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CA East Bay California State University, East Bay M.E.Ch.A Miguel miguelangelpimentel at yahoo dot com contact for details
CA Irvine UC-Irvine Radical Student Union John Bruning john dot bruning at gmail dot com some events, panel/workshop
CA Los Angeles UC- Los Angeles M.E.Ch.A Brenda Medina brendamedina3 at yahoo dot com Dream Act activities
CA Los Angeles     Lucy Boutte LBoutte at nfwm dot org Blessing the Hands / Sacred Food Presentation 3/30/2009 at 7:00pm. Happening at different churches throughout Los Angles, so contact for location nearest you.
CA Pamona Cal Poly Pomona Students for Quality Education Patricia Guerra gpatty_7 at yahoo dot com contact for details
CA Sacramento CSUS Associated Students, Inc Maribel Rosendo-Servin asichiefofstaff at csus dot edu Cesar Chavez Community Service Day at Sacramento State, Friday March 20, 2009 > 8:00-4:00pm
CA Sacramento   Alta Califas Norte MEChA Corin Ramos corin at national dot mecha dot org contact for details
CA San Jose San Jose City College Labor Studies Jim E. Kelly laborstudies at sbcglobal dot net films
CA San Marcos Palomar College MEChA de Palomar Marisa McDowell juliancashew at gmail dot com Fast for Fair Food - or Fast for the Dream Act
CO Boulder CU Boulder YDS Andrew Bowe Andrew dot Bowe at Colorado dot edu On Tuesday, March 31st, from 6-8pm we will host a panel discussion about the Employee Free Choice Act on the CU Boulder Campus (Education Building room 220 ).Panelists include: Stewart Acuff - Assistant to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, National Jobs with Justice Board Member and one of the drafters of the Employee Free Choice Act. Prof. Ahmed White - Associate Professor of Law at CU Boulder focus on Criminal Law, Labor and Employment Law, Forced Labor, Critical Legal Studies, Marxism and Law. Andrew Carillo - Student at Metropolitan State College of Denver and employee of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7.
CO Northglenn Auraria UMAS M.E.Ch.A de Auraria Angelica Franco umasmecha_de_auraria at yahoogroups dot com We focusing our attention on the current Food Service Provider campaign and planning actions concerning Sodexo
CT Middletown Wesleyan University. SDS Nicholas Davenport ndavenport at welseyan dot edu contact for details
CT New Haven Yale University Coalition for Agriculture, Food and Environment Jason Brown jason dot brown at yale dot edu  contact for details
CT New London Connecticut College PHC/Partners in Healthy Communities Bud McAllister budmcallister at hotmail dot com Petitioning for " Green Collar Jobs"
DC Washington American University DC SLAP Melinda Fiedler melinda dot fiedler at yahoo dot com Killer Coke Mock Funeral April 2, 1-3 pm AU Main Quad; RYAN HARVEY at American University! Benefit concert- April 4 at 9:00pm -11:00pm
in Kay Basement, AU, 4400 Massachusetts Ave, Washington DC 20016
DC Washington George Washington Uuniversity DC SLAP Tiffany Finck-Haynes   Harvard Living Wage Campaign Film Screening, conversation with HEI workers on Apr. 1, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Marvin Center 302; CIW Action: Apr. 3, 11:00 pm - 1:00 pm Kogen Square
DC Washington Georgetown University DC SLAP Joseph Tso dcslapintern at yahoo dot com Si Se Puede (Yes We Can): Immigrant Workers and the Labor Movement April 1, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
ICC 208A
DC Washington   Teamsters Jessica Rutter JRutter at teamster dot org Friday, March 27, 2009 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. at the corner of 17th and M Street (1200 Seventeenth Street, NW Washington, DC) Join the Teamsters and other unions and Organizations as we rally in front of the National Restaurant Association, one of the leading lobby groups against labor law reform and majority sign-up. Workers from .S. Foodservice, a member of the National Restaurant Association, will speak to their efforts to organize a union in Phoenix Arizona where the company broke the law over 100 times in an effort to prevent workers from gaining union representation.
