Get on the bus!

People of New York!!!

Fair Food NYC is organizing two caravans of justice headed to Chicago for the CIW mobilization in April and we want you to come!

What: McDonalds Truth Tour and major CIW mobilization in Chicago

When: The bus from NYC leaves late evening Thursday April 12th, and returns late night Sunday April 15th

Who: Students, workers, community groups, people of faith and folks from around New York City

Why: To rise up with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers for their annual Truth Tour and to tell McDonalds that we won’t back down until they agree to work with the CIW for farmworkers rights and a penny more per pound!

To secure your place on the bus, email Leanne at lentejasrojas(at)gmail.com with your name, email address and phone number and we’ll take it from there.

Additionally, the week of February 26th, Celeste from the Student-Farmworker Alliance will be in New York meeting with some local groups and there will be a few public events you can attend to learn more about the local campaign and the trip to Chicago. Look for emails soon about a final schedule for those.

See you in the streets!

Fair Food New York City

2007 McDonald’s Truth Tour and major Chicago mobilizations quickly approaching!

* Major rally outside McDonald’s global headquarters - Friday, 4/13, Oak Brook, IL
* Carnaval and Parade for Fair Food, Real Rights, and Dignity - Saturday, 4/14, downtown Chicago

In recent years, many of us have climbed into cars, vans and buses to go to anti-war marches, global justice summits, and movement conferences.

The time has come, once again, for another such caravan of justice, this one leading from all points of the country to the Windy City, Chicago – home of fast-food giant McDonald’s. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers has called two days of historic mobilization for farmworker justice in the Golden Arches’ backyard capping off this year’s Truth Tour.

The Campaign for Fair Food – demanding that McDonald’s take responsibility for the decades of grinding poverty and degradation in its tomato supply chain – is quickly hurtling toward a decisive turning point. Farmworkers from Immokalee and their allies are going up against one of the world’s largest corporations to demand the dignity of workers and consumers alike. Will you be there?

This April, join us for this pivotal and historic convergence. For two years, we’ve been patient while McD’s stalled. Now is it’s time to show our collective strength and turn out the largest possible numbers in Chicago.

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Fair Food NYC www.fairfoodnyc.org
http://www.myspace.com/fairfoodnyc

http://www.ciw-online.org
http://www.sfalliance.org

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