Tag: #MeToo

Alyssa Milano pens Women’s History Month Op/ed: “Immokalee workers’ laser focus on power is a lesson for us all, as we stand up and declare Time’s Up on sexual harassment and assault…”

Alyssa Milano pens Women’s History Month Op/ed: “Immokalee workers’ laser focus on power is a lesson for us all, as we stand up and declare Time’s Up on sexual harassment and assault…”

[caption id="attachment_33034" align="alignright" width="229"] Alyssa Milano, 2011 (Photo: Tom Sorensen)[/caption] "When women look back on their history fifty years from now, the Fair Food Program will be a chapter in that history.  But we all need to take a page from the Immokalee workers’ book across all work environments, including and starting with the entertainment industry.  We can eradicate sexual >> Read More
Author of “I Am Not a Tractor” pens thoughtful op/ed on lessons from Fair Food movement for #MeToo, “#MarchForOurLives” movements…

Author of “I Am Not a Tractor” pens thoughtful op/ed on lessons from Fair Food movement for #MeToo, “#MarchForOurLives” movements…

Marquis: "The new movements appear to understand one pillar of the coalition's success – real and sustainable change can be driven, designed and implemented from inside the communities most affected." In her unique style – a style perhaps best described as a marriage of the engineer's love for astute systems analysis with the advocate's heartfelt empathy for those facing uphill >> Read More
Civil Eats on Fair Food Program: “Meet the Farmworkers Leading the #MeToo Fight For Workers Everywhere”…

Civil Eats on Fair Food Program: “Meet the Farmworkers Leading the #MeToo Fight For Workers Everywhere”…

“By rectifying long-standing power imbalances, Worker-driven Social Responsibility drills into the foundation of the problem…” “No gender-based violence programs have achieved the same amount of leverage in fostering change…” Earlier this week, Civil Eats published an excellent, feature-length piece based on interviews conducted during the Freedom Fast in New York City that lends critical insight into the endemic, generations-old problem >> Read More
NYC Human Rights Commission invites CIW to join panel of “international and national figures in the fight against sexual harassment and gender equity…”

NYC Human Rights Commission invites CIW to join panel of “international and national figures in the fight against sexual harassment and gender equity…”

[caption id="attachment_28404" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Photo Credit: Adrienne Nicole Productions for the NYC Commission on Human Rights.[/caption] New York City's First Lady, Chirlane McCray:  "How can we help harness this moment in order to grow and sustain the movement?"... Last week, the New York City Human Rights Commission partnered with the Office of the First Lady Chirlane McCray and the Mayor’s >> Read More
Students from coast to coast declare:  “It’s On, Wendy’s!”

Students from coast to coast declare: “It’s On, Wendy’s!”

[caption id="attachment_28314" align="aligncenter" width="798"] Students at UNC - Chapel Hill symbolically pin a large red dot to their local Wendy's, building on the nationwide "Red Dot" campaign in which students on university and college campuses map their communities, with red dots indicating locations in which violent incidents of sexual harassment and assault have taken place. For this Sexual Harassment Awareness >> Read More

Blowback! Pop culture media explodes with news of Wendy’s attack on farmworker women, response from #TimesUp leaders…

[caption id="attachment_33034" align="alignright" width="405"] InStyle (with an audience of 9.5 million) posted the above video at the top of their story on Alyssa Milano's powerful response to Wendy's outrageous claim that farmworker women were "exploiting" the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements.[/caption] People Magazine (76 million readers): "Alyssa Milano Slams Wendy's 'Outrageous' Response Amid Farmworkers' Protest of Fast Food Chain..." Elle Magazine >> Read More
Time’s Up, Hollywood stars Patricia Arquette, Amber Tamblyn, Frances Fisher amplify CIW Women’s call to action in Wendy’s Boycott!

Time’s Up, Hollywood stars Patricia Arquette, Amber Tamblyn, Frances Fisher amplify CIW Women’s call to action in Wendy’s Boycott!

To our sisters of @CIW, we see you & thank you for your leadership. Keep fighting back! All workers deserve safety, equality & dignity. #TIMESUP #WomenLeading https://t.co/kHJWQ7o2Wv — TIME'S UP (@TIMESUPNOW) March 1, 2018 Open letter from CIW women leaders to Time's Up sparks a conversation across the Twitterverse, prompting calls for national solidarity with farmworker women, upcoming Freedom Fast; >> Read More

Drumbeat grows louder for FFP as proven solution for Time’s Up movement!

  The Nation: "When it comes to creating a workplace where women are empowered to report sexual harassment—and receive justice rather than retaliation when they do so—the farmworkers of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) offer a proven model..." The list of publications connecting the dots between the Time's Up movement and the CIW's Fair Food Program -- the former >> Read More
CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo: “Only together were we able to break our silence…”

CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo: “Only together were we able to break our silence…”

[caption id="attachment_26975" align="aligncenter" width="600"] From right to left, CIW's Lupe Gonzalo, the Alliance for Fair Food's Natali Rodriguez, U.S. Soccer star Abby Wambach, writer Luvvie Ajayi, author Glennon Doyle, WME Entertainment's Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, and author Latham Thomas end on a triumphant note at the Minneapolis stop of the Together Live Tour.[/caption] The Together Live Tour -- the nationwide event >> Read More