RESOURCES
Fields of Change: a Digital Story Map Unearthing the History of Maryland’s Agricultural Labor Camps
Understanding the past provides clues for changing the present and future. This digital story explores the history of agriculture labor camps on Maryalnd’s Eastern Shore with the purpose of understanding how this history has led to cycles of improvement and condemnation over the living conditions of migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
The story map was developed by graduate students Haley Mullen and Rebecca Patterson, MPH.
Background Reading
Sangaramoorthy, T. Immigration and the Landscape of Care in Rural America. (Paperback available in June 2023, copy can be pre-ordered).
Lazarus et al., 2022. A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat. Naure. 2022
Perea, J. The Echoes of Slavery: Recognizing the Racist Origins of the Agricultural and Domestic Worker Exclusion from the National Labor Relations Act. Loyola University Chicago, School of Law. 2011
FWD.us: Immigrant Farmworkers and America's Food Production: 5 Things to Know
American Public Health Association: Structural Racism is a Public Health Crisis: Impact on the Black Community
American Heart Association: Structural racism is a driver of health disparities, report declares