This fall, scores of students, youth to descend on Immokalee for weekend of strategy in Wendy’s Boycott!

For more than a decade, the Student/Farmworker Alliance, a nationwide network of hundreds of students and youth, has harnessed the action and energy of young people to provide unwavering dedication to farmworkers’ basic human rights.  And yet, it seems that when it comes to the Wendy’s Boycott, young people are just getting started.  With plans already underway to ramp up the Boot the Braids Campaign on campuses across the country, this fall promises to build on the powerful momentum generated this past spring.

There is no moment that more perfectly captures that energy than the final moments of the week-long fast of 19 students and alumni from Ohio State University, which sparked the month-long rolling fast involving hundreds of college students at 14 universities across the country:

If you are a student, make sure to apply and reserve your spot at the annual Encuentro.  If you are not a student or young person, we strongly encourage you to chip in to support this critical gathering of students and youth, who bring unstoppable energy, inspiration, and action to the Fair Food Nation.

Here’s more information from SFA for more information on how YOU can get involved:

Announcing the 2017 SFA Encuentro: September 7-10 in Immokalee, FL!

… In this relentless struggle to hold Wendy’s accountable for the horrid abuses farmworkers face in its produce supply chain, it is now more urgent than ever to grow and strengthen the new reality of tens of thousands of workers protected by the CIW’s Fair Food Program.  This past spring, we’ve seen the most creative — and courageous! — methods of student organizing advance the Wendy’s Boycott, epitomized with the 7-day fast to Boot the Braids from The Ohio State University by 19 students and alumni, and the roaring wave of rolling fasts that spread like wildfire over a dozen university campuses nationwide as a result. 

At this tipping point in the Wendy’s Boycott, we’re ready to bring it all home, right here in the beating heart of the CIW’s struggle for dignity and justice in Immokalee, and invite the SFA network to join us in paving the path to victory at the 2017 Encuentro! 

APPLY FOR THE 2017 ENCUENTRO!

This September 7-10, we’re continuing the decade-long annual Encuentro tradition by bringing together brilliant young organizers from across the country to develop SFA’s vision to continue fighting alongside the CIW in the Wendy’s Boycott.  At the Encuentro, we will build our organizing skills and leadership as a network, all the while learning from and deepening relationships with the farmworker community in Immokalee.

After an invigorating weekend-long strategy retreat in Washington, DC, last month, the SFA Steering Committee and staff are diving deep into planning for the 2017 Encuentro and finalizing details for an action-packed fall semester!