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Solidarity Actions: During the hunger strike 
in front of Taco Bell headquarters in Irvine, CA,
students, religious, and labor allies of the boycott who couldn't make it out to California organized solidarity fasts and actions in OVER 100 cities and towns across the country. We have kept a list of all the actions we heard of here on this page (76, so far!), so take a look at a few of the
reports from a selection of the actions here below,
or scroll down for a complete list of those we have been informed of, and an interactive map where you can click on the state of your choice to see where actions took place -- and where there are active, exciting boycott committees just waiting to give you an outlet for your FAIR FOOD fanatacism! And of course, if you organized an action in your community and don't find it here on our list, don't hesitate to Email us at workers@ciw-online.org with all the photos and a written report, and we'll happily post it!
Examples of press reports from solidarity actions from CA to NY!
La Raza takes stance against Taco Bell (Cal State Long Beach, CA) MEChA joins Boot the Bell campaign (UC Davis, CA)
Students for economic justice make run for the picket line (West Virginia Univ.) Tucson protesters don't believe Taco Bell (Tucson, AZ)
MEChA brings tomato protest to S.J. (San Joaquin Delta College, CA) Students protest Taco Bell (Cornell University, NY)
Protesters starve for tomato pickers (UCLA, CA) Protesters at U Kansas fight Taco Bell's low worker pay (University of Kansas, KS)
HUNGER STRIKE SOLIDARITY ACTIONS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Click on your state to find out if there is an action planned in a community near you!
(or just scroll past the map and find your area in the table below)

Location
Contact
TENNESSEE  
Nashville, Tennessee mattleber1@aol.com
University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
stammelleo@hotmail.com
Knoxville, Tennessee (back to map) Gogeter5@yahoo.com
GEORGIA  
Atlanta, Georgia takaono5@yahoo.com
Rome, Georgia (back to map) twygz2002@yahoo.com
FLORIDA  
Orlando, Florida emilyruff@msn.com
Tampa, Florida aunterbe@hsc.usf.edu
Miami, Florida eballeine@yahoo.com
786-246-0800 (Maria)
Coral Gables, Florida eballeine@yahoo.com
Ocala, Florida tikiblchik527@aol.com
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida lumina@ufl.edu
Tampa, Florida

i_am_not_gun@hotmail.com

Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida (back to map) tigi82@hotmail.com
ILLINOIS  
Univeristy of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois nekaro@uchicago.edu
University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois (back to map) no email
WASHINGTON, DC  
Washington, DC (back to map) tcherkis@hotmail.com
OHIO  
Findlay, Ohio (back to map) lrm919@hotmail.com
TEXAS  
Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX students4democracy_2000@yahoo.com
University of Texas, Austin, Texas (back to map) libal@hotmail.com
ARIZONA  
Tucson, Arizona (back to map) kat@derechoshumanosaz.net
KENTUCKY  
Louisville, Kentucky (back to map) stephen@ncccusa.org
Plans for Louisville, home of YUM!: February 23, 2003 and March 2, 2003:  Fight for Justice for Taco Bell Tomato Pickers!  12 p.m. at Taco Bell (1069 Bardstown Road--near corner of Grinstead).  Join Jobs with Justice, the Jefferson St. Baptist Church Peacemakers and KITLAC in distributing informational flyers to Taco Bell customers.  If you want to leaflet at another Taco Bell location, contact Paul Whiteley at 582-3508, ext 619.
INDIANA  
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana (back to map) acastela@nd.edu
WISCONSIN  
Eau Claire, Wisconsin dmbweiz@fastmail.fm
Madison, Wisconsin no email
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (back to map) ceramical@hotmail.com
OKLAHOMA  
Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma (back to map) princessleiaorgana21@yahoo.com
NEW YORK  
Brooklyn, New York nieves@maketheroad.org
Fordham University, NY/NY cdaigle@fordham.edu
Ithica, NY no email
Manhattan, NY juggleandhope@myway.com, or call 941-544-3935
New York, New York (back to map) gala@girlsclub.org
NORTH CAROLINA  
Durham, North Carolina lkhamalanfwm@aol.com
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina nliz@duke.edu
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC surh@unity.ncsu.edu
Durham, North Carolina (back to map) farmworker-justice@yahoo.com
CANADA  
Calgary, Canada (back to map) calgaryacc@yahoo.com
Hamilton, Ontario (back to map) no email
VERMONT  
Burlington, Vermont (back to map) yours@aol.com
KANSAS  
Lawrence, Kansas (back to map) shantrel@hotmail.com
CALIFORNIA  
Stockton, California ValenteA@aol.com
San Diego City College, CA mykeljn@cox.net
Humbolt County, California anarchista@juno.com
UC Davis, CA no email
Sacramento, CA no email

Oakland, CA

no email
Fresno, CA no email
Los Angeles, CA no email
Santa Ana Community College, Santa Ana, CA no email
Cal State LA, CA no email
University of Southern CA, Los Angeles, CA no email
Claremont Colleges, CA no email
UC Irvine, Irvine, CA no email
Cal State San Bernadino, CA no email
Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA no email
Saddleback College, CA no email
UCLA no email
Cal State Long Beach, CA no email
San Diego State Univ., CA no email
San Diego City College, CA no email
Cerritos College, CA no email
Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA no email
Centro Cultural de Mexico, Santa Ana, CA no email
San Francisco, California (back to map)

dsolnit@rise-up.net

PENNSYLVANIA  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania mitchchanin@hotmail.com
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania no email
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (back to map) no email
MISSOURI  
St. Louis, Missouri (back to map) no email
OREGON  
University of Western Oregon, Oregon (back to map) bencush@hotmail.com
MICHIGAN  
Grand Valley State Univ., Allendale, Michigan girlthinking@angelfire.com
Bloomsfield High School, Bloomsfield, Michigan maryann785@aol.com
Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasan, MI (back to map) a_s_moreno@yahoo.com
WEST VIRGINIA  
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (back to map) chey7830@aol.com 
COLORADO  
Denver, Colorado (Metropolitan State College of Denver, The University of Colorado at Denver, and the Community College of Denver) (back to map) melissa_hedden@hotmail.com
WASHINGTON STATE  
Seattle rsaldana@ufwmail.com
EXAMPLE OF PLANS FOR SOLIDARITY ACTION: RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC

EVENTS IN Raleigh/Durham North Carolina area: sponsored by the National Farm Worker Ministry and Student Action with Farmworkers

Feb 24-28: Daily Taco Bell leaflettings 12-1pm

Mon Feb 24: 3570 Hillsborough Rd, Durham
Tues Feb 25:  120 E. Franklin St.. Chapel Hill
Wed Feb 26: 3821 Western Blvd. Raleigh
Thurs Feb 27: 2101 E. Hwy. 54 Durham


FRIDAY, FEB. 28: GRAND FINALE & FUNDRAISER FOR THE CIW


5:00-6:15 pm  Simple Meal, Presentation & Video on the history and struggle of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Eno River UU Fellowship, 4907 Garrett Rd, Durham  ($5-10 donation requested)

6:30-7:30 pm Action/Protest at Taco Bell, 3119 Shannon Rd (near South Square mall) 

WEST VIRGINIA  
Dominion, WV (West Virginia University) no email