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VIDEO: A look back at the March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food

Posted on March 29, 2013August 27, 2020 by CIW

Plus: An (unintentional) glimpse into the real (and misguided) reason why Publix won't pay the penny? Read on... We begin today's update with a special treat for our readers who participated in the march, as well as for all those who just felt like they did because they followed the excellent daily video updates from afar. Our march media team >> Read More

The March for Rights, Respect, and Fair Food is a Wrap…

Posted on March 20, 2013August 27, 2020 by CIW

Epic fifteen-day journey, huge final day lift Publix campaign to new level, inspire thousands of new leaders in fight for Fair Food! The fifteen-day, 200-mile March for Rights, Respect, and Fair Food came to a loud, colorful, and jubilant end on Sunday, March 17th outside Publix corporate headquarters in Lakeland. The final day began with a 6-mile march through the >> Read More

March for Rights, Respect & Fair Food

Posted on March 18, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

From March 3 - 17, 2013, the CIW and allies marched 200 miles from Ft. Myers to Lakeland, calling on Publix to join the New Day and sign a Fair Food Agreement! Check out some of the quick links below, or visit the full march site at https://www.ciw-online.org/march. Photo Reports Videos Updates for each day of the March MARCH 3 >> Read More

Social media chatter surges around the March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food!

Posted on March 1, 2013August 27, 2020 by CIW

Facebook, Twitter, and the blogosphere alive with messages from marchers, well wishers as the final touches are put on preparations (including the 8-ft. tall statue, right, that will accompany marchers every step of the way)! Cheryl Queen is an executive with Compass Group, the country's largest foodservice company and one of eleven multi-billion dollar food industry leaders that has signed on to >> Read More

Theater, reflection make for a festive evening in Immokalee!

Posted on February 28, 2013August 27, 2020 by CIW

Scenes from the final community meeting before the March for Rights, Respect, and Fair Food! The final community meeting before any major action is an excellent window into the spirit -- or in Spanish, "el animo," which in some ways is a more comprehensive word in this context than the English "spirit" -- of the CIW members preparing for the >> Read More

With the March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food just one week away…

Posted on February 24, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

... Immokalee community preparations are in full swing! Over the past several weeks we've seen Fair Food activists preparing for the upcoming 200-mile march to Publix headquarters in cities from Orlando to Atlanta and beyond. But as we enter the final week before the big kick-off in Ft. Myers this coming Sunday, March 3rd, the real action is in Immokalee, where >> Read More

Press Release: March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food

Posted on February 22, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

Contact:Gerardo Reyes Chávez239-503-0950gerardo@ciw-online.org Marley Moynahan239-357-0393marley@ciw-online.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Farmworkers, consumers to launch two-week, 200-mile "March for Rights, Respect, and Fair Food" calling on Publix to support historic human rights advances in Florida tomato fields March to highlight farm labor reforms underway thanks to Fair Food Program, Publix's unconscionable decision to turn its back on social responsibility Immokalee, Florida (February 22, >> Read More

The march website is live!

Posted on February 20, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

With the March for Rights, Respect, and Fair Food just around the corner, preparations enter the final stretch... Preparations for the "Gran Marcha," as they are calling it in Immokalee, are heating up across the country: Allies from New York, NY, to Atlanta, GA, are organizing caravans to join the upcoming march (on the right, below, is a particularly fine >> Read More

Atlanta’s Freedom Now Singers rehearsing for first-ever public performance!

Posted on February 12, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

Newly formed vocal ensemble to debut at the CIW's March for Rights, Respect, and Fair Food! Preparations for next month's 175-mile, 14-day march from Ft. Myers to Publix's corporate headquarters in Lakeland are now in full swing, both across the state of Florida and in communities across the country, from Nashville, Tennessee, to Denver, Colorado. Not to be outdone, Fair Food activists in >> Read More

“Consider what your faith calls upon you to do…”

Posted on February 11, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

Quaker youth stand for justice in the fields, make preparations for March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food! From the early days of the Taco Bell Boycott more than a decade ago to the present, two of the greatest sources of strength for the Campaign for Fair Food have been youth and communities of faith. Last fall, the CIW was visited >> Read More