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As rolling student fast enters second month, Vanderbilt students answer the call loud and clear!

Posted on by CIW
Like Tampa area fast, Vanderbilt action snowballs, doubles within days of launch and catches the attention of University administration, local media...Following yesterday's exciting news of the series of 3-day fasts rolling through university campuses in the Tampa Bay region -- and of the critical call to action from students at OSU -- we have yet another inspiring update today, this time from >> Read More

PHOTO REPORT: Nationwide student fast keeps rolling!

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
New College, Valencia College students break five-day fast, vow to continue the Campaign:  "This University will continue to fight for the rights of farmworkers, and for all human rights"...Students at Vanderbilt, University of Tampa, Eckerd College and University of South Florida take up the torch as national rolling student fast for farmworker justice continues!After five long days of fasting -- an act >> Read More

BREAKING:  OSU students, Columbus community announce weeklong fast in lead up to Return to Human Rights Tour!

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
[caption id="attachment_23568" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Hundreds of Fair Food supporters joined the Workers' Voice Tour in a march through Columbus, Ohio, last year.[/caption]"We are fasting in solidarity with farmworkers who have had to go hungry while harvesting the food we all eat because of Wendy’s indifference to their exploitation..."Just this morning, members of Ohio Fair Food -- including students at The >> Read More