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Jose Eduardo is the AFSC Lovelace Fellow with the Pan Valley Institute. He has collaborated with PVI for over a decade to advocate for access to education, health care, workers' rights, and better living conditions for Central California residents.

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Thanking all workers, particularly farmworkers, for working tirelessly to guaranty American households have food at our tables.
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I was on the outskirts of New York City on September 11, 2001 when I got the news that an airplane had crashed into the World Trade Center. My twin brother was in his office on the 85th floor. I tried to call him but couldn’t get through. 

The plane hit eight floors above my brother’s office. He ran down the stairs, stepping outside minutes before the building collapsed behind him. He is alive. Thousands are not. That day, I decided to dedicate my life to understanding what motivates violence. 

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