One month from today: Where will YOU be?
Marc Rodrigues
One month from today, hundreds of farmworkers from Immokalee, their families and their allies from across Florida and the rest of the country will be in the midst of an historic, three-day "Farmworker Freedom March" from Tampa to the headquarters of the Publix supermarket chain in Lakeland, Florida.
Publix -- the largest grocery chain in the south and one of the largest
private corporations in the US with 2009 sales of $25 billion -- has
refused to take responsibility for the human rights crisis in its
tomato suppliers' fields.
One month from today, we'll march under the Florida sun, singing, chanting, and proclaiming our vision of a better world for farmworkers and for our communities alike.
One
month from today, our hope and faith
in the justness of our cause and its inevitable triumph will meet the
brazen indifference and contempt Publix has shown toward the lives of
farmworkers.
One
month from today, where will you be?
Visit the Student/Farmworker Alliance site
today -- http://sfalliance.org --
for a timely
reflection on the Farmworker Freedom March and information on how you
and folks in your community can get involved and join us at the march.
This April 16-18, at the Farmworker Freedom March:
- Meet and connect with farmworkers from Immokalee and throughout the state of Florida;
- Network and learn from other students and community leaders who are also part of the Campaign for Fair Food;
- Add your voice to that of thousands of others calling on Publix to come to the table and work with the CIW;
- And be a part of making history.
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