Thursday, March 21, 2019

A truly GRAND finale!… Coalition of Immokalee Workers

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It is safe to say that the University of Florida had never seen anything quite like Thursday’s march before. So, in addition to the above video, we have put together an extensive photo report, which follows below. We hope you have a few minutes to pull up a chair and re-live the sights and sensations of what turned out to be a truly memorable action:
One last word before moving on the photo report… Needless to say, the CIW’s sincerest thanks go out to all the allies who worked tirelessly to organize last week’s march, and all the actions of the 4 for Fair Food Tour, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to Ann Arbor, Michigan. The logistics of housing, feeding, and transporting a busload of souls from Immokalee (two buses, in fact, once the tour hit Gainesville!) on an odyssey covering thousands of miles, from cold climes to warm, with impressive actions and presentations at every stop along the way, cannot be overestimated. And the tour's conclusion on Thursday in Gainesville would never have been possible without the selfless assistance of innumerable members of the vast – and fast-growing – Fair Food nation. Now safely back home in Immokalee, all of us extend our deepest gratitude to all of you. 

Photo Report

On what was truly a perfect day for a march, participants in Thursday’s action began to assemble around noon under the shade of the enormous oaks, and their attendant Spanish moss, at the University of Florida’s Norman Park:
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