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Coming soon to Nashville air waves: Radio Dignidad 104.1 FM!

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[caption id="attachment_22821" align="alignright" width="302"] Dignidad Obrera at the 2013 March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food. In the months ahead, the Nashville worker center will be launching their own worker-led radio station.[/caption]The spirit of the CIW's Radio Conciencia spreads across the South, as workers launch Workers' Dignity Radio in Nashville...And you can help!For five years now, one of the CIW's strongest >> Read More

“If Publix listened to all customers…”

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[hupso title="If @Publix listened to all customers..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/04/nashville-customers/"] [caption id="attachment_21778" align="aligncenter" width="610"] Publix officials, flanked by local police, at a March, 2015, Fair Food rally in Florida.[/caption] Publix rebuffs Nashville Fair Food, issues strict "No Trespassing" notice for Middle Tennessee... Earlier this month, we shared an exciting announcement from Nashville Fair Food:  On Sunday, April 12th, our indefatigable Volunteer State allies were planning to take Publix manager >> Read More

Nashville Fair Food takes Publix protests to the next level with the “Amazing Race for Farmworker Justice” this Sunday in Middle Tennessee!

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[hupso title=".@NashFairFood takes @Publix protests to next level with Amazing Race for Farmworker Justice!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/04/nashville-race/"] [caption id="attachment_21738" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The Nashville Fair Food delegation gathers for a picture during last month's big Parade and Concert for Fair Food in St. Petersburg, Florida.[/caption] Fresh off organizing a spirited delegation of nearly 100 to represent the Volunteer State at last month's spectacular Parade and Concert >> Read More

Cumberland Presbyterian women “Step Out” for Fair Food!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="#Chattanooga TN Cumberland Presbyterian Women step out for Fair Food!" url="https://ciw-online.org"] First-ever Fair Food protest in Chattanooga, TN, "a proud day to be part of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.”  Last week, Silvia Perez of the CIW delivered the keynote address at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s Women’s Ministry Convention in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  The Women’s Ministry, as part of its “Step Out” initiative committed to putting faith >> Read More
Publix Truth Tour rolls into Alabama, Tennessee, hits the streets in action!

Publix Truth Tour rolls into Alabama, Tennessee, hits the streets in action!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="100s from #FairFoodNation in #AL, #TN take action w/ #PublixTruthTour!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16566"] For its second week, the Publix Truth Tour -- infused with new energy after being joined by even more CIW members from Immokalee  -- rolled into Tennessee and Alabama. This chapter of the Tour was defined by the mobilization of hundreds of stalwart southerners who raised both signs >> Read More
Things are looking up in TN… for Fair Food!

Things are looking up in TN… for Fair Food!

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Through house parties and the hard work of thoughtful alliance building, the Fair Food Movement is taking root in the Volunteer State, and making its voice heard...  Following a boisterous picket (pictured below) by a broad coalition of more than 50 students, people of faith, labor activists, and consumers last month in Nashville, TN, Fair Food fever began to spread >> Read More