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Wendy’s Week of Action off with a bang! Actions kick off in Orlando, Austin…

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"We plan to fight until Wendy's agrees to respect the dignity of the farmworkers its business depends on..."And, they're off!  Starting last Sunday, the Student / Farmworker Alliance -- cheered on by the rest of the Alliance for Fair Food -- kicked off the National "Schooling Wendy's" Week of Action.  Although we'll be sharing the full round up after the jam-packed >> Read More

ACTION ALERT! Student / Farmworker Alliance calls on network for Wendy’s Week of Action!

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Students to "school Wendy’s on the many ways the fast-food joint has failed to make the grade"...With the academic year now in full swing -- and in the wake of the energizing 2015 Encuentro -- the Student / Farmworker Alliance is kicking off the school season with its first national Week of Action!  Next week, from Sunday, September 27th to Sunday, October 4th, the >> Read More

Watch out, Wendy’s! 100+ Encuentro participants, farmworkers protest for Fair Food…

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CIW members, students: "Maybe Wendy’s will continue to refuse to be a part of the Program today -- but every day, there are more and more of us, and someday, Wendy’s will sign..."This past weekend, after months of planning and preparation, the Student / Farmworker Alliance hosted the 11th annual Encuentro in Immokalee, where students and young people from around >> Read More

Coming Soon: Student/Farmworker Alliance’s 2015 Annual Encuentro!

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Scores of students, young people to gather in Immokalee, develop strategy for Publix, Wendy's campaigns...Each fall, the Campaign for Fair Food takes off with a burst of renewed energy thanks to an annual Immokalee tradition:  The Student/Farmworker Alliance Encuentro!  An action-packed weekend of strategizing and learning for students and youth from all over the country, the Encuentro this year is set for September 10-13.  Check out >> Read More

Mailbag! A letter from the Fair Food Nation to Immokalee…

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[hupso title="Inspired by @FoodChainsFilm, DC middle schoolers sell lemonade for farmworker justice!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/05/mailbag-middle-school/"] Inspired by "Food Chains," DC middle schoolers sell lemonade for farmworker justice! "Fair" is one of the first words we learn when we need to distinguish right from wrong in the world.  "That's not fair!" is a universal childhood lament that echoes across playgrounds, streets, and backyards around the country and across generations.  Indeed, children come >> Read More

National student boycott against Wendy’s picks up major steam!

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[hupso title="National @Sfalliance student boycott against @Wendys picks up major steam!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/04/wendys-boycott-update/"] [caption id="attachment_21823" align="aligncenter" width="600"] University of California students rallying during Wendy's Weekend of Action[/caption] U of Michigan declares official boycott; Students on over a dozen campuses take to the streets (and food courts) for Weekend of Action... Since Ohio State University's declaration of a national student boycott of Wendy's at last month's >> Read More

Students, young people to Wendy’s: “You’re boycotting the Fair Food Program, so we’re going to boycott you!”

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[hupso title=".@Sfalliance to @Wendys: You're boycotting the @FairFoodProgram, so we're going to boycotting you!" url=" https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/03/wendys-boycott/"] Amidst massive Concert and Parade for Fair Food, Student / Farmworker Alliance declares national Wendy's boycott! If you had the pleasure of joining farmworkers from Immokalee for last week's Parade and Concert for Fair Food, you will remember just what a sweet celebration it was.  The parade >> Read More

Watch out, Wendy’s! #BootTheBraids “Food Chains” tour hits the road…

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[hupso title="Watch out @Wendys! #BootTheBraids @FoodChainsFilm tour hits the road..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/02/boot-tour/"] Students throughout the Midwest, Northeast readying to Boot the Braids!    Hot on the heels of an exciting first month of the new year for the Fair Food Program (January began with the announcement of the newest Fair Food Agreement and ended with the CIW receiving a presidential medal for its efforts >> Read More

Boot the Braids!… Student-led Wendy’s campaign set to hit the road running this coming school year!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Immokalee prepares for #2014Encuentro! Students & youth from #FairFoodNation make plans for @Wendys this fall..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/08/encuentro/"] With the annual Student/Farmworker Alliance "Encuentro" just around the corner, student and youth leaders of the Fair Food Nation train their sights on Wendy's with an echo of the seminal "Boot the Bell" campus-based movement...  [caption id="attachment_19941" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Members of the Student/Farmworker >> Read More

Ohio Freedom School scholars take up the Fair Food banner!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="#Ohio Freedom School scholars take up #FairFood banner!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/08/ohio-freedom-scholars"] 40+ youth march through streets of Columbus to local Wendy's, are barred from entering store... From the Tour de Fair Food in Denver earlier this month to July's convergence of young food justice leaders in Albuquerque, young consumers across the country have taken to the streets this summer to send a message to Wendy's: We care about poverty and exploitation behind the >> Read More