The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor

Baldemar and the FLOC (part 2)

Baldemar on a local farm
This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, we return to Baldemar Velásquez and the FLOC, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee. An organization created to represent migrant farm workers in the Midwest and beyond. If you missed part one, make sure to catch up first. 
 
 

 

 

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Creative Strings
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The New Year Special
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Language and Relationships
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Honoring Cliff
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Violins Under The Bed
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The Future of the Lake
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Us Together
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Raise Your Voice
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A Bird in Flight
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Yes And
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The First Public Parks
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H.O.O.V.E.S
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The Festival
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Toledo Bikes!
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Brad and the Choir
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In the Air
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Meet Dirtykics, James Dickerson
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Business and Art
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Ruby's Dream
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Without The Rain There Would Be No Rainbows
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The North Coast Concert Band
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BeInstrumental
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Not An Ordinary Baseball Player
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Bright Young People
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The Fab Lab
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To New Heights
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Connecting Kids to Meals
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Dialogue to Change Toledo
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Soup, Salad and Ideas
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Georgette's Grounds And Gifts
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To Give And To Get - 2018 Holiday Special
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Scrap For Art
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Time to Tango
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A Conversation with Valeria
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The RDD's Thanksgiving Special with Chef Erika of Registry Bistro
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The Tiff
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The Ohio Theatre
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RDD's Halloween Special
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Taking Initiative
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Hopes and Dreams
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SunBridge, Meet Steve
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SunBridge, Meet the Kids
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First Tee
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GLCA
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This Midsize City
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RDD at the 577
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Recovery
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A Nice Warm Blanket
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Firefly Nights
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Study of People
Working With Mother Nature
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Food and Culture
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Black Swamp Spirit
Continuing the Story
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The Final Frontier
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There's still Hope
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Independence and Opportunity
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Marc and the Commission
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Your Space
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Women of Toledo
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A Different Kind of School
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The Brother Inventor
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RDD Meets TLC
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La Conexión
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De Vuelta a la Escuela (Back to School)
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A Special Guest
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Color and Culture
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The Rough Draft Diaries Valentine's Day Special
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Caution
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Larry's Story
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Toast Masters
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Gathered Toledo
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Dignity and Respect
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Recreate
What’s in the Water?
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Day Trader to Master Gardener
The Great Outdoors
Butterflies and Turtles, and Snakes! Oh, My!
RDD: Graphite
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PK Meets The RDD
Making it Work
Having Fun Isn't Hard When You've Got A Library Card
Peep Game Comix
Marjory the Motivator
Back to the Roots
Specifications ­- One Star Placed in the Center on Adams and 11th ­street by artists: Judy Dilloway/Maura Amato
One Star Placed in the Center
Mo and the Sub Shop
The Fabric of Downtown
Vanessa Snyder's Painting
Art, Science, and Information
It's BitterSweet
Innovating Food
Advice with Marcy Kaptur
The Lake and the Doctor (part two)
The Lake and the Doctor (part one)
Tom Henry, the Accidental Journalist
A Man And His Bass (Part Two)
A Man and His Bass (Part One)
African American Legacy
Pete Culp's picture on behalf of the Port Authority
A Conversation with Pete Culp
Baldemar on a local farm
Baldemar and the FLOC (part 2)
Baldemar and the FLOC
Photos by Pineapple XVI
Dr. Paat.
The Labre Project in the summer time
The Labre Project
Holidays at the Manor House
Holidays at the Manor House
Candice and Chris Brown performing downtown on The Docks
The Price of Fame and the Comfort of Home
Ken Leslie of 1Matters
One Matters
Planting Flowers
The RDD Grows
Haley and Scott at Fowl and Fodder
The RDD's Thanksgiving Special with Scott Bowman of Fowl and Fodder
Students rehearsing for a CTW production
Children's Theater Workshop - Meet the Students
Aimee Reid of the CTW
Children's Theater Workshop - Meet Aimee
Sarah Skow
Attorneys and Storytellers
John Eikost
The Reluctant Interview
Mark Russell
The Episode about Politics
Toledo School for the Arts logo.
Art Saves Lives
John Rockwood Podcast
Capturing Rock with Rockwood
John Adams Podcast
A Renewed Sense of Energy
Aayan Naim and the Blues Podcast
Aayan Naim and the Blues
Steve Mockensturm
Art and the Divine
Sam Melden with You Will Do Better in Toledo Sign
Leadership in Toledo
Taylor Dungjen and her son
Covering Crime
Boxer in the Ring
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Boxing Gloves
Soul City: Meet the Coaches (Part One)
Young Artist Painting Mural
The RDD Meets YAAW (Part Two)
Young Artists Learning Together
The RDD Meets YAAW (Part One)
Edith Franklin Making Pottery
La Grande Dame of the Arts (Part Two)
Edith Franklin at the Potter's Wheel
La Grande Dame of the Arts (Part One)
External Photo of the Maritime Academy of Toledo
The Academy
Large Propeller Outside of the National Museum of the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes with Ellen
Black and White Image of the Interior of Fire Station
Old Number 18
Toledo Fire Trucks
Fighting Fire with Jennifer
Progeria Rough Draft Diaries
Positivity and Progeria
Press and Dies of Deep in Design Podcast Episode Two
Press and Dies of Deep In Design (Part Two)
Press and Dies of Deep in Design Podcast Episode One
Press and Dies of Deep In Design (Part One)
Happy Birthday FM 91
Happy Birthday FM 91!
Members of the CAC
Now, The RDD Meets the CAC
Courtney Billian
The RDD Meets TSN
Delightful Art with Dee's Studio
Delightful Art With Dee
Lost, Long Gone, Forgotten Records
New Town - Forgotten Records
Way Public Library
(Inter)action
Russ and Rob Courtney
The Courtney Brothers - The One with Rob
Russ' food truck, Rusty's Road Trip
The Courtney Brothers - The One with Russ
The Land Bank team
The Land Bank
The Valentine Theater
The Theatre, the Theatre
Shelley Kotz
Way Will Open
Jo and Harvey's wedding
Jo Married Harvey
Gail Conrad with a newspaper clipping of her performance as Eleanor Roosevelt.
Eleanor and Gail
Since the story of Jan Wahl was divided into two episodes, we thought we'd add part two a little early so you can enjoy the rest of his story. Make sure to tune in next time to hear where The Rough Draft Diaries will go next! Jan's choices for out next
Big Fish (Part Two)
Jan Wahl's movie memorabilia
Big Fish (Part One)
The Toledo Museum of Art
A Trip to the Museum
Ben and Sam from HEAVY COLOR
We Get A Band
A workman's tools
In with the Old, Out with the New
Cutting the Anderson's Holiday Cheese
The Big Cheese
The Casey-Pomeroy House
One House on the Block
Cancer Connection logo
Connecting Through Cancer (Part Two)
Cancer Connection logo
Connecting Through Cancer (Part One)
Chef Joseph's sweet potato recipe
Chef Joe's Sweet Potatoes
Chef Joe and Haley Taylor
Homegrown and Local
Greg's equipment
The Happy Painter
Mixed Media Trees
Art, Death, and Things of That Nature (Part Two)
Dani and her pet bird
Art, Death, and Things of That Nature (Part One)
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An Introduction