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Pressure on supermarket giant Ahold goes bi-continental

Posted on August 11, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

Dutch Fair Food allies in Amsterdam rallied last week outside an Ahold-owned supermarket in the heart of the city at the start of a march on Ahold's corporate headquarters. The marchers demanded that the supermarket giant join in partnership with the CIW to improve farmworker wages and working conditions. Above, the protesters are led by the inimitable Reverend Billy (right, >> Read More

Modern-Day Slavery Museum Northeast Tour Days Twelve and Thirteen, New England

Posted on August 9, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

Aug. 7-8, 2010 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="288"] After a powerful Day Eleven of bi-continental Ahold actions, the tour crew continued its blitz through New England, making four stops in just two days.The first stop was at the largest of Providence's numerous farmers markets -- the Hope Street Market -- where community members gather every Saturday during the season to buy >> Read More

Manhattan hosts the Modern-Day Slavery Museum!

Posted on August 9, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

Video short with reactions by museum goers from New York. Check out the photo report from Days Eight, Nine & Ten in New York City... Last week, the CIW's Modern-Day Slavery Museum spent three very busy days in New York City, and the event made quite a splash! Here's a quick media round-up: The New York Times, "Rolling Museum Casts >> Read More

Modern-Day Slavery Museum Northeast Tour Day Eleven, Aug. 6, 2010 Quincy, MA & Amsterdam

Posted on August 6, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

Day Eleven of the Northeast Tour was a clear departure from previous days, distinguished by two inspiring actions that ratcheted up pressure on supermarket giant Ahold on both sides of the Atlantic. In the U.S., the tour crew (pictured above) delivered nearly 1,000 postcards -- each signed by consumers during the first half of the three-week tour -- to Ahold >> Read More

Modern-Day Slavery Museum Northeast Tour Days Eight, Nine and Ten, New York City

Posted on August 5, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

Aug. 2-4, 2010 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="288"] To kick off Week Two of the tour, the Modern-Day Slavery Museum spent three very busy days in New York, a Northern city heavily implicated in the history of chattel slavery.This long-forgotten history is best reflected at African Burial Ground National Monument (pictured above), a 6.6-acre burial ground in Lower Manhattan that was >> Read More

Modern-Day Slavery Museum rolls into the Garden State!

Posted on August 4, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

View the photo report from Days Six & Seven in New Jersey... To round out the first week of its Northeast Tour, the Modern-Day Slavery Museum spent two days in two different New Jersey cities, a state that is itself no stranger to migrant farmworkers and fruit and vegetable truck farms. And as throughout the tour, consumers in Princeton and >> Read More

Modern-Day Slavery Museum visits Philly!

Posted on August 2, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

Video short with reactions by museum goers from Philadelphia. Don't miss the photo report from Days Three, Four & Five in the City of Brotherly Love... The CIW's Modern-Day Slavery Museum spent two hot days on Philadelphia's historic Independence Mall last week, providing an opportunity to reflect on the themes of freedom and bondage throughout American history. In addition to >> Read More

Modern-Day Slavery Museum Northeast Tour, Days Six and Seven, Princeton and Paterson, NJ

Posted on August 1, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

July 30 & August 1, 2010 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="288"] To round out the first week of its Northeast Tour, the Modern-Day Slavery Museum departed Pennsylvania for its neighbor to the east, New Jersey. As its nickname hints, the Garden State itself is no stranger to fruit and vegetable production and has served as one of the northernmost points on >> Read More

Modern-Day Slavery Museum Northeast Tour, Days 3-5, Philadelphia, PA

Posted on July 30, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

July 27-29, 2010 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="288"] After successful stops in Charlottesville, VA and Washington, DC, the Florida Modern-Day Slavery Museum spent two and a half days in Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, and one-time capital of the United States. The site for most of the visit -- directly outside Independence Hall, in a highly trafficked constellation of museums >> Read More

The Nation’s Capital hosts the Modern-Day Slavery Museum… Again!

Posted on July 27, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

Video short with reactions by museum goers from Washington, DC, and Charlottesville, VA Check out the photo report from Day Two in Washington, DC... Last time the CIW's Modern-Day Slavery Museum was in DC, it stood shoulder to shoulder with the country's most august museums on the National Mall. This time, we left the monuments for the slightly more down >> Read More