FL Apopka   Florida YAYA Lariza Garzon yaya at nfwm dot org YAYA's bicycle drive delivery:Since the summer of 2008 Florida YAYA members have been collecting, fixing and delivering bicycles to farmworkers who can't get a driver's license, because the racist laws that keep undocumented immigrants from getting one, or who can't afford a car. We have delivered more than 120 bicycles throughout Florida. On March 29, from 11 am to 1 pm, 30 bicycles in the community of Apopka will be delivered and a meal will be shared with the workers.See http://www.nfwm-yaya.org/bicycleDrive.shtml
FL Central Florida   YAYA and Orlando Farm Worker Supporters   yaya at nfwm dot org Into the Fields!:Come gleaning with us! Collect leftover crops from the fields after they have been harvested. Donate the food to the hungry and learn about the about the Agricultural industry! Carpooling available from UCF. Call 863 399 0035 for more info. on carpooling. March 28, 9 am - Noon. Central Florida. Exact location TBA.
FL Clearwater   National Farm Worker Ministry Susan Alan nfwm at nfwm dot org Clearwater Pinellas Support Committee of the National Farm Worker Ministry’s Strawberry Festival with Lucas Benitez, Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Co-Director, to speak.March 28 @ 7pm at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 3200 N. McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater.
FL Gainesville University of Florida Farmworkers Association of Florida and the National Farm Worker Ministry Jeannie Economos farmworkerassoc at aol dot com A concert of indigenous South American music at the Old Museum of Natural History at UF. Also tabling, film screenings for FAW at UF.Mexicans in Gainesville, CHISPAS, and the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at UF will host a concert on March 29. Also information tabling to learn about how farm workers are organizing for justice and how to get involved, sign petitions, and purchase articles in support of farm worker organizations. March 30 to April 3 at Turlington Plaza on the UF campus
FL Gainesville   Presbyterian-Disciples Student Center, National Farm Worker Ministry RD rdbonner3 at ufl dot edu, Theology on Tap: A discussion about theology and the issues affecting farm workers. Discussion and drinks. March 31 @ 7 pm at Stubbie's and Stein's Pub: 9 W. University Ave, Gainesville
FL Gainesville   Civic Media Center, Gainesville Farm Worker Supporters, Gainesville Students for a Democratic Society, Operation Music, Presbyterian-Disciples Student Center, Project Darfur and YAYA Dante John Terminello independentmission at gamil dot com Operation Music: Concert in Support of Farm Workers:Benefit concert for the Civic Media Center and Operation Music.April 4. From 8 pm to 1 am at the Civic Media Center 433 S. Main Street Gainesville
FL Gainesville   Gainesville Farm Worker Supporters, Presbyterian-Disciples Student Center and YAYA Sheila Payne sheilapayne56 at hotmail dot com Screening of "Underground Undergrads":Short films and discussion about educational opportunities for undocumented students in the US. April 15 @ 7:00 pm at Presbyterian-Disciples Student Center 1402 W Unviversity Ave, Gainesville.
FL Gainesville   Farmworker Association of Florida, Gainesville Farm Worker Supporters, Mexicans in Gainesville, YAYA Jose Antonio Tovar tonytovar at hotmail dot com Pre-Hispanic Fest:Learn about pre-Hispanic traditions about mother earth and how they relate to the Aztec calendar. Learn about why the indigenous people of Mexico are having to leave their communities to do farm work in the US.March 29 @ 3 pm at The Florida Museum of Natural History. SW 34th Street and Hull Gainesville.
FL Gainesville   Gainesville Farm Worker Supporters, National Farm Worker Ministry Samuel B. Trickey   Brown Bag Lunch with the Mennonite Church:Discussion about farm worker issues over lunchat the Westminster Presbyterian Church. 1521 NW 34th Street, Gainesville on March 27 at Noon.
FL Gainesville   Pax Christi USA Patrick Cashio communications at paxchristiusa dot org Promoting SLAP with out facebook group and our other campus groups
FL Orlando UCF (YAYA), UCF's SLAP, and Orlando Farm Worker Supporters   yaya at nfwm dot org Reproductive Rights for Farmworker Women: A Panel Discussion:Farmworkers and farmworker advocates will discuss the struggle for reproductive freedom for farmworker women, in the United States and in Colombia, who work in toxic pesticides and lack physical and financial access to adequate health care and health information.April 1st, 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. at the Cape Florida Ballroom of the Student Union, Rm 316A UCF.
