"We've been on this journey towards justice, while Publix has been standing still, telling lies..." The final report from the Now is the Time Tour can't be missed!  If you didn't get a chance to do so yesterday, be sure to watch the exciting video, check out the photo report, and read the CIW’s powerful message for Publix on the heels of the 10-day tour.  And check back tomorrow for a final round-up of media, photos, and more from the tour! Here's one more tidbit from the stirring rally that followed the 1,000-person march through Lakeland... ...The Reverend Michael Livingston (pictured below), the National Policy Director of Interfaith Worker Justice and the former Director of the Poverty Initiative of the National Council of Churches (not to mention a participant in both the Fast for Fair Food in 2012 and the March for Rights, Respect, and Fair Food in 2013!), got the rally off to a rousing start with an interactive cheer, with one half of the crowd chanting, “Journey towards justice,” and the other, “Now is the time!”  Rev. Michael Livingston also struck the first of what would be many sharply critical notes during the day’s speeches by drawing a stark contrast between the Fair Food movement’s unique warmth of spirit, on the one hand, and the Publix executive’s cold response to the movement, on the other, saying, “We’ve been on this journey towards justice together, and while we’ve been doing that, Publix has been standing still, telling lies, denying justice. Publix is just standing still, telling lies, while we are growing together, and embracing one another, and loving one another.  So we’re on a… (audience) Journey towards justice… Now is the time!” For more of the rally's inspiring messages, head over to the CIW website!

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