RAMA
About Us
RAMA is a migrant justice collective that advocates for Latin American and Caribbean migrant farm workers in the unceded Syilx and Secwepemc territories of the Okanagan Valley. We work to build radically inclusive and more socially just communities by engaging in political advocacy, accompaniment, direct support work, public awareness campaigns, and the documentation of workers’ conditions and experiences. We are a volunteer-run, not-for-profit group.
We recognize that our organizing takes place within the unceded traditional territories of the Sylix and Secwepemc peoples.
Efforts to connect with communities and stand in solidarity with Indigenous grassroots movements are central to our work. We also recognize that systemic racism, colonialism and capitalism are at the root of our collective struggles. We feel it is our responsibility to build strong alliances so that we can, together, overcome these oppressive forces.
We stand in solidarity with the Syilx Okanagan Nation Chiefs and condemn the actions of UBC faculty pursuing legal action
RAMA Okanagan stands in solidarity with the Syilx Okanagan Nation Chiefs and condemns the actions of the group of UBC faculty members who are…
UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Last week, UN special rapporteur Tomoya Obokata released a report condemning Canada’s temporary foreign worker program as “a breeding ground for contemporary forms of…
Joint Statement Regarding Christmas Day Death in Detention
We are angry and saddened, but not surprised, to learn of the death on Christmas Day of another person in Canada Border Services Agency…
Dear Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister
We are writing as members of Radical Action with Migrants in Agriculture (RAMA Okanagan), a collective supporting migrant farmworkers in the Okanagan Valley. We…
