The Student Farmworker Alliance, the youth-based ally of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, held an Encuentro September 22-24, 2006 to train their constituency for the upcoming year. satya from the Ruckus Society went down to Immokalee, FL and facilitated a training (along with Emily from USSA, Brie from LWAC, and Brigette of Interfaith Action), on how to effectively plan local and national campaigns.
He also led a discussion on how to do effective solidarity work while living in this "world on fire". The Student Farmworker Alliance and Coalition of Immokalee Workers are about to launch a nationwide campaign against McDonald’s after recently winning an incredible Boycott of Taco Bell to get better wages and labor standards for tomatopickers and farmworkers.
The Ruckus Society
PO Box 28741
Oakland, CA 94604
Phone: 510-931-6339
Fax: 866-778-6374