FL Orlando UCF UCF SLAP Dominique Aulisio daulisio at gmail dot com 3/29- Come Gleaning with Us. From 9pm to 12pm 3/31-Employee Free Choice Act workshop with Josh Anjar from AFL-CIO- 5:30-6:30pm at the Math and Physics rm 407 4/1- Reproductive rights for farmwoker women panel discussion- 6:30- 8:30pm at the Cape Florida Ballroom, student union rm 316a 4/3-5 Grassroots Organizing Weekend Trainning- Come and learn the principles of direct action organizing.
FL Pensacola University of West Florida Progressive Student Alliance Steven Poulin sdp9 at students dot uwf dot edu Tabling or Festival Event, Sweat-Free Campus Campaign
FL St. Petersburgh Eckerd College Coalition for Community Justice Andrea Solazzo andrea dot solazzo at gmail dot com contact for details
FL St. Petersburgh St. Petersburgh College GSA Stephanie Nugent   informing & uniting the community
FL Tallahassee Florida State University   Sarah SK fsucpe at gmail dot com April 1:Panel on effects of neoliberalism. April 2:CIW event and something around the DreamAct. Also planning EFCA work:collecting signatures and handing out information.
FL Tampa University of South Florida   Javier Lucas, Jose Badillo (for Strawberry Impact) jlucas4 at mail dot usf dot edu; jbadill2 at mail dot usf dot edu Speech by Father Carlos Rojas (3/30/09 7 pm – 9 pm), Cesar Chavez Blood Drive Challenge (3/31/09 2:30 pm – 6:30 pm), Campus Daze (4/1/09 9am – 2 pm: visit by high school students, mosts kids of migrant farmowrkers to show them university experience alnd give info on applying to to college), and Strawberry Impact (4/2/09 7 pm – 9 pm: an event where the audience makes strawberry shortcakes and learns about farmworkers who pick strawberries and the problems/hazards they experience while in the fields.)
FL Winter Park Rollins College Rollins Farm Worker Alliance and YAYA Charissa Dowdye cdowdye at Rollins dot edu Raise Your Voice for Farm Worker Justice Florida:Open Mic session: open to everyone featuring poets, artists, musicians and documentaries March 30. 6:00-9:00 pm at Rollins College Dave’s Down Under, Winter Park. Student-made farm worker housing display to educate individuals on the inadequacy of farm worker housing all day March 30 on Rollins College Campus.Tunnel of Oppression:A dramatic display of photos and info, representing the oppression of farm workers. April 1. 5:00 – 9:00 pm at Rollins College Bib Lab at the Olin Library.
GA Decatur Agnes Scott College United Students Against Sweatshops Helen Cox helene dot cox at gmail dot com USAS Southeast Conference and Action in Support of Living Wages and the Employee Free Choice Act
GA Atlanta Emory University Human Rights Action Laura Emiko Soltis lsoltis at emory dot edu Panel Discussion on Cesar Chavez and farmworker rights today as part of annual Human Rights Week
IL Champaign University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   Robert Naiman naiman at justforeignpolicy dot org Presentation and Discussion by authors Steven K. Ashbyn and C.J. Hawking on their book STALEY: THE FIGHT FOR A NEW AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT. Both authors were Staley workers’ solidarity organizers. Mon, March 30, 12:00 Noon at Lincoln Hall Auditorium, Room 192, 702 S. Wright St., UIUC (see www.staleybook.org for info on the book)
IN Greencastle DePauw University Feminista! Ashley Slupski ashleyslupski_2011 at depauw dot edu a green jobs education campaign, discussions about the DREAM act and a film about women farmworkers
IN Indianapolis IUPUI   Ian ianinindiana at yahoo dot com service learning for a school project
IN Indianapolis IUPUI   Heather Meloy hmeloy at iupui dot edu Organizing and activist training on Ceasar Chavez Day of Service (April 3) in conjunction with JWJ . Film screening.
IN Indianapolis IUPUI Central Indiana JwJ and IUPUI students Allison Luthe   Activist Training: Organizing and activist training on Ceasar Chavez Day of Service (April 3) in conjunction with JWJ . Film screening.
