The National Farm Workers Service Center, Inc. (NFWSC), a California non-profit corporation

Founded in 1966 by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta with encouragement from Senator Robert F. Kennedy and visionary labor leader Walter Reuther, National Farm Workers Service Center Inc. provides working families with services that enrich their lives and serve to meet crucial community needs such as affordable housing and educational radio.

The NFWSC, a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization, also addresses issues that are important to the Latino community including quality of student education and the needlessly expensive burial costs affecting grieving families.

To fulfill these goals, NFWSC seeks efficient and sustainable solutions, realizing lasting social change requires long-term commitment. Service Center leaders and staff see themselves as social entrepreneurs, convinced change can only occur if they are strategic and fiscally responsible in every day planning and operations.

The mission of NFWSC is to stand the test of time by ensuring the continuity of services and future expansion while making certain its endeavors be self-sustaining and economically viable.

Affordable housing.
The Service Center builds and preserves quality affordable housing in concentrated Latino and underserved communities. More than 3,700 rental and 600 single-family homes have been produced for low-income residents in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

Additionally, the NFWSC is dedicated to creating healthy communities and brings critical amenities and social services such as English language classes, after-school mentoring, homework assistance, computer labs and healthy aging programs for seniors to every housing project.

Communications.
The organization also bridges community ties through the airwaves by operating the popular Radio Campesina network. With nine Spanish-language stations bringing news and educational programming on a variety of topical issues critical to the daily lives of its listeners, the NFWSC extends the promise and mission of public radio to an underserved largely immigrant population.

Its satellite programming, state-of-the-art digital technology and centralized network operations are enjoyed by over 450,000 listeners in markets such as Arizona, California and Washington State.  

Radio Campesina’s format playing Mexican regional music popular to its immigrant and migrant listeners helps deliver a wide audience for its lively and engaging news and educational programs.

The network is branching, targeting a younger demographic with a pioneering bilingual radio format featuring a blend of hip hop and R&B music.