Category: Fair Food Takes Root: January 2012 – October 2012

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Farmworkers, Religious Leaders, Consumers to hold 6-day “Fast for Fair Food” outside Publix Corporate Headquarters

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MEDIA CONTACT Gerardo Reyes (Coalition of Immokalee Workers), 239-503-0950 Marc Rodrigues (Coalition of Immokalee Workers), 239-292-3431 www.ciw-online.org/fast | workers@ciw-online.org Fast to make moral appeal in light of Publix's unconscionable rejection of groundbreaking Fair Food Program; Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy, to take part in March 10th ceremony breaking the fast "... Theirs [Publix] is a morally >> Read More
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere…” Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere…” Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny." - Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail This past Wednesday, CIW members used twine to create a visible network reflecting Martin Luther King's notion of "interconnectedness" that bounds up the fate of >> Read More
“… theirs is a morally indefensible position and they can’t look the workers in the eye.” Rev. Bernice Powell Jackson

“… theirs is a morally indefensible position and they can’t look the workers in the eye.” Rev. Bernice Powell Jackson

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"... theirs is a morally indefensible position and they can’t look the workers in the eye." Rev. Bernice Powell Jackson, First United Church of Tampa, President, World Council of Churches from North America Father Les Singleton, speaking at Wednesday's press conference in Gainesville, holds pennies from his change after buying a tomato from a local Publix store. He later tossed >> Read More
Letter to Publix CEO Ed Crenshaw from the members of the Christian Witness in Public Life Mission Team Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church, Naples, Florida

Letter to Publix CEO Ed Crenshaw from the members of the Christian Witness in Public Life Mission Team Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church, Naples, Florida

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  February 24, 2012 Publix Super Markets Corporate Office P.O.Box 407 Lakeland, FL 33802-0407 Dear Mr. Crenshaw: This is not the first time that the Christian Witness in Public Life (CWPL) Mission Team from Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church in Naples, FL has contacted you about supporting the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW). Your backing would lead to better working conditions in >> Read More
Rev. Michael Livingston, former President of the National Council of Churches, to join Fast for Fair Food!

Rev. Michael Livingston, former President of the National Council of Churches, to join Fast for Fair Food!

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Rev. Livingston, now Director of the NCC's Poverty Initiative, will be fasting all six days together with CIW members and other allies outside Publix headquarters in Lakeland... Also: Fast for Fair Food Website now live! Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the Christian season of Lent. Rev. Noelle Damico of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) describes the significance of Lent: "Lent >> Read More
Publix Fast: More words of inspiration for the fasters, more press ahead of the fast…

Publix Fast: More words of inspiration for the fasters, more press ahead of the fast…

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Earlier this week we shared the words of allies -- Professor Carol Anderson of Emory University in Atlanta and Barry Estabrook, the widely respected food writer -- written in support of the upcoming Fast for Fair Food. Today, we have more words of inspiration for the fasters, this time from Marley Moynahan, a student ally at Georgetown University in Washington, >> Read More
200 turn out to turn up the heat on Publix!

200 turn out to turn up the heat on Publix!

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Momentum building ahead of next month's Fast for Fair Food... Yesterday's impromptu protest at a Naples area Publix turned out to be part massive picket, part joyous celebration. Over 200 Southwest Florida Fair Food activists -- a remarkably diverse and festive crowd -- switched tracks in the wake of last week's announcement of the CIW's agreement with Trader Joe's and >> Read More