2005 Taco Bell Truth Tour (Regional Tours): Tentative Itinerary
Monday, February 28 – Saturday, March 5

*see details for each city below

To get more information about a tour stop or to volunteer, contact:

East Tour Coordinator:
Pippin Whitaker
662-380-6565
pippin@ciw-online.org

West Tour Coordinator:
Tiffany Ten Eyck
239-980-5771 (cell)
tiffany@sfalliance.org

THE EAST LEG

MONDAY FEB 28TH

Depart Immokalee, FL
9:00am Venice, FL Brunch with Diocese of Venice, Knights of Columbus
9:00pm Arrive Atlanta, GA

Local Contact:
Janvieve Williams, U.S. Human Rights Network
admin@ushrnetwork.org, 404-588-9761

TUESDAY MARCH 1ST

Atlanta, GA
9:30am Classroom presentations at Georgia State University
10:30am CIW Visits MLK Historic Site
12:00pm Rally at GSU Unity Plaza with CIW and important speakers from Atlanta area, Followed by a March Downtown to Taco Bell protest

Nashville, TN
5:30pm Taco Bell protest
7:00pm Teach-ins with CIW across the city
8:00pm Dinner and meet at IBEW

Local Contact:
Daynise Couch, Tennessee Economic Renewal Network
Daynisecouch@bellsouth.net, 615-292-3199

WEDNESDAY MARCH 2ND

Cincinnati, OH
4:30pm Taco Bell Protest
5:30pm Teach-in at University of Cincinnati
7:00pm Dinner and Labor Rights Forum with CIW and Cincinnati labor leaders, including CODEDI, CPA, FLOC, SEIU Justice for Janitors, and more

Local Contact:
Dan LaBotz, DanLaBotz@cs.com, 513-861-8722

THURSDAY MARCH 3RD

Dayton, OH
9:00am CIW classroom presentation team at University of Dayton
9:00am Press Conference at Memorial Presbyterian Church
9:30am Breakaway to local parochial school presentations
11:45am CIW teams rejoin with community at a Powerful protest rally at Taco Bell

Local Contact:
Jayne Ruiz, 937-258-8118, jayne.ruiz@miamipresbytery.org

Cleveland, OH
4:45pm Teach-in with Cleveland community about Taco Bell Boycott and farmworkers rights
5:30pm March to rush-hour downtown hotspot near Taco Bell and Rally at downtown center, educating folks about the fight for farmworker justice
7:00pm Dinner and Teach-in at John Carroll University
9:30pm Late night meeting with host Juan XXIII

Local Contact:
Lauren Ivory, 216-397-4777, livory@jcu.edu

FRIDAY MARCH 4TH

Cleveland, OH
8:00am Classroom presentations at John Carroll University

Oberlin, OH
11:30am Outdoor Rally and Lunch (weather permitting) on Taco Bell Boycott

Local Contact:
Amy Sommer, 512-657-4311, amy@sfalliance.org

Delaware, OH
4:00pm Teach-in at Ohio Wesleyan University

Columbus, OH
6:00pm Rhythmic march and protest at Taco Bell – including drummers!
7:00pm Presentation at Ohio State University

Local Contact:
Amy Sommer, 512-657-4311, amy@sfalliance.org

SATURDAY MARCH 5TH

Lexington, KY
3:00pm Rally across from Taco Bell with dozens of local leaders & great music... Just warming up for Louisville!

5:00pm Dinner with all our supporters – including the many who will caravan to join us in Louisville!

Local Contact:
Amy Sommer, 512-657-4311, amy@sfalliance.org

THE WEST LEG

MONDAY FEB 28TH

Depart Immokalee, FL
9:00am Venice, FL Brunch with Diocese of Venice, Knights of Columbus

Tallahassee, FL
5:30pm Rally at FSU campus
6:00pm March to Taco Bell
7:00pm Dinner with CIW farmworkers and Tallahassee community

Local contact:
Candelario Vasquez, vaztec01@hotmail.com, 239-822-5987

8:00pm Depart for Montgomery, AL

TUESDAY MARCH 1ST

Montgomery, AL
8:30am Tour historic Civil Rights Movement sites
9:30am Rally for farmworker and worker justice

Memphis, TN
7:00pm Teach-ins at University of Memphis and Rhodes College

Local contact:
Steve Tammelleo, stammelleo@hotmail.com, 901-324-6709

WEDNESDAY MARCH 2ND

Memphis, TN
9:00am CIW farmworkers tour of National Civil Rights Museum
10:45am Rally/Press Conference—Connections between Civil Rights and current struggles

St. Louis, MO
5:00pm Events at Washington University of St. Louis
7:00pm Rally to Boot the Bell!

Local contacts:
Virginia Druhe, National Farm Worker Ministry, ginnie@nfwm.org, 314-726-6470
Rebecca Nagle, Student Worker Alliance, Washington U, ranagle@art.wustl.edu, 913-486-0970

THURSDAY MARCH 3RD

Bloomington, IN
1:00pm Taco Bell protest
2:00pm Teach-in at Indiana University and Harmony School

Local Contact:
Amos Batto, abatto@indiana.edu

Indianapolis, IN
5:00pm Taco Bell protest
6:00pm Dinner and Teach-In with Indy Justice for Janitors campaign

Local contact:
Meghan Cohorst, meghan@sfalliance.org

FRIDAY MARCH 4TH

Chicago, IL
11:30am-1:30pm Welcome/Boot the Bell Victory event at University of Chicago
Afternoon teach-ins at Universities across Chicago!
6:00pm Dinner with Albany Park Workers Center
9:00pm-midnight Music and community gathering Holy Trinity (1850 S. Throop)

Local contact:
Gigi, Mexico Solidarity Network, gigi@mexicosolidarity.org, 773-583-7728

SATURDAY MARCH 6TH

Chicago, IL
10:30am-12:30pm Picket with striking Congress Hotel workers (www.congresshotelstrike.info)
2:00pm Meet at Palmer across from St. Sylvester Church (2157 Humboldt Blvd)
2:30pm Rally and March up Milwaukee to Taco Bell (3143 N. Milwaukee)
5:00pm Ecumenical Send-off to Louisville @ San Lucas (2914 W. North Ave.).
7:00pm Depart for Louisville, Kentucky - home of Yum Brands!