Tag: march for rights respect and fair food

We have lost a friend, and the South has lost a unique voice for justice…

[hupso_hide][hupso title="A friend & unique voice for justice in the South: @CIW honors John Egerton @potlikker" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17783"] John Egerton passed away late last year, and we offer our heartfelt condolences to all of those who love their Southern food with a side of social justice. "By way of his belief in the possibilities of our region, by way of his >> Read More

Out with the old…

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#HappyNewYear! Take a look back at #FairFoodNation during busy & wildly successful #2013 " url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17719"] Not so fast!  We take a look back at 2013 -- the year the Fair Food Program proved its mettle and won acclaim from the White House to the United Nations -- before heading into what is sure to be a huge 2014... The >> Read More
“Once we all get together, we’re unstoppable.”

“Once we all get together, we’re unstoppable.”

Grist.org article highlights power, logic of alliance between farmworkers, family farmers! Farmers and farmworkers are most often portrayed as locked in mortal battle, their interests diametrically opposed, their conflict eternal and insoluble. And while that dynamic has driven some dramatic organizing struggles over the years -- from Delano, CA, to Immokalee, FL -- a new analysis of the relationship between the >> Read More

Publix march fuels Wendy’s actions!

Wendy's protests on the docket for April around the Northeast... Last week we talked about the law of conservation of (social) energy, the notion of how social energy, like physical energy, once created — as it was in massive quantities during last month's March for Rights, Respect, and Fair Food — is never destroyed but only changes form. By this >> Read More
March for Rights, Respect & Fair Food

March for Rights, Respect & Fair Food

From March 3 - 17, 2013, the CIW and allies marched 200 miles from Ft. Myers to Lakeland, calling on Publix to join the New Day and sign a Fair Food Agreement! Check out some of the quick links below, or visit the full march site at https://www.ciw-online.org/march. Photo Reports Videos Updates for each day of the March MARCH 3 >> Read More
Social media chatter surges around the March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food!

Social media chatter surges around the March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food!

Facebook, Twitter, and the blogosphere alive with messages from marchers, well wishers as the final touches are put on preparations (including the 8-ft. tall statue, right, that will accompany marchers every step of the way)! Cheryl Queen is an executive with Compass Group, the country's largest foodservice company and one of eleven multi-billion dollar food industry leaders that has signed on to >> Read More