Podcast: Speak to the Earth and it Shall Teach Thee: Catholic Nuns, the United Farm Workers Movement, and the Rise of an Environmental Ethic, 1962-1978
Posted November 1st, 2018 by teller
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- Agricultural laborers
- Boycotts
- Church and labor
- Environmental justice
- Environmentalism
- Health & safety at work
- Human rights
- Labor movement
- Labor unions
- Migrant farm workers
- Migrant workers
- National Farm Worker Ministry
- National Farm Worker Ministry (U.S.)
- National Farm Workers Association
- National Farm Workers of America
- Work environment
John Buchkoski explores the role that religious women had in grassroots social activism in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly organizations of Catholic women religious. He explains how these groups supported United Farm Worker strikes by publicizing the environmental and health effects of pesticide use and popularizing produce boycotts across Catholic communities. Buchkoski is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Oklahoma.
Related Collections
Reverend James Drake Papers
Reverend Victor P. Salandini Papers
National Farm Worker Ministry Records
Michigan Farm Worker Ministry Coalition Records
UFW Illinois Boycott: Chicago Office Records
UFW Ohio Boycott Records
UFW Central Administration Records
UFW Administration Department Records
Episode Credits
Producers: Dan Golodner and Troy Eller English
Host: Dan Golodner
Interviewees: John Buchkoski
Sound: Troy Eller English
Music: Bart Bealmear
With support from the Reuther Podcast Collective: Bart Bealmear, Elizabeth Clemens, Meghan Courtney, Troy Eller English, Dan Golodner, Paul Neirink, and Mary Wallace