BREAKING: University of Florida student government unanimously votes to Boot the Braids! Coalition of Immokalee Workers 10:09 AM

BREAKING: University of Florida student government unanimously votes to Boot the Braids!

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BREAKING: University of Florida student government unanimously votes to Boot the Braids! Just days after massive march, University of Florida Student Government passes powerful, unanimous resolution in support of student-led Boot the Braids campaign! On Tuesday, the University of Florida Student Government escalated student pressure on Wendy’s – and on UF President Kent Fuchs – voting unanimously to call on the UF administration to cut the university’s contract with Wendy’s until the fast-food giant joins the Fair Food Program. The vote came just days after students, farmworkers and Gainesville community members organized a huge march on President Fuchs’ office, demanding action in support of Florida farmworkers’ fundamental human rights.  The final paragraphs of the resolution say it all: A delegation in support of the UF Boot the Braids campaign celebrates the passage of the resolution Tuesday evening outside the Student Government chambers. … THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED the University of Florida Student Senate recognizes the CIW’s Fair Food Program as the gold standard for enforcing human rights in U.S. agriculture, as well as across global supply chains, due to well-documented evidence and the CIW’s widely-recognized credentials. THEREFORE, LET IT FURTHER BE RESOLVED the University of Florida Student Senate encourages the UF student body and broader UF community to boycott Wendy’s until the fast-food giant joins the Fair Food Program. THEREFORE, LET IT FINALLY BE RESOLVED the University of Florida Student Senate urges the UF administration and Aramark to end its business ties with Wendy’s until the fast- food company agrees to protect the human rights of farmworkers in its supply chain by joining the CIW’s Fair Food Program. Proviso: A copy of this resolution shall be sent to UF Chispas President Giancarlo Tejeda, Hispanic Student Association President Brenda Villanueva, Student Body President-Elect Michael Murphy, President of the University of Florida W. Kent Fuchs, Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. David Parrott, & Multicultural and Diversity Affairs Director Will Atkins, Assistant Vice President of Business Services Eddie Daniels, Vice President of Business Affairs Curtis Reynolds. You can find the text of the resolution in its entirety here.  Congratulations go out to the student leaders of the UF Boot the Braids Campaign and CHISPAS UF, who organized tirelessly to spread awareness and build support for the Fair Food Program on – and off – the Gainesville campus. We also want to extend our thanks to the authors of the resolution, Senators Mauricio Perez and Stephanie Beltran, as well as its sponsors, Student Body Vice President David Enriquez, Student Body Treasurer-Elect Santiago Gutierrez, the Hispanic Student Association, Chomp the Vote, Senator Matthew Diaz, Senator Maria Espinoza, Senator Rebecca Ragan, Senator Anthony Portugues, Senator Gabbi Hernandez, Senator Lindsay Kaighin, Senator Rhodes Evans, and Senator Nick Meyer! Even before the UF Student Government passed its resolution, the Gainesville City Council voted unanimously to support a resolution in support of the Wendy’s Boycott in light of Wendy’s refusal to open its tomato supply chain to the audits and complaint investigation process of the Fair Food Program as McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway, Taco Bell and Chipotle agreed to do over a decade ago.  The pressure continues to grow on UF President Kent Fuchs to heed his students’ concerns and take action to remove Wendy’s from the UF campus until it joins the rest of the fast-food industry leaders in supporting the most widely-respected social responsibility in US agriculture today. Stay tuned for more news from the Boot the Braids front soon! Coalition of Immokalee Workers (239) 657 8311 | workers@ciw-online.org | www.ciw-online.org Connect with us  ‌  ‌  ‌  ‌

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A truly GRAND finale!… Coalition of Immokalee Workers