IN South Bend Notre Dame Higgins Labor Studies Program     Melody Gonzalez, Notre Dame '05, National Campaign Coordinator, Fair Food Across Borders, will be speaking on “Working for Social Justice: From the Fields of Immokalee, Florida to the Fields of Sinaloa, Mexico” Mon., March 30, 7:30 p.m. 131 DeBartolo Classroom Building
(west of stadium)
IN South Bend Notre Dame   Nick Kraftt nick dot krafft at gmail dot com April 1-2 dining hall petitioning/distribution on EFCA. Banner display. Op-Ed in the Observer connecting EFCA and the ND situationon April 1st.
IN West Lafayette Purdue University Purdue Organization for Labor Equality (POLE) Sameerah Ahmad sameerah at usas dot org April 1: USAS Russell Day of Action in solidarity with garment workers from Jerzees de Honduras.(see Penn State Action description)
KS Lawrence University of Kansas Kansas University Students Against Sweatshops (KUSAS) United Students Against Sweatshops National Network organize at usas dot org April 1: USAS Russell Day of Action in solidarity with garment workers from Jerzees de Honduras.(see Penn State Action description)
KS Wichita Wichita State University SLAP, YDS Chris Hicks chris dot n dot hicks at gmail dot com Film and DREAM Act petition signing each day. 3/27:Banner Making party, 3/29, 3-5 pm: Cesar Chavez Event and Film screening 3/30:Dorm Storm and on-going EFCA card signing, Cesar Chavez film.3/31: SFA Action-Tomato Challenge and Petition Drive 4/1:University resolution presentation and At the River I Stand screening. 4/2:Daytime-Student debt money machine, Evening- Union workshop 4/3: Film screening 4/4: Recruitment/Fundraising Party at Kirby's Beer Store (food and drink)
MA Boston Boston University Boston SLAP Katie Sheldon ksheldon at bu dot edu 4/1-Protest Bank of America at Boston Univeristy @ 12:30pm
MA Boston Harvard University Student Labor Action Movement Alyssa Aguilera aguilera at fas dot harvard dot edu Harvard Workers Speak Out!
a panel on layoffs at Harvard from those they impact the most
Tuesday March 31st @ 5:30pm
Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall
Harvard - the world's richest university - has already started laying off some of its lowest paid employees to cut costs during the financial crisis. Cutting staffing levels by 40% at some work sites.
The City of Cambridge has called on Harvard to save the jobs of its service employees that rely on their income the most.
Join us for a panel where janitors, security guards, clerical workers, and dining hall staff will speak out about the pending layoffs in their workplaces.



MA Boston Northeastern University Progressive Student Alliance Carlotta Starks neu dot psa at gmail dot com A Night with Noam Chomsky, and other events
MA Medford Tufts University Jumbo Janitor Alliance Jeffrey Kimm jeffrey dot kimm at tufts dot edu No Layoffs Campaig: Contact for details
MA Wellesley Wellesley The Dining Coalition Rachel Nagin rnagin at wellesley dot edu Protest administration policies on dining services and lack of community involvement in budgetary process. 11:30am-2pm on Wednesday April 1st. @ Beebe Dorm and Cazenoze Dorm.
MD College Park University of Maryland DC SLAP Mary Yanik   Russell Athletics Demonstration Apr. 2nd, Noon at the Main Administration building
MD Rockville Thomas S. Wootton High School USAS Ethan Miller Ethan at usas dot org tabling in school / handing out stickers
ME Orono University of Maine Maine Migrant Health Program Carey Dube cldube19 at hotmail dot com Information Table: Passing out fliers and providing ifact sheets to raise awareness on migrant farmworkers throughout ME.March 31st, from 10am to 5pm at the Memorial Union at U of M.
ME Orono University of Maine Food and Medicine/JwJ and Wildcat (U of Maine) SLAP Jack McKay jack at foodandmedicine dot org 3/30- Meeting with SINALTRANAL and Rep. Michaud. March 31; 3/31- 6 p.m., DPC 115- Presentation with Camilo Romero on Neoliberalism and workers rights abuses in Colombia 4/1- Call in day in for the Employee Free Choice Act in conjuction with St.Mikes college SLAM in Vermont - Movie showing "At the River I Stand" 4/2- Rite Aid action with Food and Medicine 4/3- Party for worker's rights. 4/6Symposium on EFCA and building a just and sustainable economy, featuring Barbara Ehrenreich.
