Lawrence Fair Food (LFF) works in solidarity with the Student/Farmworker Alliance (SFA) and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to raise awareness about farmworkers struggles in the Lawrence Community, while demanding social responsibility in this country's global food system.

We coordinate film nights, creative actions (marches, street theater, readers theater, puppets, etc!), and meet with local organizations and schools to talk about fair food.

LFF has been around since 2006, and has staged a number of actions and campaigns around the Lawrence community to expose the social justice issues behind the food we consume.

Lawrence Fair Food is on Facebook.

They usually meet Mondays at 7pm, rotating places.

The CIW website is www.ciw-online.org.

 

 

Immokalee, Florida: The Fight for Fair Food & Farmworker Justice

 

SPACES STILL OPEN FOR TEN DAY IMMERSION TRIP: MAY 15-25, 2010

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we work with – not for – farmworkers

"A dozen years ago -- shortly before Christmas, 1997 -- a small group of farmworkers in Immokalee began a 30-day hunger strike that would forever transform the struggle for justice in this country's fields. Their excruciating month-long fast cast an unblinking light on the cruel reality facing tomato pickers -- slipping sub-poverty wages, rampant wage theft, and even violent modern-day slavery rings. But more than that, it also exposed the Florida tomato industry’s deeply-rooted, unregenerate resistance to dialogue with farmworkers and to improving farm labor wages and conditions."

This small group of farmworkers grew into the successful community-based organization made up of Latino, Mayan Indian and Haitian migrant farmworkers known as the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.

 

only farmworkers can speak for themselves

 

What better way to learn about the dynamics of social movements than to live and dialogue with one of the most important living movements today? ...the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and The National Campaign for Fair Food and Farmworker Justice that are deeply rooted in Immokalee, Florida.

 

we have a powerful voice in working with farmworkers for systemic change

 

ARE YOU:

-A student/youth/community organizer working for social change - all levels welcome, no experience necessary!

-Willing to commit to weekly meetings before the Immersion trip, including fundraising and organizing events to report back to local community.

-Committed to anti-oppression, collective liberation and building diverse movement leadership.

-A creative team player comfortable working as part of a collective.

 

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN:

-Strengthening relationships with allies in the fight for fair food locally and nationally

-Challenging one another to continue the work upon our return- being accountable to ourselves and the struggle for social change

-Developing the big picture and contextualizing our local and national struggles globally    

 

we organize to build long-term movements for collective liberation