CIW’s Nely Rodriguez recognized for leadership in struggle for farmworker rights!
Rodriguez selected to be highlighted in WGCU Public Media’s “multi-platform project Makers: Women Who Make Southwest Florida. Inspired by the PBS national project makers.com”…
For anyone who has watched the CIW’s Nely Rodriguez over the past several years — speaking at CIW events, heading up the CIW’s Women’s Group gatherings, meeting with public officials and food industry leaders to press the case for Fair Food, leading worker-to-worker educational meetings on farms across the state on farmworkers’ new rights under the Fair Food Code of Conduct, or pursuing, behind the scenes, justice for her fellow workers facing everything from wage theft to sexual harassment in the fields — today’s news that WGCU Public Media has chosen Nely to be one of several leaders recognized for their contributions to building a stronger, and more just, Southwest Florida was a long time coming.
Here’s an excerpt from the WGCU press release announcing the recognition:
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WGCU Public Media Announces Makers: Women Who Make Southwest Florida November 30, 2012… WGCU Public Media announced today that 21 women have been selected to be highlighted in its multi-platform project Makers: Women Who Make Southwest Florida. Inspired by the PBS national project makers.com , WGCU’s project honors exceptional women residing in Southwest Florida who have left or are leaving a legacy in the arts, business, education, the environment, community-building and/or politics or through activism in social justice issues… … The nominees were rated on these criteria: leaving a legacy, building community, affecting lasting change, defying social norms, and serving as a “first” in her field… … To honor these extraordinary women, WGCU will produce video and audio portraits to air on WGCU TV, WGCU FM and at wgcu.org. WGCU will also feature written portraits in its member magazine, Expressions. WGCU will also produce a television documentary exploring how women have helped to shape our region. The documentary will air in spring 2013 on WGCU-HD in conjunction with the PBS Makers series highlighting trailblazing women… |
So stay tuned in the months ahead for more on this wonderful, and much-deserved, honor. Those of us who have the privilege to know and work closely with Nely are constantly inspired by her courage, her intellect, and her unwavering commitment to justice. We are extremely happy that, through this recognition, her remarkable work will be shared with, and appreciated by, a still wider audience.
And as a special treat as we head into the weekend, we will leave you with one of those awesome moments that Nely has helped create over the years, this a reflection on the occasion of International Women’s Day on Day 4 of this year’s Fast for Fair Food. Enjoy — and Congratulations, Nely!