ME Portland University of Southern Maine Maine Migrant Health Program Carey Dube cldube19 at hotmail dot com Information Table: Passing out fliers and providing ifact sheets to raise awareness on migrant farmworkers throughout ME. April 2nd, from 10am to 5pm at the Campus Book Store U of S. ME.
Mex Zacatecas   Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc   www dot cdmigrante dot org Bandana Project in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico: March 31, 2009 at the Casa de la Cultura Municipal, at 6:00 p.m. This is an informative and participatory event to raise consciousness about sexual harassment that migrant women suffer and about the conditions generally for migrant workers. Former migrant workers will be sharing their experiences. See www.cdmigrante.org
MI Southgate Southgate Anderson High School Student/Farmworker Alliance Samantha Rykwalder illiteracy_will_prevail at yahoo dot com contact for details
MN Minneapolis University of Minnesota-Twin Cities   Fatima Garcia garci246 at umn dot edu Spoken word event:Ddifferent speakers will perform on the issues about migrant framworkers. April 4Th, 2009, from 1:00p.m. till 3:00p.m at Parkway Theater 4814 Chicago Ave. Minneapolis, MN.
MN   University of Minnesota system United Students Against Sweatshops Midwest Matt Abbott matt at usas dot org April 1: USAS Russell Day of Action in solidarity with garment workers from Jerzees de Honduras.(see Penn State Action description)
MO Kansas City Saint Paul School Of Theology Bishop Mutti Class A Gager alan dot gager at spst dot edu EFCA publicity and letter campaigns to Senators and newspapers
MO St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis Students for Fair Trade Julia Baskin jibaskin at artsci dot wustl dot edu Raise awareness through in-group education sessions about labor abuses in the U.S. and how we can campaign against them
NC Chapel Hill UNC Chapel Hill APPLES Service-Learning Program Leslie Parkins apples at unc dot edu Discussion: "Local Migrant and Immigrant Perspectives" This discussion will focus on local migrant and immigrant perspectives, and how these perspectives shape our community and service-learning experiences. Wednesday, March 25, 12:00-1:00pm, Student Union Multi-Purpose Room
NC Raleigh   NCCASA, SPLC and LANC Lynne Walter, MSW lynne at nccasa dot org El Proyecto de Bandanas: Enfrentando la Violencia Sexual contra las Trabajadoras Campesinas” / “The Bandana Project: Confronting Sexual Violence Against Farmworker Women.” A bilingual training for those who want to increase their awareness about farmworkers in North Carolina and how sexual violence affects them. This interactive training is designed for victim advocates/counselors, community organizers, and those who want to understand how sexual violence affects victims of sexual violence in the farmworker community in North Carolina. The training will be offered in English and Spanish. April 1, 1:00pm—5:00pm at 1012 Oberlin Road; Raleigh.
NJ New Brunswick Rutgers University Rutgers, Labor Studies and Employment Relations Department Joanne Mangels jmangels at smlr dot rutgers dot edu "Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century- join Author Randy Shaw for presentation and book signing.Thursday, March 26, 2009 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
NJ North Caldwell William Paterson University YDS Michael McCabe wpu-yds at hotmail dot com; michael dot patrick dot mccabe at gmail dot com contact for details
NJ Princeton Princeton University Princeton for Worker Rights/USAS Ben McKean ben at usasnet dot org 4/1- Movie screening Bread and Roses
7:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: McCormick 101 Worker Appreciation Party
NM Albuquerque     Mike Butler galluppeace at yahoo dot com Contact for details
NY Albany SUNY Albany Students for Workers' Rights Jackie Hayes; Zachary Swift revolutionaryfever at gmail dot com; swiftly dot swifterson at gmail dot com The 3rd Annual Social Action Conference April 4th, 2009 @University of Albany 10am to 6pm followed up by a benefit show with local acts at a location to be determined!
