EMPODERARNOS
Empowering Ourselves
We Stand Together
Through providing connections to safe organizations, tangible resources, support, and more we are able to provide a foundation for farmworkers to stand atop and empower themselves.
Empoderarnos seeks to change the lack of resources and support through assisting our community in self empowerment while having a shoulder to lean on.
Every life matters.
Those that are forced to live in the shadows are too often forgotten.
They have beautiful hearts, families, full lives, and wonderful communities.
They deserve to have safety, warmth, kindness, and compassion.
Tangible Resources
Every month staff and interns of Empoderarnos visit farmworker camps around Marion County, OR and deliver tangible, needed resources.
These resources range from:
Food and hydration
Hygiene products
Warm and cool weather resources
Clothing
Spinal, muscle, and joint support wraps
Holiday toys and gifts for youth
Infant and toddler supplies
Kitchen/cooking supplies
And many other quality of life resources
Sustainable Connections
It is deeply important to us that we are able to offer our communities more than short term resources. We work with community partners to bring longer term, sustainable resources out to the people themselves.
This could include:
Pesticide Informative Workshops
Health and dental services
Vaccines and health testing
Housing Services
And much more!
In addition, Empoderarnos is working to create accessible, in camp resource books highlighting local, safe resources and organizations.
This will be published on our website when it is finished for 2024.
Young Adult Internships
Empoderarnos seeks to serve farmworkers from the perspective of the farmworker and their family. While our staff mirror the identities and life experiences of farmworkers, we see that it is of utmost importance to provide a way for young farmworkers or families of farmworkers to give back to their community.
Through short term, paid internships young adults from these communities are able to lead and guide Empoderarnos to best serve the real needs of farmworker communities.
El Día Del Juguete
Trabajadores en Agrícoltura
Juguete y Recurso
Evento
Emerging Unidos’ 2025 Farmworker Toy and Resource Event was able to serve so many Farmworker families in spite of all the barriers faced in 2025. See our impact below!
Keep an eye out for when you can donate toys, resources, and financial support for our 2026 event!
2025 El Día Del Juguete
Our Winter Toy and Resource Event is one of our biggest events of the year!
We were able to provide Over 200 food boxes, resources, meals, fun, toys, clothing, soap, infant supplies, and more to Farmworker families from Woodburn and the surrounding area!
At this single event, hosted at Chemeketa Community College, we had the privilege of serving:
Total Families: 229
Total Youth: 547
Youth Ages Breakdown:
0-2 years old: 78 3-5 years old: 102
6-8 years old: 114 9-12 years old: 134
13-18 years old: 119
This event was made possible because of generous donations, volunteers, and partners!
We had amazing volunteers from Chemeketa’s SAW Club, Woodburn High School, Juntos, CENTRO, and more.
This year we received so many wonderful donations of toys and gifts from Woodburn Les Schwab, Toys for Tots, Woodburn Accident Care Chiropractic, and more!
Many local organizations made this event possible through donations or resource access for Farmworkers:
La Bonita Bakery
Woodburn Chemeketa Community College
Juntos
Worksource Oregon
ODHS Mi Gente
Food For America
Pacificsource
And More!
