Tag: Lupe Gonzalo

CIW receives 2018 ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism!

CIW receives 2018 ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism!

ALBA, Puffin Foundation lift up power of CIW's Campaign for Fair Food: "The CIW's hands-on organizing, coalition building, protests, boycotts, and forging alliances with consumers has demonstrated the modern-day power of organizing..." This past weekend, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers had the tremendous honor of receiving the 2018 ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism in recognition of the CIW's 25-year >> Read More
NYC Human Rights Commission invites CIW to join panel of “international and national figures in the fight against sexual harassment and gender equity…”

NYC Human Rights Commission invites CIW to join panel of “international and national figures in the fight against sexual harassment and gender equity…”

[caption id="attachment_28404" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Photo Credit: Adrienne Nicole Productions for the NYC Commission on Human Rights.[/caption] New York City's First Lady, Chirlane McCray:  "How can we help harness this moment in order to grow and sustain the movement?"... Last week, the New York City Human Rights Commission partnered with the Office of the First Lady Chirlane McCray and the Mayor’s >> Read More
CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo: “Only together were we able to break our silence…”

CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo: “Only together were we able to break our silence…”

[caption id="attachment_26975" align="aligncenter" width="600"] From right to left, CIW's Lupe Gonzalo, the Alliance for Fair Food's Natali Rodriguez, U.S. Soccer star Abby Wambach, writer Luvvie Ajayi, author Glennon Doyle, WME Entertainment's Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, and author Latham Thomas end on a triumphant note at the Minneapolis stop of the Together Live Tour.[/caption] The Together Live Tour -- the nationwide event >> Read More

Thousands join CIW for launch of #FairFoodSisters Campaign in San José, Phoenix during Together Live Tour!

California and Arizona give CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo standing ovation following moving on-stage interview with U.S. Women’s Soccer gold-medalist Abby Wambach…Last week, CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo took to the stage at two of the country’s historic theaters alongside an impressive lineup of New York Times bestselling authors, Olympic athletes, and other human rights heroes in San José, CA and Phoenix, AZ during the >> Read More

ACTION ALERT: “Wendy’s, You’re Failing Farmworker Women” National Week of Action, Oct. 21-28!

Students step up to the plate, fight side-by-side with farmworker women to end sexual violence in Wendy's supply chain!Right up until the final days of last spring semester, Wendy's unconscionable decision to shift its tomato purchases to Mexico rather than participate in the Fair Food Program had students across the country up in arms.  Between the historic rolling Fast for Farmworker Justice and the colorful >> Read More

BREAKING: CIW to join Abby Wambach, Glennon Doyle on national Together Live Tour!

NEXT WEEK:  CIW takes the Fair Food message on the road to eight major U.S. cities, launches Fair Food Sisters campaign... Back in early July, when New York Times bestselling author Glennon Doyle and U.S. Women's Soccer superstar Abby Wambach came to visit the CIW in Immokalee, the beginnings of a powerful new partnership -- and friendship -- were forged.  Indeed, in the months >> Read More

American history happens in a watermelon shed…

[hupso_hide][hupso title="World responds to @Walmart joining #FairFoodProgram! Press, statements, social media..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17932"] The world responds to news of the Walmart agreement! [caption id="attachment_17944" align="aligncenter" width="530"] A member of the Walmart delegation holds the Fair Food Program rights booklet during a meeting among CIW members, Florida tomato growers, Walmart representatives, and the Chairperson of the UN's Working Group on Business and >> Read More
“These ashes represent a new day dawning in the fields out of a dark past of abuse… These ashes also represent Publix’s opportunity for redemption.”

“These ashes represent a new day dawning in the fields out of a dark past of abuse… These ashes also represent Publix’s opportunity for redemption.”

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#UnitedMethodist Women host @CIW at annual gathering in #Lakeland, call on @Publix to support new day for farmworkers!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17106"] United Methodist Women host CIW at last weekend's Annual Conference in Lakeland, reaffirm their commitment to farmworkers and the call for Publix to support dramatic human rights advances taking root in the fields today... This past weekend, over 300 Florida United >> Read More
“A powerful voice for dignified wages and working conditions in the fields of Florida…”

“A powerful voice for dignified wages and working conditions in the fields of Florida…”

CIW staff Lupe Gonzalo honored as mother, community leader! Mother's Day is typically celebrated with flowers, cards, and calls home to mom. But the folks at the National Council of Churches's Poverty Initiative have their own way of celebrating mothers, with a special focus on "lifting up, celebrating, and praying for mothers who are fighting poverty and alleviating suffering in their communities." Much >> Read More