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MAFO National Farmworker Conference

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MAFO National Farmworker Conference

Make Building Stronger Rural Communities Your New Year’s Resolution! Attend this conference and address rural communities where farmworkers and Latinos live and reside!

Save the date!

Start: March 20, 2011
End: March 23, 2011
Location: Hyatt Regency San Antonio, 123 Losoya, San Antonio, Texas

The MAFO National Farmworker Conference ‘Building Stronger Rural Communities’ will Officially start on Sunday, March 20, 2011 with a Town Hall Meeting ‘Immigration and our Community’.

Join your colleagues and the rural community in discussing and mapping rural strategies and staying informed of the latest legislative and policy developments at DOL, HUD and USDA on such issues as Workforce Development, Housing, Rural Economic Development and Community Development. With the rapidly changing economic climate, this conference is a must for everyone working with farmworkers, rural Latinos and rural community development.

Contact: MAFO, Inc. a National Partnership of Farmworker and Rural Organizations, P.O. Box 7569, St. Cloud, MN 56302-7569, Tel: (320) 251-17211 • Email: Heladio.zavala@umos.org