{"id":173,"date":"2011-04-02T14:40:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T14:40:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-01-29T15:12:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:12:19","slug":"immokalee-inspires-the-world-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2011\/04\/02\/immokalee-inspires-the-world-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm workers inspire (and feed) the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/presbyterian.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b5a569e2014e872fa4d7970d-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451b5a569e2014e872fa4d7970d image-full\" title=\"Aruna3-31-11\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/6a00d83451b5a569e2014e872fa4d7970d-800wi\" alt=\"Aruna3-31-11\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOn Thursday, a special group of folks from around the world joined in a spirited protest with farm workers from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), students and people of faith from various churches in the area. The protest took place in front of a Publix supermarket in Naples, Florida. The CIW has been asking Publix to work with them to end poverty wages and abuses in the fields.<\/p>\n<p>Pictured is Dr. Aruna Gnanadason from India, who is one of 30 people gathered for a Justice Reading consultation with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcrc.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Council of Reformed Churches<\/a> here in Fort Myers. We spent the first day together with the farm workers in Immokalee to ground our consultation in current justice issues of worker exploitation, mistreatment of immigrants and modern-day slavery. (See the <span class=\"asset asset-generic at-xid-6a00d83451b5a569e2014e872fafea970d\"><a href=\"http:\/\/presbyterian.typepad.com\/files\/press-release-immokalee-1.pdf\">press release from the WCRC on the protest<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Here are photos and story from Naples Daily News &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.naplesnews.com\/news\/2011\/mar\/31\/farmworkers-target-publix-protest-over-wages-and-w\/?partner=popular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Farmworkers target Publix in protest over wages and working conditions<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Here are photos and videos from the Coalition&#8217;s recent &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ciw-online.org\/dotherightthing\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Do the right thing tour!<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Find out how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/ministries\/fairfood\/take-action-fair-food\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">act in support in the farm workers&#8217; Campaign for Fair Food<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During our &#8220;immersion&#8221; day with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciw-online.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coalition of Immokalee Workers<\/a>, we heard the history of the CIW and the farm workers&#8217; struggle and amazing organizing to claim their rights and dignity. We walked through the town seeing the ridiculously-expensive RVs that many of the farm workers rent on a weekly basis. And we saw the solidarity and service center <em>Mision Peniel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Mision Peniel is one of three ministries of Beth-El, which assists farm workers in Immokalee in their efforts to achieve greater self-sufficiency. It provides opportunities to worship, educational programs and many services needed given the lack of services and opportunites offered by the government. The Mision provides food, men\u2019s clothing &amp; shoes and hygiene items as well as a hot meal on Friday. Pastor Miguel Estrada, an ordained Presbyterian pastor from Guatamala, has been the director of the Mision since 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, a special group of folks from around the world joined in a spirited protest with farm workers from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), students and people of faith from various churches in the area. The protest took place in front of a Publix supermarket in Naples, Florida. The CIW has been asking Publix to work with them to end poverty wages and abuses in the fields.\r\n\r\nPictured is Dr. Aruna Gnanadason from India, who is one of 30 people gathered for a Justice Reading consultation with the World Council of Reformed Churches here in Fort Myers. We spent the first day together with the farm workers in Immokalee to ground our consultation in current justice issues of worker exploitation, mistreatment of immigrants and modern-day slavery. (See the press release from the WCRC on the protest)\r\n\r\n    * Here are photos and story from Naples Daily News &#8211; &#8220;Farmworkers target Publix in protest over wages and working conditions&#8221;\r\n    * Here are photos and videos from the Coalition&#8217;s recent &#8220;Do the right thing tour!&#8221;\r\n    * Find out how to act in support in the farm workers&#8217; Campaign for Fair Food\r\n\r\nDuring our &#8220;immersion&#8221; day with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, we heard the history of the CIW and the farm workers&#8217; struggle and amazing organizing to claim their rights and dignity. We walked through the town seeing the ridiculously-expensive RVs that many of the farm workers rent on a weekly basis. 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