June 22, 2010
NEWS SUMMARY: Campaign for Fair Food spends a whirlwind week in Washington!
As the Campaign for Fair Food prepares for a summer season sure to be full of big news — including more Publix action and a Northeast Slavery Museum Tour that is currently in the works and will focus on Ahold properties Giant and Stop and Shop — now is a good time to post a quick summary of the CIW’s whirlwind tour of Washington, D.C.
As most visitors to this site know, the CIW’s own Laura Germino was honored last week — along with eight other international anti-slavery activists — by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her exemplary efforts in the fight against modern-day slavery in the United States.
Following that standing-room-only ceremony in the State Department’s storied Benjamin Franklin Room (right), the CIW’s Modern-Day Slavery Museum spent three days on exhibit in the Nation’s Capital, one day outside the States Department and two days on the National Mall. All the while, CIW representatives met with Administration officials on important new initiatives to secure long-overdue justice for Florida’s farmworkers.
Here below is a round-up of all the CIW photo reports, official State Department statements (including remarkably strong and encouraging words on the importance of corporate social accountability in the fight against slavery), and national media from the CIW’s exhilarating trip to Washington:
- CIW photo report from State Department “Hero” ceremony
- CIW photo report from Modern-Day Slavery Museum two-day stay on National Mall
- “Human Trafficking: Not Someone Else’s Problem,” 6/15/10 (Nation story on the State Department event, reprinted by NPR, CBS, and Common Dreams)
- “Human Trafficking ‘Serious’ in U.S., Report Says,” Business Week, 6/14/10
- “Southwest Florida woman honored for fight against slavery,” Ft. Myers News-Press, 6/14/10
- Editorial: “Slavery fighter’s decency lauded,” Ft. Myers News-Press, 6/15/10
- Remarks on the Release of the 10th Annual Trafficking in Persons Report, U.S. State Department, 6/14/10
And from National Public Radio, “A First: US Included in Human Trafficking Report,” 6/15/10
Be sure to check back soon for more news from the Campaign for Fair Food, as a summer of supermarket action ramps up along the entire East Coast!