In response to a critical crisis of affordable housing for low-income and the homeless, particularly in the Black community, on October 23, 2006 at 3:00pm, a group of organizations and individuals in Miami took control of city and county owned land for the benefit of the people. The 'Take Back the Land' movement is appealing to all people of conscience for your direct support.
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The Coalition of Immokalee Workers travled from Immokalee, Florida to Fort Benni The Coalition of Immokalee Workers travled from Immokalee, Florida to Fort Benning, Georgia to protest against the School of the Americas.
Farmworkers from Immokalee who pick tomatoes for the fast-food industry travel to the Burger King's corporate HQ to demand the fast-food giant take responsibility for the exploitation and human rights violations in its supply chain.
We are here today because our patience is wearing thin. For over two years, you have been given the opportu-
nity to work with the CIW and take responsibility for the extreme poverty and degradation faced by thousands
of women and men who harvest tomatoes for your hamburgers, poverty to which Burger King's tomato pur-
chasing practices have contributed directly.
-SFA
Commercial for the cause. Short clip of Student/Farmworker Alliance - ATX protest at an Austin, TX Burger King franchise. SFA is an ally organization of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, who are pressuring Burger King to respect human rights in their tomato supply chain.
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