A truly GRAND finale!…

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3/18/2019 9:31 AM

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A truly GRAND finale!… Massive march on final day of 4 for Fair Food Tour swamps “The Swamp” in Gainesville with farmworkers, students, Fair Food activists calling on UF President Kent Fuchs to “Boot the Braids” from Florida’s flagship university until Wendy’s joins the Fair Food Program! Editorial published in the UF student paper, The Alligator, on the day of the march: “Hopefully, Wendy’s will soon no longer be on campus.” What a way to wrap up a tour! On the final day of the five-city, two-week “4 for Fair Food Tour,” nearly 500 protesters – equal parts farmworkers, students, and community members – wove as one through the University of Florida’s picturesque campus in a colorful and boisterous demonstration. They were fed up with the UF administration’s willingness to turn a deaf ear to students’ concerns, calling on UF President Kent Fuchs to cut the university’s contract with Wendy’s, without further delay, until Wendy’s joins fast-food industry leaders McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway, Chipotle, and Taco Bell in requiring its tomato suppliers to meet the stringent human rights standards of the Presidential medal-winning Fair Food Program. The march, recapped beautifully in the 2-minute video below, caught the attention of the press (see coverage from Gainesville’s local NPR station, and the editorial in The Alligator) as well as countless bystanders with its powerful message, its eye-catching sea of signs, banners and puppets, and its diverse – and joyous – community of protesters:  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: Head over to the CIW website for the beautiful Gainesville action video and photo report! Coalition of Immokalee Workers (239) 657 8311 | workers@ciw-online.org | www.ciw-online.org Connect with us  ‌  ‌  ‌  ‌

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SAVE-THE-DATE! October 5 Events to Honor Hiroshima Bombing Survivor and Peace Activist Setsuko Thurlow Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility (GBPSR) and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War are honored to have again been selected as Community Partners for the 2019 season of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra's (LSO) Healing Art of Music program.

Save the Date! October 5 Events to Honor Setsuko Thurlow

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SAVE-THE-DATE! October 5 Events to Honor Hiroshima Bombing Survivor and Peace Activist Setsuko Thurlow  Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility (GBPSR) and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War are honored to have again been selected as Community Partners for the 2019 season of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra's (LSO) Healing Art of Music program. As Community Partners, we will be featured during an evening LSO concert at 8:00 pm on Saturday, October 5th, 2019 at New England Conservatory's (NEC) Jordan Hall in Boston, with proceeds benefitting our organizations' efforts to prevent nuclear war. The concert, as well as a reception and presentation beforehand at 5:30 pm in the NEC's Williams Hall, will feature atomic bomb survivor and renowned anti-nuclear weapons activist Setsuko Thurlow, a leader of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) who accepted the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on behalf of her colleagues. Tickets will be available for sale this summer. For now, please mark the date on your calendar. Sponsorships are also available and more information about all of the above can be found on gbpsr.org.

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*LEFT ON PEARL* is a documentary about a highly significant but little-known event in the history of the women's liberation movement, the 1971 takeover and occupation of a Harvard University-owned building by hundreds of Boston area women. The ten-day occupation of 888 Memorial Drive by women demanding a Women’s Center and low income housing for the community in which the building stood, embodied within it many of the hopes, triumphs, conflicts and tensions of Second Wave feminism.

 Showings of Film: Left on Pearl

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3/18/2019 9:42 AM

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*LEFT ON PEARL* is a documentary about a highly significant but
little-known event in the history of the women's liberation movement,
the 1971 takeover and occupation of a Harvard University-owned building
by hundreds of Boston area women. The ten-day occupation of 888 Memorial
Drive by women demanding a Women’s Center and low income housing for the
community in which the building stood, embodied within it many of the
hopes, triumphs, conflicts and tensions of Second Wave feminism. One of
the few such takeovers by women for women, this action was
transformative for the participants, and led directly to the
establishment of the longest continuously operating Women's Center in
the U.S. To read an extended summary, click here.
<https://leftonpearl.org/film-synopsis.html>

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*Northeastern University's Neighborhood Matters  Series*
Snell Library, Room 090
360 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA
Tue. Mar. 19, 12pm
/Sponsored by Northeastern University Library's Archives and Special
Collections/
*Coolidge Corner Public Library
*31 Pleasant St., Brookline, MA
Sat. Mar. 23, 3pm*
*/Q&A w/ Filmmaker Susie Rivo and Executive Producers Rochelle
Ruthchild, Susan Jacoby, and Cheryl Stein/
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Jamaica Plain Public Library
*30 South St., Jamaica Plain, MA
Thu. Mar. 28, 6pm
/Q&A w/ Executive Producer Susan Jacoby/

*The Actor's Stu**dio at the Tannery*
12 Federal St.
Newburyport, MA
Sun. Mar. 31, 3pm
/Q&A w/ Filmmaker Susie Rivo and Executive Producers Rochelle Ruthchild
and Cheryl Stein/
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/https://leftonpearl.org/
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