Register for the first-ever Farmworker Freedom Festival from March 8-10 in Bradley Park, Palm Beach, FL
Join the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in a 3-day celebration of farmworkers’ human rights featuring the CIW’s mobile Modern-day Slavery Museum, a benefit concert, and original farmworker theater and art, including a two-story tall, life-like farmworker puppet walking the streets of Palm Beach, giving voice to the country’s farmworker community in their ongoing fight for fundamental human rights.
SCHEDULE
Friday, March 8
Modern Slavery Museum Exhibit - Noon - 5 PM Bradley Park
Mobile rally - 1-5 PM (Assemble at Bradley Park at noon)
Saturday, March 9 (main day)
Shuttle to Bradley Park (9:30 AM to 5 PM)
Modern Slavery Museum Exhibit in Bradley Park (10 AM to 7 PM)
Workshops in Bradley Park (10 AM - 2 PM, Lunch provided for those registered)
10:30 AM
Come to the Table (Faith and Justice)
- Interfaith dialogue on the history and ongoing role of faith allies in the Campaign for Fair Food
Music and Protest
- Join artist Olmeca and the Raow Raow Collective as they lead a discussion on the power of music in movements for change
11:00 AM
Art and Justice
- Learn about the role art plays in amplifying movements’ messages
12:00 PM
Human Rights at the Workplace
- Join conversations on worker-driven initiatives for social change and community organizing with WeCount and the CIW
1:00 PM
Building Student Power
- Learn from a panel of student leaders on how to help support grassroots movements
Bomba Music & Dance
- Join the 813 Project as they teach a workshop on Bomba, a music and dance style originating from the enslaved African populations of Puerto Rico
Concert in the Park (2 - 7 PM)
- Olmeca
- The 813 Project
- Farmworker Theater
- WeCount, Miami Worker Center
- Ilusion 7
- Coalition of Immokalee Workers
- Malacates Trebol Shop
Shuttle out of Palm Beach (7-8 PM)
Sunday, March 10
Meeting in Bradley Park (9 AM to 2 PM)
Saturday, March 9th, 2024 - Parking and Shuttle Plan
PARKING PLAN:
Option 1 (Park and short walk):
Government Center 4 Parking: 315 3rd St, West Palm Beach, FL 33403. *For those who are willing/able, it is a .75 mile walk from this parking area to Bradley Park across the Flagler Memorial Bridge. We ask that you please walk if you choose to park in this lot to ensure we have shuttle capacity for those who need it.*
Option 2 (Park and walk or shuttle if needed):
Evernia Parking Garage (MAKE SURE YOU DOUBLE CHECK GOOGLE MAPS IS TAKING YOU TO THE “EVERNIA ST.” ADDRESS. THERE IS ANOTHER GARAGE OF THE SAME NAME)
333 Evernia St, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
*For those who are willing/able, it is a 1 mile walk from this parking area to Bradley Park across the Flagler Memorial Bridge. We ask that you please walk if you choose to park in this lot to ensure we have shuttle capacity for those who need it.*
Shuttle Details:
CIW Shuttle will meet participants in front of Evernia Parking Garage on Evernia St. side.
There will be a CIW Volunteer wearing a JUSTICE FOR FARMWORKERS shirt who can help direct you. Look for vans labeled “CIW.”
First shuttle will pick up participants at 9:15 a.m.
Last shuttle will pick up participants at 4:00 p.m.
First shuttle will leave the concert for drop-off at 7:00 p.m.
Last shuttle will leave the concert for drop-off at 8:00 p.m.
For more information, contact:
email: workers@ciw-online.org
phone: 239-675-9497
BACKGROUND:
In the mansion-lined streets and parks of Palm Beach, the Farmworker Freedom Festival will pose this simple question: How much longer will the men and women who harvest our food be forced to face unimaginable abuse when a proven solution is just an agreement away?
Wendy’s and Kroger have indefensibly stood against the Fair Food Program for years, even as reports of exploitation and slavery continue to emerge from their suppliers’ operations. Only when all large buyers of produce are part of the Fair Food Program will freedom and safety for all farmworkers be possible – and in Palm Beach is the one person with the power to bring the final fast-food holdout, Wendy’s, to the table.
Wendy’s – Whose Board Chair Nelson Peltz lives and does business in Palm Beach, one of the wealthiest communities in the United States, and continues to turn a blind eye to the only proven solution to modern-day slavery, the Fair Food Program.
Kroger – One of the country’s largest supermarkets, which has trumpeted its commitment to social responsibility and claims to “uphold high standards and expectations for human rights and fair labor in our U.S. and global food and consumer products supply chain,” but also refuses to join the Fair Food Program as the only documented means to not just “expect” human rights in their supply chain, but enforce them. In fact, Kroger has been named as a buyer in multiple forced labor rings.
Together, we will follow in the footsteps of 30 years of CIW organizing and more than a decade of documented, unparalleled success in monitoring and enforcing human rights.
Together we will assemble in Palm Beach – workers and conscious consumers, shoulder to shoulder — to celebrate the freedom provided by the Fair Food Program, and demand its rapid expansion across the US and the rest of the world!