<br><div style=""><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>:: 1-2 Punch! – Nationwide McDonald's Actions – Oct. 27-28th, 2006 ::</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.sfalliance.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
www.sfalliance.org</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">From 'sweet spot' to sore spot...</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">
This
October 27-28th, join students and young people across the country in
standing with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to end
sweatshops and modern-day slavery in the fields! </div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">WIth
strong student and youth support, the CIW – a grassroots organization
of mostly Latino, Haitian, and Mayan Indian low-wage immigrant workers
based in Southwest Florida – won its four-year boycott of Taco Bell in
2005. Now the CIW and its allies are organizing to extend these
precedent-setting gains throughout the rest of the fast-food industry.
Over the last year, however, McDonald's has consistently responded to
the dire human rights crisis in the fields as a mere public relations
crisis, threatening to roll back the advances the CIW has won through
years of struggle.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Immediately
following the CIW's McDonald's Mini-Tour – which will travel from
Immokalee, Florida to McDonald's headquarters outside Chicago, Illinois
from October 14-24th – the Student/Farmworker Alliance (SFA) calls for
two days of widespread, decentralized protest actions on October
27-28th to show the fast-food giant that Immokalee's workers are not
alone in this fight.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px;">The
time is now for students and youth – what McDonald's calls its
advertising "sweet spot" – to demonstrate to the Golden Arches that if
it refuses to work with the CIW for real labor reform in its supply
chain, we will soon become its sore spot. Start organizing today in
your community for the Days of Action, and don't miss out on this
pivotal "1-2 Punch!" </p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Let us know what you're planning, and be sure to send us photos of your colorful, creative actions! Contact us at <a href="mailto:organize@sfalliance.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
<font color="#0000dc">organize@sfalliance.org</font></a></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;">
<br></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><b>:: Action Ideas ::</b></p><div style="margin: 0px;">Organize
a McDonald's protest - For Oct. 27-28th, organize creative actions
calling on McDonald's to work with the CIW for real labor reform in its
supply chain. From a protest at a nearby Golden Arches to a visit to a
McDonald's corporate or franchise office, there are many ways you can
take action locally. You can download flyers, stencils, and protest
chant sheets at <a href="http://www.sfalliance.org/propaganda.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#0000dc">www.sfalliance.org/propaganda.html</font></a>. For some inspiration, check out the pics from the 2006 "Real Rights Tour" at
<a href="http://www.ciw-online.org/2006truthtour/dailyupdates.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#0000dc">www.ciw-online.org/2006truthtour/dailyupdates.html</font></a>
</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Fair
Food Networks - Across the country, students, youth, people of faith,
labor, and community groups are coming together to stand in solidarity
with the CIW. The Alliance for Fair Food (<a href="http://www.allianceforfairfood.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#0000dc">www.allianceforfairfood.org</font></a>
) and our recent work in the Denver area (<a href="http://www.ciw-online.org/Denver_2006.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#0000dc">www.ciw-online.org/Denver_2006.html
</font></a>)
provide living examples of how to build a local Fair Food Network in
your community. The October 27-28th Days of Action can be a great
opportunity to begin pulling together such a dynamic network in your
own community. </div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">McDonald's
Manager Letter - Organize a local "Human Rights Delegation" of your
friends or classmates to drop a letter off at one or several
McDonald's. This is a quick and effective way to let McDonald's
decision-makers know how widespread the support is for the CIW's
campaign Download the letter in English or Spanish at <a href="http://www.sfalliance.org/propaganda.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#0000dc">www.sfalliance.org/propaganda.html
</font></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">C
+ C = C - Underlying the CIW's organizing philosophy is the motto:
"Consciousness + Commitment = Change." One important action you can do
leading up to or on the Days of Action to create consciousness in your
community is hosting a film screening and campaign
presentation. Contact us for a free DVD featuring several short
documentaries on the CIW plus guidelines and pointers for effectively
giving presentations about the campaign in your classrooms and
community centers.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Support
the Postcard Campaign - Gather signatures for the McDonald's postcard
campaign and send them to corporate headquarters in Oak Brook,
Illinois. Contact us for your free stack of postcards.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Be
the Media - Unlike McDonald's, we don't have a billion dollar marketing
budget, so help us spread the word by writing an article or op-ed for
your local campus or city newspaper or independent media center leading
up to and on the Days of Action. We also have a 30-second Radio PSA (<a href="http://www.sfalliance.org/resources/mcd-psa.mp3" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#0000dc">
www.sfalliance.org/resources/mcd-psa.mp3</font></a>)
that you can download and get in rotation at your local campus or
community radio station. Contact us for support & resources for
your press work. </div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Chipotle -
CIW allies in the Denver area or allies with Chipotle restaurants
nearby encouraged to protest or flyer at their local Chipotle location.
If you can link up a Chipotle and McDonald's protest, that's even
better. Contact us for Chipotle postcards, and download the Chipotle
flyer here: <a href="http://www.sfalliance.org/propaganda.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#0000dc">www.sfalliance.org/propaganda.html</font></a> . For more information on how the Chipotle piece fits into the fair food puzzle, visit
<a href="http://www.ciw-online.org/Denver_2006.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#0000dc">www.ciw-online.org/Denver_2006.html</font></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">
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<br></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><b>:: Resources ::</b></p><div style="margin: 0px;">Coalition of Immokalee Workers: <a href="http://www.ciw-online.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
<font color="#0000dc">www.ciw-online.org</font></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Student/Farmworker Alliance: <a href="http://www.sfalliance.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
<font color="#0000dc">www.sfalliance.org</font></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Alliance for Fair Food: <a href="http://www.allianceforfairfood.org/resources.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
<font color="#0000dc">www.allianceforfairfood.org</font></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Campaign documents, analysis, and research: <a href="http://www.sfalliance.org/research.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
<font color="#0000ea">www.sfalliance.org/research.html</font></a> & <a href="http://www.allianceforfairfood.org/resources.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#0000ea">
www.allianceforfairfood.org/resources.html</font></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Contact
us for a free organizing packet that includes stickers, buttons,
flyers, DVDs, background materials, press releases, and more.</p></div>
<br>__________<br>Marc Rodrigues<br>Student/Farmworker Alliance<br>(239) 292-3431<br><a href="http://sfalliance.org">http://sfalliance.org</a><br><a href="http://ciw-online.org">http://ciw-online.org</a><br><a href="http://myspace.com/sfalliance">
http://myspace.com/sfalliance</a><br><br>