Fifty years ago today in Greensboro, North Carolina, a small group of students began a peaceful protest that catapulted the cruel injustice of racial segregation into national focus. Their sit-in at a Woolsworth lunch counter inspired countless others across the country to likewise take a stand against separate and unequal facilities for black Americans.

The bravery and resolve of these students made evident that indeed, in the words of the people’s historian and activist Howard Zinn, who sadly passed on last week, “small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.”

Today we are reminded of the courage and resolve of these students in the example of the Trail of Dreams – an inspiring group of Miami youth that on January 1st initiated a march to Washington D.C. in order to draw attention to injustices suffered by immigrants in the United States. As part of their journey by foot to the nation’s capital, they are delivering letters in support of the CIW’s campaign to Publix managers along the way. The picture above is from a visit to a Publix store outside of Mt. Dora, Florida, where the marchers met with the manager and gave her a copy of the Publix manager’s letter.

Publix can expect to hear from more and more concerned consumers as the CIW’s own march for justice, the Farmworker Freedom March, swiftly approaches. If you have not done so already, mark you calendar to join us for the march from Tampa to Lakeland (home to Publix) on April 16-18th!