NY Albany SUNY Albany LRC/ Albany and Long Island JWJ LI: Charlene Obernaur and LRC/JwJ: Marje Devoe humanrightssbu at aol dot com; lrcofcd at gmail dot com contact for details
NY Annandale-on-Hudson Bard College Student Labor Dialogue Katie Reed sisterschool at gmail dot com Unionzations campaign, Direct Action and organizing around EFCA, materials
NY Archbold Northwest State Community College Coalition of Labor Union Women Toni K. McBroom tkmcbroom at hotmail dot com contact for details
NY Brooklyn Fordham Law School   Nicholas Rosado nick dot rosado at gmail dot com Give out information, educate fellow students.
NY Brooklyn     Lyndsey Beutin lbeutin at gmail dot com Presentation of the documentary photography exhibition: “FIELDWORK: UNEARTHING STORIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURE”: Do you know who picks your yummy fruits and veggies? Here’s your chance to meet them! Learn personal stories of farmworkers in the US by attending this exhibition curated by Lyndsey Beutin. Thurs. April 2 @ 7:30 – 9pm at 363 17th St. Apt. 1 (at 7th Ave) South Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11215
NY Buffalo University of Buffalo University of Buffalo Students Against Sweatshops (UBSAS) United Students Against Sweatshops National Network organize at usas dot org April 1: USAS Russell Day of Action in solidarity with garment workers from Jerzees de Honduras. USAS groups across the country will be organizing events to cut college contracts with Russell Athletic over their recent closure of Jerzees de Honduras, and to adopt the Designated Suppliers Program -- the best solution to prevent brands cutting and running from factories that respect workers' rights.
NY Hempstead Hofstra University JwJ-LI Vanessa Crilly vanessac at jwj dot org EFCA Debate 4/1/09; 5 to 8 pm at Hofstra U School of Law:JwJ and the LI Federation of Labor are moblizing supporters for this debate on EFCA, featuring Stewart Acuff from the AFL-CIO. The event will include an overview of EFCA followed by a debate about the merits and the drawbacks of EFCA with a neutral moderator. Hosted by Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal to educate students, practitioners, faculty and alumni about EFCAs's significance.
NY Ithaca Cornell University and Ithaca College Tompkins County Workers' Center/JwJ Pete Meyers pete at livingwage dot org County Legislature Press Conference and Resolution:Press Conference on behalf of EFCA at County Courthouse to be followed up by Public Comment on behalf of EFCA Resolution before County Legislature. April 7 at 5 p.m. Tompkins County Legislature, corner of Court and Tioga Sts. Ithaca
NY Loudonville Siena College   Courtney Stefaniak cn19stef at siena dot edu contact for details
NY NYC All City United for Peace and Justice Judith LeBlanc judithleblanc1 at gmail dot com Beyond War, a New Economy is Possible! April 4 National March on Wall Street. On April 4, join United for Peace and Justice to mark the historic election of President Obama and the new Congress by renewing our efforts to build a stronger grassroots movement. A movement built on the tenets of racial and economic justice and an end to U.S. militarism, one focused on the struggle for a new set of national priorities rooted in Dr. King’s vision of a world without poverty, inequality, or war. 11:00 - Assemble Assembly on Leonard, Franklin and White Streets, between Broadway and Lafayette St, south of Canal Street in lower Manhattan
NY NYC BMCC-CUNY Young Democratic Socialists Luke Peavey Lwpeavey at gmail dot com educational event on  budget cuts
NY NYC City University of NY CUNY Adjunct Project/CUNY Contingents UNITE! Antonia theadjunctproject at gmail dot com CUNY Equity Week:During CUNY Equity week, adjuncts and full-time faculty will take time during classes to talk with students about tuition increases and cutbacks in tenure track positions which are replaced by underpaid, insecure adjunct positions. Students and faculty will organize other events to raise
awareness
NY NYC NYU YCL@NYU/New School Brianna bls300 at nyu dot edu demonstrations, teach-in, EFCA campaign
NY NYC SUNY Stony Brook GSEU/CWA 1104 Jim McAsey jimmcasey at gmail dot com Action in Manhattan at the office of a SUNY Research Foundation board member ( John Fitzgibbons). Planned to Friday April 3 at 2 pm.)
