Rooting DC/ CIW Action! / Thanks to GroW & Green GW

[DC Fair Food Network]

Hello DC Fair Food Family,
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We will be tabling, as well as presenting at Rooting DC this Saturday at Wilson High School (Tenleytown Metro). 9am-4pm
DC Fair Food will be presenting at the following times:
Session B: 11:15 am - 12:15 pm: Harvest without Violence, room 309
Session E: 3 - 4 pm: 7 minute talk on Harvest without Violence as part of Food Policy and Justice. For those not familiar with Rooting DC, it is a FREE, all-day urban gardening forum that provides education about urban agriculture and food systems, cultivates health and protection of the environment, and builds community.
More Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/367473360393523/

We are also preparing for the CIW's major action in NYC. We will have groups of DMV students / community members going up to NYC to join them in Solidarity!
If you are interested in learning more about the upcoming action, check out the info below:
Single Day DC Student Mobilization, March 3.15.18 info here:
REGISTRATION LINK: http://bit.ly/2EGCIsf
FB Eevent page: https://www.facebook.com/events/172590703528618/

Weeklong Farmworker’s Freedom Fast March 11-15th, info here:
Contact Sara at dcfai...@gmail.com for more information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mfCkdADfAeqNRg_aZnlTfk4uSa_B3tgO/view?usp=sharing
FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/185394698878690/

WHY WE’RE MOBILIZING:
For years now, Wendy’s has turned a deaf ear to workers’ and
consumers’ calls to join the Fair Food Program. Worse yet, in response
to pressure to join the FFP, Wendy’s abandoned its longtime Florida
tomato suppliers altogether and shifted its purchases instead to
Mexico, where sexual harassment and assault in the fields are endemic
and farmworker women are intimidated into silence by a culture of
fear, violence, and corruption. Rather than do its part to support the
leading program for ending sexual violence in corporate supply chains,
Wendy’s has chosen to partner with an industry where – despite
widespread abuse -- its brand will be protected because women there
are afraid to complain and are forced into silence.

Finally a huge thanks to GrOW Community Garden & Green GW, if you do not know about them, do yourself a favor and check out the amazing work they are doing at George Washington University & within the DC Community! We are so happy to be able to collaborate with them and want to thank them for hosting the Food Chains film screening this past week, it was a blast!

thanks for reading this and please spread the word about the March 15th Action! (attached is a printable flyer for the action)

<3 DCFF

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