Walk for Farmworker Justice: Dec 6th in Lakeland!

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Please please please join me and the CIW on Sunday December 6, 2009!

This Sunday, Publix refused to accept a letter from the Coalition in

St. Pete. Yet, they have people with video cameras videotaping the

protesters. Personally I shop at Publix and have for years but they

have a responsibility to at least talk with the CIW about how

disgraceful it is that Florida's farmworkers now make 150% LESS now

than they did in 1950. As consumers and shoppers, we know that if

farmworkers made only one CENT more per pound, their wages would

DOUBLE. We would not even feel this at the cash register.

Let's do this! We need at least 1000 people out there - check out

www.ciw-online.org!

Join us!

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Hello Friends,

While Publix persists in refusing to be part

of the solution to farmworker poverty and human rights abuses in

Florida´s fields, the Campaign for Fair Food nonetheless presses on!

Walk for Farmworker Justice: Sunday, Dec.

6th in Lakeland

The culmination of this season´s efforts to

persuade Publix to instead choose the path of justice is fast

approaching! Scores of tomato pickers from Immokalee will be converging

in Lakeland -- where Publix is headquartered -- on Sunday, December 6th

for a memorable day of action. Please begin making plans to join us!

Starting at 2:30 PM, supporters will gather

at the Southgate Publix, located at 2515 S. Florida Avenue. There we

will have a colorful, spirited picket followed by a Walk for Farmworker

Justice around 3:30 PM to downtown Lakeland. The walk is approximately

2 miles and ends at Kryger Park with a wonderful program of music,

dynamic speakers and a candlelit vigil. Kryger Park is located at

100-198 S. Massachusetts Ave.

Join farmworkers from the CIW and their

families as we take the call for justice in the fields directly to

Publix´s hometown. It will be a splendid opportunity to stand

should-to-shoulder with farmworkers as they press for Publix to

recognize and honor their dignity and human rights.

IA´s Brigitte Gynther Selected for the

2009 Cardinal Bernardin Award

Our dear co-worker Brigitte has been awarded

the 2009 Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award by the US Conference

of Catholic Bishops Campaign for Human Development "for her role in

supporting and empowering farmworkers from the Coalition of Immokalee

Workers as they pursue fair wages, improved working conditions and an

end to modern-day slavery in the fields." The national award honors a

Catholic between the ages of 18 and 30 who "demonstrates leadership in

fighting poverty and injustice in the US through community-based

solutions." This evening she will address the annual fall meeting of

the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore.

Congratulations, Brigitte!

Stay tuned for more updates as Dec. 6th

quickly approaches!

Sincerely,

Jordan & Kim

Interfaith Action of Southwest Florida

239 986 9101 -- www.InterfaithAct.org

People of faith partnering with farmworkers

to cultivate justice in the fields

To make a donation to support Interfaith

Action´s work for Fair Food, click here