2005 Taco Bell Truth Tour (Regional Tours): Tentative Itinerary Monday, February 28 – Saturday, March 5 *see details for each city below | East Leg | West Leg | Mon 2/28 | Immokalee, FL > Atlanta, GA
| Immokalee, FL > Tallahassee, FL > Montgomery, AL | Tues 3/1 | Atlanta, GA > Nashville, TN
| Memphis, TN | Wed 3/2 | Cincinnati, OH
| St. Louis, MO | Thurs 3/3 | Cleveland, OH
| Indianapolis, IN | Fri 3/4 | Columbus, OH
| Chicago, IL | Sat 3/5 | Lexington, KY
| Chicago, IL | 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! |