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Modern-Day Slavery Museum invited to Lakeland!

Modern-Day Slavery Museum invited to Lakeland!

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Visit to Publix's hometown (including stops at the Church of the Resurrection, and a Black History Month celebration) underscores the value of CIW's Fair Food Program, injustice of Publix's refusal to support historic changes in Florida's fields... This past weekend, one of Lakeland's largest houses of worship, Church of the Resurrection, welcomed the CIW to its beautiful campus for a weekend-long program of >> Read More

Map it! The March for Rights, Respect, and Fair Food route has been mapped and it is ready for your review…

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  View the march route on a larger map In just over one month from today, workers from Immokalee and their allies from across the state and the country will begin a two-week, 175-mile march from Ft. Myers to Publix corporate headquarters in Lakeland, Florida. The marchers will be calling on Publix to join the CIW's Fair Food Program, the >> Read More
Photo Report: “Cycling to Crenshaw” Bike Pilgrimage to Publix Immokalee to Lakeland, FL 8/27 – 9/6, 2011

Photo Report: “Cycling to Crenshaw” Bike Pilgrimage to Publix Immokalee to Lakeland, FL 8/27 – 9/6, 2011

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"Cycling to Crenshaw" Bike Pilgrimage to Publix Immokalee to Lakeland, FL 8/27 - 9/6, 2011 Immokalee to Ft. Myers Days 1 & 2 Participants on the tour gathered before dawn for some coffee and last-minute safety checks at the CIW's headquarters... ... where, before heading out for Lakeland, they received a blessing for the road from Rev. Miguel Estrada of >> Read More

Publix takes a pass…

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="520"] A Publix spokesperson, above right, who met the delegation of CIW bikers outside of security at the entrance to Publix's long corporate driveway, asks the bikers to "wrap it up" after a brief back and forth at the culmination of the 200-mile Pilgrimage to Publix.[/caption] Publix CEO Crenshaw refuses to meet with bikers, rejects invitation to >> Read More

Cycling to Crenshaw…

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  Pilgrimage to Publix ready to roll! With the 200-mile trek from Immokalee to Publix corporate headquarters in Lakeland just around the corner, bike tour members practice earlier this week in Naples. (photo Naples Daily News) Plus... Check out the final photo report from the Trader Joe's Northeast Tour! A special team of bike messengers is ready to hit the >> Read More
“Farmworker Freedom March”

“Farmworker Freedom March”

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MEDIA CONTACT Gerardo Reyes (CIW), 239-503-0950 Lucas Benitez (CIW), 239-503-0133 Julia Perkins (CIW), 239-986-0891 Farmworkers, Consumers Come Together for "Farmworker Freedom March" from Tampa to Lakeland, Hometown of Publix Supermarkets Landmark three-day event calls for “Freedom from forced labor, poverty, abuse” Immokalee, FL (April 14, 2010) – A caravan of farmworkers from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) – an internationally-recognized >> Read More
Walk for Farmworker Justice

Walk for Farmworker Justice

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Walk for Farmworker Justice Lakeland, FL Dec 6 , 2009 photos by JJ Tiziou Sunday's Walk for Farmworker Justice started shortly after noon when nearly 200 workers from Immokalee arrived at the Publix on Florida Avenue on the edge of downtown Lakeland, hometown of the Publix supermarket chain. It wasn't long before the Immokalee contingent was joined by a growing >> Read More