The Committee
The Golden Tree Monument Project Committee is overseeing site selection, design and fundraising.
The committee is composed of six (6) members: one (1) member from each of the three women’s families as well as one (1) representative each from the partnering organizations: Abbotsford Community Services, Progressive Intercultural Community Services and the BC Federation of Labour.
Abbotsford Community Services is the project finance lead, collecting contributions and dispensing funds to vendors. Abbotsford Community Services reports to the Committee and must seek approval for all expenditures over $500 prior to releasing funds.
Abbotsford Community Services, Progressive Intercultural Community Services and the BC Federation of Labour have all committed to working on this project as it directly supports their individual mandate to support, educate and advocate for the improvement of the living and working conditions of migrant and immigrant workers, and farm workers in particular. Each organization has worked extensively to promote the improvement of the occupational health and safety of the agricultural industry.
The Tree will be built with the generous support of donations from government, labour organizations, business, community groups and individual donations from people like you.
The Golden Tree Monument will remain in the community as a symbol for all Canadians that all working people are entitled to safe working conditions. The Agriculture industry ranks as having the 3rd most dangerous occupations. This Monument will act as a reminder that safety education and training should come first.
This is a historical, first of its kind memorial to remember three mothers who were killed in a vehicle accident. The Golden Tree Monument will give farmworkers who have been neglected and abused for so long some integrity and it’ll be a reminder to the community that safety is essential for all working people and their families.
It is truly an honor to be commissioned to design and create this important monument dedicated to the Farmworkers of Canada. Our goal is to build a unique, world-class work of art that honors the people it represents. With its multiple layers of meaning and symbolism, we hope that the Golden Tree will inspire the viewer and beautify its surroundings.
