FIOB Statewide meeting, 2013, Image 17 | Reunión estatal del FIOB, 2013, Imagen 17

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Photograph of children (boy in spiderman hoodie and girl in purple shirt) at their table during the statewide meeting, looking up at camera when having picture taken. | Fotografía de niños (niño con sudadera con capucha de Spiderman y niña con camisa morada) en su mesa durante la reunión estatal, mirando a la cámara cuando se toman una foto.


	Created: Sunday, December 1, 2013 - 02:15 Headline (Caption): Indigenous Mexican Migrants at a Meeting in California Description: SANTA MARIA, CA - 12/1/13 - Indigenous Mexican immigrants in California meet iin a statewide meeting of the Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations (FIOB - Frente Indigena de Organizaciones Binacionales). FIOB advocates for the rights of indigenous Mexicans, including Mixtecs, Zapotecs, Triquis, Purepechas and others, both in the United States, where they live as immigrants, and in Mexico. At the meeting delegates elected new leaders, welcomed striking farmworkers from Sakuma Berry Farms in Washington State, and signed an agreement with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5. Mothers brought their children, who drew pictures and numbers on paper during the meeting. Copyright David Bacon Tags: immigrants Rights: © 2013 David Bacon