Category: A Year to Dine with Dignity: May 2009 – August 2010

Great news out of Washington, DC

Great news out of Washington, DC

Great news out of Washington, DC: U.S. State Department to recognize CIW Anti-Slavery Coordinator Laura Germino as 2010 "Anti-Trafficking Hero"! CIW Modern-Day Slavery Museum headed to DC to serve as backdrop for ceremony... Germino (above, right, leading Sec. of Labor Solis on recent tour of museum) to be first US recipient of State Department "Hero" recognition... Ten years ago, with >> Read More
Slavery stories…

Slavery stories…

Stories in St. Petersburg Times, the Nation focus on the human rights crisis in Florida's fields Jewel Goodman (pictured on right, photo by John Pendygraft), a farmworker who harvested potatoes and cabbage for farm labor contractor Ronald Evans in Hastings, Florida, is quoted in last week's St. Petersburg Times story entitled, simply, "Modern day slavery": "I had to scrap with >> Read More
NPR’s “Latino USA” runs a hard-hitting, national story on Publix, slavery museum!

NPR’s “Latino USA” runs a hard-hitting, national story on Publix, slavery museum!

Maria Hinojosa: "Tracing back just where our tomatoes come from, and finding something disturbing"... Check out what just might be the definitive radio story on the Publix campaign, a six-minute piece that ran this weekend on NPR's "Latino USA" program. Here's an excerpt: NPR reporter: "Why do you think it (slavery) is still happening?" Student: "Why? Because we're ignorant. We >> Read More
CIW delegation visits supermarket giant Ahold

CIW delegation visits supermarket giant Ahold

CIW delegation visits supermarket giant Ahold (owner of Giant, Stop and Shop) on home turf in Amsterdam, Holland! Next meeting set for early June with US branch... Campaign for Fair Food business on the other side of the Atlantic last week brought a small delegation from the CIW (pictured above are Laura Germino, Coordinator of the CIW's Anti-Slavery Campaign, and >> Read More
Still Waiting…

Still Waiting…

Really?... Then why not stand behind your ingredients and accept the Chipotle Challenge? Chipotle CEO Ells continues to duck Chipotle Challenge... While supermarket industry leaders like Publix, Ahold, and Kroger continue to bear the brunt of public pressure from the growing Campaign for Fair Food, sustainable food darling Chipotle and its celebrity CEO Steve Ells continue to duck the Campaign >> Read More
CIW women’s group, youth star in new Freedom March video!

CIW women’s group, youth star in new Freedom March video!

Plus... see the latest media round-up... For a slightly different cut on last weekend's inspirational Farmworker Freedom March, check out the video above, featuring photos of CIW's women's group members and young people from Immokalee. The video is set to a rendition of the anti-slavery hymn "Amazing Grace" sung by the incomparable Mahalia Jackson. Now, for people of a certain >> Read More