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CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo named as one of top “25 leaders, innovators and agents of change across the fresh produce supply chain.” 

CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo named as one of top “25 leaders, innovators and agents of change across the fresh produce supply chain.” 

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The Packer: “Drawing on her experience with the Fair Food Program, Gonzalo has helped to train, mentor and educate workers from other regions and industries on the Worker-Driven Social Responsibility model.” “Gonzalo also was a member of the CIW team working with Futures Without Violence, which collaborated with CIW and other Fair Food Program partners on the first sexual harassment >> Read More
Lupe Gonzalo’s journey from the fields to the forefront of human rights

Lupe Gonzalo’s journey from the fields to the forefront of human rights

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Lupe Gonzalo in Rebel Girls: "Food doesn’t come to the grocery store by magic. It comes from people. It comes from farmworkers.” ALSO: Congratulations to longtime CIW and FFP ally Susan Carter, much-deserved recipient of the Alvin R. Huntley Social Justice Award! As recognition grows for the remarkable trajectory of the Immokalee farmworker community over the past 30 years -- >> Read More
CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo: Taking action with consumer allies “made me feel powerful… – and inspired me to keep fighting for human rights.”

CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo: Taking action with consumer allies “made me feel powerful… – and inspired me to keep fighting for human rights.”

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[caption id="attachment_28852" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Lupe Gonzalo speaks at a Campaign for Fair Food rally in 2018.[/caption] The first time I left the town of Immokalee – and it wasn't to look for work in agricultural fields up north – was for a Campaign for Fair Food action with the CIW in 2011.  From the very first day I took my >> Read More
CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo: “The bodies of farmworkers are not so different from the Earth, which has endured years of contamination…”

CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo: “The bodies of farmworkers are not so different from the Earth, which has endured years of contamination…”

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[caption id="attachment_34157" align="aligncenter" width="794"] A popular education drawing used by CIW staff when doing worker-to-worker education in the fields as a part of the Fair Food Program.[/caption] Gonzalo: "... For years, those with greater economic and political power have taken on a great debt from Nature. The moment has arrived to pay the price, but the least powerful and poorest >> Read More
CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo on Nelson Peltz refusal to meet following massive march in NYC: “This was not as simple as refusing a group of people…”

CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo on Nelson Peltz refusal to meet following massive march in NYC: “This was not as simple as refusing a group of people…”

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“... It was an acceptance of the violence and sexual harassment that continues to happen in the fields.” PHOTO REPORT: 250+ march to the New York offices of Wendy’s Board Chair Nelson Peltz to demand an end to sexual violence against women farmworkers! During Manhattan’s packed rush hour on Monday evening, well over two hundred consumer allies from around New >> Read More
CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo: “Only together were we able to break our silence…”

CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo: “Only together were we able to break our silence…”

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[caption id="attachment_26975" align="aligncenter" width="600"] From right to left, CIW's Lupe Gonzalo, the Alliance for Fair Food's Natali Rodriguez, U.S. Soccer star Abby Wambach, writer Luvvie Ajayi, author Glennon Doyle, WME Entertainment's Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, and author Latham Thomas end on a triumphant note at the Minneapolis stop of the Together Live Tour.[/caption] The Together Live Tour -- the nationwide event >> Read More
“A powerful voice for dignified wages and working conditions in the fields of Florida…”

“A powerful voice for dignified wages and working conditions in the fields of Florida…”

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CIW staff Lupe Gonzalo honored as mother, community leader! Mother's Day is typically celebrated with flowers, cards, and calls home to mom. But the folks at the National Council of Churches's Poverty Initiative have their own way of celebrating mothers, with a special focus on "lifting up, celebrating, and praying for mothers who are fighting poverty and alleviating suffering in their communities." Much >> Read More
MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving gives $2 million to fuel expansion of Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food Program

MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving gives $2 million to fuel expansion of Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food Program

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Lupe Gonzalo, farmworker and CIW staff member: “Continuing to expand is quite urgent. It's quite important because only this path of the Fair Food Program has made a difference for thousands of workers."  A few days ago, we announced a partnership with Spanish farmworkers to explore building the first-ever Worker-driven Social Responsibility program in the EU.  Today we have another >> Read More
Breaking: CIW to join with Spanish farmworkers in exploration of Worker-driven Social Responsibility in Spanish Produce Industry

Breaking: CIW to join with Spanish farmworkers in exploration of Worker-driven Social Responsibility in Spanish Produce Industry

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[caption id="attachment_37360" align="aligncenter" width="900"] CIW staff member Lupe Gonzalo provides an on-the-clock, worker-to-worker education session at Tuxedo Corn, CO.[/caption] Lucas Benitez, CIW co-founder: “As workers ourselves – the men and women who built this new model and experienced this remarkable change – we are excited to continue the dialogue with workers around the globe about how they can transform their industries >> Read More