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Gone, but never to be forgotten…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Short title" url="the URL"] [caption id="attachment_19968" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Bishop John Nevins (left) performs a mass in Immokalee on January 15, 2007, during his final days as bishop of the Diocese of Venice. Bishop Nevins passed away this past Tuesday at his residence in Venice, FL.[/caption] Bishop John Nevins has passed away, but his commitment to social justice and to >> Read More

The vigil begins: 24 hours for Fair Food…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="#Vigil" url="the URL"] After nine days on the road, the Now Is The Time Tour reaches Lakeland, settles in for 24-hour vigil! Note from the media team: What follows is a quick dispatch from the front recapping yesterday's action at the all-night vigil outside the Southgate Publix in Lakeland, Fl.  After a long night for the documentation crew, our >> Read More
More photos from the front! Bonus pics from an exciting Wendy’s Founder’s Week of Action…

More photos from the front! Bonus pics from an exciting Wendy’s Founder’s Week of Action…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="BONUS! Even more photos from #FairFoodNation's @Wendys #FoundersWeekofAction!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17276"] The Wendy's Founder's Week of Action was so successful (be sure to check out the full report here if you haven't seen it yet), so colorful, and so exciting that it just wouldn't be fair to keep all the great photos sent in to Immokalee from events around the country to >> Read More
Publix Truth Tour kicks off in Gainesville!

Publix Truth Tour kicks off in Gainesville!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="#PublixTruthTour kicks off in Gainesville! Inspiring gathering followed by 100+ protest at @Publix " url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16483"] Tropical downpour only whets Fair Food activists' appetite for action on big first day of Southeast tour... The Publix Truth Tour launched yesterday with a dramatic send-off from some of the CIW's most stalwart allies in Gainesville. The partnership between Immokalee and Gainesville is >> Read More

Student/Farmworker Alliance Encuentro 2013 puts focus on Wendys, Publix!

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[hupso title=".@sfalliance #Encuentro2013 puts focus on @Wendys, @Publix!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16386"] Students, youth gather for a weekend of planning, convivio with workers in Immokalee... Last weekend, a storied tradition unfolded once again as the Student/Farmworker Alliance convened it's 9th Annual Encuentro in Immokalee.  Students and young people hailing from twenty states across the nation converged in the birthplace of the Campaign for Fair >> Read More

On the wrong side of history…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="When history passes by..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16177"] Publix stuck in 2009 as historic changes sweep through the Florida agricultural industry Labor Day Weekend of Action video, messages from CIW members capture spirit of change lost on Florida's grocery giant Four years ago -- after several years of private letters requesting a dialogue with Publix leaders on the Campaign for Fair Food >> Read More
Labor Day 2009 – Labor Day 2013: Four years of unprecedented progress in Florida’s fields, four years of unconscionable resistance from Florida’s “hometown grocer” Publix…

Labor Day 2009 – Labor Day 2013: Four years of unprecedented progress in Florida’s fields, four years of unconscionable resistance from Florida’s “hometown grocer” Publix…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="#LaborDay '09 - Labor Day '13" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=15970"] Farmworkers, consumers ready for protests across the state of Florida this Labor Day weekend calling on Publix to end the excuses and join the Fair Food Program! Last Labor Day, Holly Burkhalter of the International Justice Mission concluded her Washington Post op/ed on the CIW's Fair Food Program with the following paragraph: >> Read More
Welcome, Treasure Coast Fair Food!

Welcome, Treasure Coast Fair Food!

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March gives rise to new Fair Food Committee on Florida's east coast with a strong interfaith spirit... After more than a decade of community gatherings, class presentations, candlelight vigils, pray-ins, and protests -- not to mention the hotly contested Publix campaign right here in the CIW's home state -- the Campaign for Fair Food has built a pretty impressive network of consumer >> Read More
And now, the oop to yesterday’s alley!

And now, the oop to yesterday’s alley!

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Part 2 of Professor Hartley's letter to Publix... Yesterday we shared the first half of a letter from Anne Hartley, a faculty member at Ft. Myers' own Florida Gulf Coast University (Eagles throwin' alleys!... ok, sorry, that's the last link, we promise) to Publix's Media and Community Relations Manager Brian West. Today, as promised, we bring you the conclusion of >> Read More