Tag: kerry kennedy

National Council of Churches, Robert F. Kennedy Center endorse Wendy’s Boycott!

Human rights leaders continue to line up behind growing fast food boycott...Also: Great job, everyone...  Signatures on change.org Wendy's Boycott petition almost double overnight, nearing 50,000!!Even as thousands of consumers continue to add their names daily to the fast-growing Wendy's Boycott petition, the movement to bring the fast-food giant into the Fair Food fold gained two more high profile institutional endorsements this past week -- the National >> Read More

Ahold agreement sparks major buzz in mainstream media, Twitter!

 Take Part: "Buying ethical tomatoes just got a whole lot easier"...Wednesday's big announcement of the CIW's newest Fair Food agreement caused quite a stir in the media, mainstream and otherwise, as Ahold became the first mainline grocer to join the award-winning Fair Food Program.  From the Washington Post to Eva Longoria, everyone had something to say about the breakthrough agreement. >> Read More
New Fair Food Label takes off!

New Fair Food Label takes off!

[hupso title="NEW POST: @FairFoodProgram labels takes off! Media & social media roundup..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/10/label-media/"] Excerpt of Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, speaking on Huffington Post Live about the Fair Food label on Food Day.  To watch the full interview, click here. New Fair Food Program label a huge hit in print and social media on Food Day...  The Fair Food >> Read More

Tribeca Film Festival makes “Food Chains” an official selection with screening set for April 26th in NYC!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="Documentary @FoodChainsFilm in OFFICIAL SELECTION for @TribecaFilmFest!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=18952"] Film also premiered in Mexico this past Sunday at Guadalajara Film Festival to packed house, huge press conference (pictured below), and wildly positive audience reaction! [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Jorge Camara (left, with mic) -- the renowned Mexican American journalist and past president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association -- moderates >> Read More

American history happens in a watermelon shed…

[hupso_hide][hupso title="World responds to @Walmart joining #FairFoodProgram! Press, statements, social media..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17932"] The world responds to news of the Walmart agreement! [caption id="attachment_17944" align="aligncenter" width="530"] A member of the Walmart delegation holds the Fair Food Program rights booklet during a meeting among CIW members, Florida tomato growers, Walmart representatives, and the Chairperson of the UN's Working Group on Business and >> Read More
Fair Food Nation rocks Wendy’s annual shareholder meeting!

Fair Food Nation rocks Wendy’s annual shareholder meeting!

With a colorful press conference on the outside -- and relentless questioning of executives on the inside -- farmworkers and their allies press their demand for a real commitment to human rights from the final fast-food holdout... They should have seen this coming. You can't be the last holdout in the fast-food industry from the internationally-recognized Fair Food Program -- every one of your major >> Read More
National media, Fair Food networks, amplify pressure on Wendy’s ahead of Thursday’s shareholders’ meeting!

National media, Fair Food networks, amplify pressure on Wendy’s ahead of Thursday’s shareholders’ meeting!

Democracy Now (above), Huffington Post, run extensive coverage of growing Wendy's campaign; solidarity actions organized from coast to coast... With the Wendy's shareholders' meeting in New York just a day away -- outside of which, both Kerry Kennedy of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights and Larry Cox, former Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, will be joining >> Read More

Farmworkers, Religious Leaders, Consumers to hold 6-day “Fast for Fair Food” outside Publix Corporate Headquarters

MEDIA CONTACT Gerardo Reyes (Coalition of Immokalee Workers), 239-503-0950 Marc Rodrigues (Coalition of Immokalee Workers), 239-292-3431 www.ciw-online.org/fast | workers@ciw-online.org Fast to make moral appeal in light of Publix's unconscionable rejection of groundbreaking Fair Food Program; Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy, to take part in March 10th ceremony breaking the fast "... Theirs [Publix] is a morally >> Read More
Walk for Farmworker Justice

Walk for Farmworker Justice

Walk for Farmworker Justice Lakeland, FL Dec 6 , 2009 photos by JJ Tiziou Sunday's Walk for Farmworker Justice started shortly after noon when nearly 200 workers from Immokalee arrived at the Publix on Florida Avenue on the edge of downtown Lakeland, hometown of the Publix supermarket chain. It wasn't long before the Immokalee contingent was joined by a growing >> Read More