4 recess.  Click here to read more about these matters and other issues of importance to Western irrigated agriculture:    ·       Interior Transfers Two Utah Irrigation Projects Out of Federal Ownership ·       Reclamation Launches WaterSMART Efficiency Grant Funding Opportunity ·       Trump Administration Takes New Steps to Curb Wildfire Risks ·       Federal Government COVID Response Remains a Top Priority ·       Supreme Court Declines Review in “Takings Case” ·       Job Security? Consider Working in the Clean Water Act Litigation Industry       Please email dan@familyfarmalliance.org if you have problems downloading the “Monthly Briefing”.

A Source to Receive Reallocation\Defunding: Hip Hop Architecture (Global) as Design Justices Winners. Congratulations. June 2020

I also would like to thank everyone who participated in the competition! We received over 100 submissions from across the globe and here are the Top 10 Winners. 

Each of the Top 3 winners will join The Hip Hop Architect (@TheHipHopArchitect) for an Instagram Live discussion on Monday, followed by discussions throughout the week with the Top 10 winners. 

Please tune in and follow @HipHopArchitecture on Instagram for your first glimpse of the winning entries. 

$500

William Reynolds (1st place)

$300

Douglas Balder (2nd place tie)

Nick Gamero (2nd place tie)

$200

Kelsey Jensen (3rd place tie)

Omar Aboulezz (3rd place tie )

Submissions Part of Top Ten, in no particular order:

Austin Couch

Coleman Jordan

Hala Barakat

Judy Sanchez

Uthra Verghese 

Karrisa B

Zachery Terry

Thank you,

Michael Ford 

Meatpacking Workers Safety Still A Priority. June 2020

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LULAC Says Meatpacking Workers Safety Still A Priority Nation’s Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Continues to Seek Progress Through Direct Dialogue with Companies Washington, DC - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) today announced that it has seen progress in working environments for the nation’s meatpacking workers amid COVID-19 and intends to continue seeking constructive engagement with food producers as the path forward. “LULAC is not giving up its right to speak out on many important issues facing our community,” says Domingo Garcia, National President. “However, our single focus here and now is worker safety for the tens of thousands of Latinos who are still going into meatpacking plants every day. To get that, we are meeting with the CEO’s of these companies and going into the plants to see for ourselves the changes they’re making to fight the coronavirus. The virus is the enemy,” he added. LULAC is presenting food producers with a five-point set of principles for progress that includes: monthly testing of all workers for COVID-19, complete personal protection equipment, line speed to labor adjustment, compensation for infected workers undergoing care and assistance to families who have lost loved ones to coronavirus. So far, LULAC has met with JBS in Greeley Colorado and Tyson Foods in Springdale, Arkansas. Both have made significant strides. Discussions are also underway with Cargill in Minnetonka, Minnesota to begin a similar review. “There is still more that can and must be done which we will achieve by working together with companies that are making necessary changes and we can’t get sidetracked by other agendas that distract us from worker safety,” says Garcia. “Ultimately, we need new legislation and federal funding to assist meat producers and workers in making vital design and operational changes that benefit our nation’s food supply plants and workers. It’s an ambitious goal but in the end, America will be a better nourished nation for it and equally important, the workers will have a safer work place. LULAC will continue to monitor all progress and continue to dialogue with workers” he added. # # # About LULAC The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 1,000 councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs, services and advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of today and the future. For more information, visit www.LULAC.org.

Water and Adaptation to Climate Change. June 2020

Water and Adaptation to Climate Change
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COVID-19 in prisons. June 2020

The Copenhagen Centre for Disaster Research and the School of Global Health at the University of Copenhagen are pleased to invite you to an online discussion on the impact of COVID-19 in prisons and on people living in prisons.

The CONVERGE Working Group on Prisons and Prisoners in COVID-19 aims to assess the impacts of COVID-19 in prisons and explore associated responses from governments, prison administrations, people in prison and associated stakeholders. Documenting and understanding the diversity and scope of such impacts and initiatives in different cultural, economic and political settings, and within the scope of existing disaster risk reduction, public health and detention policies, is essential to meaningfully inform approaches to improve the health and wellbeing of prisoners and ultimately uphold their human rights.

The online event will present preliminary themes emerging from an ongoing working group study with a particular focus on Peru, Russia and the United States of America.

Speakers

• JC Gaillard, Professor, The University of Auckland
• Ksenia Chmutina, Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University
• Loic Le De, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
• Stacie Merken, Assistant Professor, Indiana University South Bend
• Carlee Purdam, Research Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

Moderator: Emmanuel Raju, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen

Register and join the webinar on Zoom here.