Farm Labor in the Valley is a bilingual, interactive exhibit at Springfield History Museum, 590 Main St., Springfield. Justice 3 will be performing songs related to the Farm Workers' Rights Movement.

“Farm Labor in the Valley” will be on display from July 10 - Dec. 26. The museum is open Thursday - Saturday from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Free admission!

The exhibit features the history and diversity of farm workers in the Willamette Valley and Lane County from pre-colonization to the present. Informational panels focus on:
** Indigenous stewards and farmworkers
** Filipino workers in the hopyards
** Farm labor organizing in California and Oregon, 1933 - present
** Leaders of the Farm Workers' Rights Movement
** Eugene Friends of the Farm Workers' support for the United Farm Workers' (UFW) boycotts
** UFW campaign against pesticides
** Local farm labor in Springfield and east rural Lane County

On display will be many artifacts collected by Eugene Friends of the Farm Workers, including a home movie from 1975 that features a Solidarity picket line at Safeway, a protest at the University of Oregon, and the March on Gallo in Modesto, CA.

Please come to our exhibit opening on July 10, and watch for events at the museum while the exhibit is there!