Tag: Radio Conciencia

Coming soon to Nashville air waves: Radio Dignidad 104.1 FM!

[caption id="attachment_22821" align="alignright" width="302"] Dignidad Obrera at the 2013 March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food. In the months ahead, the Nashville worker center will be launching their own worker-led radio station.[/caption]The spirit of the CIW's Radio Conciencia spreads across the South, as workers launch Workers' Dignity Radio in Nashville...And you can help!For five years now, one of the CIW's strongest >> Read More

09 CIW YEAR OF THE WORKER PARTYIMMOKALEE, FL

"Enslave one of us, you enslave us all!" The CIW's 2009 Year of the Worker party was a serious affair this year, the message of community solidarity with workers held in modern-day slavery setting the tone for a moving day-long gathering outside the CIW's new community center in Immokalee. But, of course, the serious message was accompanied by some serious >> Read More
“RFK MEMORIAL POVERTY TOUR: A TOUR FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE” KICKS OFF IN IMMOKALEE!

“RFK MEMORIAL POVERTY TOUR: A TOUR FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE” KICKS OFF IN IMMOKALEE!

  AFL-CIO President John Sweeney joined long-time friend Mrs. Ethel Kennedy on the first stop of the "Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Poverty Tour: A Tour for Social and Economic Justice" this Sunday, April 23, in Immokalee. The tour marked the 40th anniversary of Robert Kennedy's now famous “poverty tour”, which included a stop in Delano, CA, with Cesar Chavez and >> Read More
75,000 March for Immigrant Rights

75,000 March for Immigrant Rights

THE GREAT MARCH There was a march in Ft. Myers on Monday. Ft. Myers has a population of about 65,000. The crowd that marched was estimated by police to be over 75,000... The CIW was there. The march was triggered by the passage of the "Sensenbrenner Bill" by the House, a bill that would make it a felony to be >> Read More

Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Saturday, December 9, marked the three-year anniversary of the CIW community-based radio station, Radio Conciencia... or, as it is known by its beloved street name, "La Tuya." Two long-time DJ's, Domingo Jacinto (left, who hosts a weekly show on La Tuya in a Guatemalan indigenous language spoken by many in Immokalee, Kanjobal) and Vicente Lopez (of Oaxaca, who served as >> Read More