CATAs work focuses on workers rights, health and safety in the workplace, immigrant's rights, and food justice. This year, we visited 91 farm labor camps, reached 1,000 workers directly, distributed informational material to 1,500 workers, and gave away 10,000 masks.

CATAs Organic Community Garden in Bridgeton, NJ thrived during the pandemic, bringing a source of fresh produce to the immigrant community at a time when fresh food was scarce for some families. We installed a drip irrigation system for more sustainable water use, held biweekly market days with produce from the garden, and donated many pounds of organic produce to food banks and donations. The Bridgeton Community Garden grew almost 1000 lbs. of organic produce this season.

CATAs community radio station, RadioCATA, became an important source of information for the Latino community during the pandemic, sharing information with the community on COVID-19, social supports and resources, state and federal assistance available, worker health and safety, and workers right during the pandemic.

This year, after seeing so much financial need in the undocumented community, who have been excluded and left out of almost all federal pandemic relief programs and dont qualify for unemployment, CATA created the Undocumented Solidarity Fund to provide economic assistance to undocumented immigrants in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

CATA members, many essential workers, have continued to advocate this year for their rights as people, immigrants, and workers, fighting for access to drivers licenses in Pennsylvania, stronger pandemic health and safety regulations for all workers and specifically for protections for farmworkers in New Jersey and Maryland, economic relief for the undocumented community, and a fair implementation of the New Jersey standard drivers license law.

The need continues to grow for workers impacted by the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. We need your help to continue supporting them during these difficult times. We can't do it without you. Donate today!

To learn more about our work, please visit our website: https://cata-farmworkers.org/