Como Vivimos (How We Live) | Trailer
Preview: Season 12 Episode 6 | 1m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
California farmworker housing rules force seasonal moves, upending Latinx students' education.
In California’s Central Valley, hundreds of Latinx youth miss months of school annually, because they live with their families in one of the state’s farmworker housing centers. These subsidized apartments require families to move out each winter and relocate at least 50 miles away before being allowed to return in the spring. These cycles of displacement come at a high cost to families’ futures.
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Como Vivimos (How We Live) | Trailer
Preview: Season 12 Episode 6 | 1m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
In California’s Central Valley, hundreds of Latinx youth miss months of school annually, because they live with their families in one of the state’s farmworker housing centers. These subsidized apartments require families to move out each winter and relocate at least 50 miles away before being allowed to return in the spring. These cycles of displacement come at a high cost to families’ futures.
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(farm workers speaking in Spanish) NATASHA: But when the harvest ends, they're forced to leave, disrupting their children's schooling and their community's life.
- I have students who leave in December.
They don't come back until March, so they miss, I would say, maybe 20 credits or more credits.
- [Professor] Sometimes with migrant students, they just have a lack of connectedness because they're, you know, gonna have to be moving after the end of the harvest.
(farm worker speaking Spanish) NATASHA: Now, the farm workers are challenging the rules for their children and their future.
(farm worker speaking Spanish) - I dont wanna live here in the camps the rest of my life.
I want a better future.
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Como Vivimos (How We Live) | Migrant Education
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Students, whose parents are migrant farm workers, know all too well the education they are missing. (57s)
Como Vivimos (How We Live) | Migrant Housing
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To qualify for one of California's migrant housing camps, workers must follow strict rules. (58s)
Como Vivimos (How We Live) | Migrant Mental Health
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How do migrant students fare mentally when school is allowed only part of the academic year? (57s)
Como Vivimos (How We Live) | Migrant Separation
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Jessica Romero opens up about being separated from her family during her senior year of high school. (59s)
Como Vivimos (How We Live) | Migrant Work
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The summer season means harvesting and much work for migrant workers in California. (34s)
Como Vivimos (How We Live) | Preview
Video has Closed Captions
California farmworker housing rules force seasonal moves, upending Latinx students' education. (30s)
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Funding for America ReFramed provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation and Reva and David Logan Foundation.