Phone
Address
573 Roanoke Avenue, Riverhead, NY 11901
Amandla Worker Education Center is in Riverhead (Long Island) between the north and south forks of eastern Long Island. Amandla is from IsiZulu and means power. It was used as a rallying cry against Apartheid. Amandla is home to an array of programs including CASA, Mujeres de Esperanza/Women of Hope, VOLIY (Voices of Long Island Youth), and the Long Island Farmworkers Cooperative as well as the Rural Academy of the People RMM is honored to be in partnership and share the campus with the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island and their mission Centro Franciscano: as well as with locals 888 (UFCW) and 338(RWDSU) who are a part of Trabajadores Agricolas Unidos (TAU).
Team members
Ana Mendez-Vasquez
Ana Mendez-Vasquez
Coordinator of the College Prep Program & Western NY Administrator,
Maria Del Mar Piedrabuena
Maria Del Mar Piedrabuena
Associate Coordinator & Liaison with The Long Island Flower Cooperative
Programs
Mujeres Esperanza / Women of Hope
Mujeres Esperanza / Women of Hope
RMM is standing with women in eastern Long Island as they face their challenges and live into their dreams
Long Island Farmworker Cooperative
Long Island Farmworker Cooperative
RMM is partnering with farmworkers as they build their own growing cooperative
Building Bridges Cohorts
Building Bridges Cohorts
RMM brings together faith leaders, both ordained and lay to explore the removal of wall that divide us, as we work toward social transformation. The Cohorts, both in person and virtual, depend upon the participants sharing their experiences with one another
Union Solidarity
Union Solidarity
RMM is partnering with Trabajadores Agricolas Unidos (TAU) which is an effort sponsored by UFCW and RWDSU to implement the Farm laborer Fair Practices Labor Act.
Artists in Residence
Artists in Residence
Each year we welcome artists in residence as we are intent in incorporating the arts into all of our programs and our centers.
Delegations & Retreats
Delegations & Retreats
RMM offers regular opportunities for ally groups to visit our Centers, meet with our people and explore our programs.
Youth Scholarships
Youth Scholarships
RMM works hard to support the dreams and opportunities of the members of the Youth Empowerment Program through two scholarship programs.
Voices of Long Island Youth
Voices of Long Island Youth
Voices of Long Island Youth (VOILY) is the newest high school Youth Empowerment group. Utilizing podcasts as their medium, VOILY works to bring about change in our society
Overnight Leadership Camp and Summer Day Programs
Overnight Leadership Camp and Summer Day Programs
For over thirty years RMM has welcomed children (ages 8-17) from across rural New York to a one week overnight camp. Along with our summer day programs, young leaders get to meet RMM, and we get to meet them.
The Rural Academy of the People
The Rural Academy of the People
Through the Rural Academy of the People,(RAP) RMM offers a variety of adult education programs through our Centers and on-line that are initiated and designed by rural grass-roots leaders. A key focus lies in supporting people as they create their own cooperatives.