2005 Fellows

The Rev. Richard L. Witt, Jr.

Father Witt has been director of Rural and Migrant Ministry since 1991. He has been instrumental in building coalitions that bring suburban and urban allies in support of farmworker issues. Rural and Migrant Ministry’s work has resulted in significant legislative and policy changes as a result, including mandates for sanitation and drinking water in the fields. Father Witt has also helped create service-learning and civic engagement programs for the children of farmworkers, including partnerships with local colleges to provide scholarship funds to immigrants. In all of these efforts, the farmworkers lead, speaking with elected officials and taking the microphone at rallies.

Grants’ spotters lauded Father Witt for “preparing people to take control of their own lives.”

Father Witt spent his fellowship traveling in Latin America to learn more about community organizing.

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The Rev. Witt, third from right, receives his fellowship on Ascension Day, 2005.
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