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US Solidarity Actions - Over 100 actions were organized across the country in the
course of the 10-day hunger strike in solidarity with the fasters! Here below are
a few of the press reports from solidarity actions, and further down the page you'll
find a map with the growing list of actions reported to boycott headquarters -- 76
actions and counting!
HUNGER
STRIKE SOLIDARITY ACTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Click on your state to find out if an action was organized in a
community near you! (or just scroll past the map and find your area
in the table below)
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Contact |
| TENNESSEE |
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| Nashville, Tennessee |
mattleber1@aol.com |
University
of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
|
stammelleo@hotmail.com |
| Knoxville, Tennessee (back
to map) |
Gogeter5@yahoo.com |
| GEORGIA |
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| Atlanta, Georgia |
takaono5@yahoo.com |
| Rome, Georgia (back
to map) |
twygz2002@yahoo.com |
| FLORIDA |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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)
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farmworker-justice@yahoo.com |
| CANADA |
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| Calgary, Canada (back
to map) |
calgaryacc@yahoo.com |
| Hamilton, Ontario (back
to map) |
no email |
| VERMONT |
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| Burlington, Vermont (back
to map) |
yours@aol.com |
| KANSAS |
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| Lawrence, Kansas (back
to map) |
shantrel@hotmail.com |
| CALIFORNIA |
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| 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 |
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| St. Louis, Missouri (back
to map) |
no email |
| OREGON |
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| University of Western Oregon,
Oregon (back to
map) |
bencush@hotmail.com |
| MICHIGAN |
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| 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 |
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| West Virginia University, Morgantown,
WV (back to map)
|
chey7830@aol.com |
| COLORADO |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Dominion, WV (West Virginia
University) |
no email |
Northern California Tour
San Francisco hunger striker tour shuts down Taco Bell - Day one video
(5 MB Quicktime), Day two video (1.8 MB Quicktime)
San Francisco received the hunger strikers on the Northern
California tour in grand style, putting together a rally
so broad-based and powerful that they actually shut down
the Taco Bell restaurant!
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A dark and quiet Taco Bell greeted the protesters, where
the manager must have decided that it was better to lose
business than than face the truth of farmworker exploitation
and the wrath of consumers who are demanding fair food now.
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The day started out at San Francisco State University (not
far from the University of San Francisco, where the students
booted their Taoc Bell restaurant last year!), where the hunger
strikers and allies met with students at the Cesar Chavez
Student Center. The murals above the entrance to the center
were an appropriate reflection of the spirit of the hunger
strike and the fight to end sweatshops in the fields.
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Following the meeting, the CIW crew gathered with students
who joined them on the bus to the San Francisco protest. Students
wore red headbands in solidarity with the hunger strikers.
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Then it was on to the protest, a march that combined support
for the hunger strike with opposition to the war and to
the FTAA...
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... a global justice march that brought people together
in hope and struggle for another world, one not defined
by the insatiable drive for corporate profits.
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And so the marchers continued from their protest outside
a dark and locked Taco Bell...
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... to a final rally on the steps of the Pacific Coast Stock
Exchange.
Check out the great video from the Northern
California hunger striker tour by clicking here!!
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