NY NYC   United for Peace and Justice Becca Rast becca dot rast at gmail dot com 4/2FUND EDUCATION -- NOT WAR Calling Students and Youth Join United For Peace and Justice -- the country's largest antiwar coalition -- to call for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a re-prioritizing of the nation's resources for our communities, not for war! March On Wall Street Youth: Gather At Franklin St. between Broadway & Lafayette
NY NYC   Solidarity Micah Landau micah dot landau at aya dot yale dot edu Stella D'Oro Strike Support Events in Bx, NY:Wed., April 1 @ 3PM-6PM: Rally at the plant at 237th Street & Broadway.Sat, April 4 @ 7PM: Fundraiser (w/drinks, food, music, and raffle) at 521 W 126th Street (btwn. B'way & Amsterdam)
NY Rochester Rochester Institute of Technology International Socialist Org./SEIU Kevin Gustina kdg5727 at rit dot edu Organizing drive with RIT workers and SEIU
NY Saratoga Springs Skidmore College United Students Against Sweatshops Shoil Khondker skhondke at skidmore dot edu contact for details
NY Troy, Rochester Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institue of Technology SEIU LOCAL@200united Kaseem Moultrie kmoultrie at local200united dot org Community Event on Campus
OH Columbus Ohio State University CATA   Catanj at aol dot com Alternative Spring Break Trip from Ohio State University and Summit on 16th United Methodist Church from March 22-27: Students will be exploring and discussing issues of immigration, farmworkers, the larger food system, as well as interviewing and meeting CATA members and the larger immigrant worker community to learn from their histories and experiences.
OH Eugene University of Oregon Step Up, Oregon! /USAS Mariah Thompson thompson at uoregon dot edu Film showing related to labor issues.Economic Stimulus Tour, a tour of sweatshop workers who will be discussing how our tax dollars contribute to sweatshop conditions since many of the uniforms for our public employees are sewn in sweat shops.6pm on Friday, April 3rd.
OH Mansfield Ohio State Univ - Mansfield Students for Social Justice Dustin Durbin durbin dot 76 at osu dot edu contact for details
OH Oxford Miami University Students for Staff Susa Dirr dirrse at gmail dot com Students will collaborate with Miami Valley JWJ to hold a town hall meeting on the economic crisis on April 14th.
OH Wooster Wooster College Wooster Democratic Socialist Mathew Porter mporter12 at wooster dot edu contact for details
OR Monmouth Western Oregon Uuniversity MEChA de Western Oregon Cristal Sandoval csandoval06 at wou dot edu contact for details
OR Philadelphia St. Joseph's University Students for Workers' Rights and CATA - El Comite de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricolas   Catanj at aol dot com Farmworker Justice Panel and Discussion on March 31st, 2009 at 5pm in the President's Louge at St. Joseph's University
OR Portland Clackamas Community College   Dale C. Chambers chambersdale at yahoo dot com Organizing students
PA Philadelphia Temple Temple SLAP and Philly JwJ Wes Weaver wesweaver at temple dot edu contact for details
PA State College Penn State University Penn State United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) Meg Quinn meg at usas dot org April 1: USAS Russell Day of Action in solidarity with garment workers from Jerzees de Honduras. USAS groups across the country will be organizing events to cut college contracts with Russell Athletic over their recent closure of Jerzees de Honduras, and to adopt the Designated Suppliers Program -- the best solution to prevent brands cutting and running from factories that respect workers' rights.
RI Providence   Rhode Island JwJ and Brown University Student Labor Alliance Rachel Miller rachel dot miller dot m at gmail dot com 4/2- Tenth Annual National Student Labor Week of Action Show and Tell Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Location: J Walter Wilson This year join featured guests, worker-leaders from Colibri Workers for Dignity and Justice, who were abruptly put out of work when the local Colibri jewelry factory closed its doors in January, illegally neglecting to pay severance and benefits guaranteed to workers under the WARN act. Along with the Colibri workers, activists in the labor movement from across the state will be discussing our interweaving struggles and how we can watch each other's backs. Do you have something to "Show and Tell"? Or maybe you're interested in how students can use our position to be effective allies to workers organizing for dignity and justice? Come join us either way! 411In support of ILWU and EFCA, RI JwJ will protest Rite Aid's anti-worker practices and call on them to settle a first contract with Lancaster, CA distribution center workers.
TN Johnson City East Tennessee State University Language and Culture Resource Center Jorja Cummings lcrc at etsu dot edu support of the Dream Act; and Farmworkers; petition drive; awareness raising; movie previews
TN Nashville Vanderbilt University Living Income for Vanderbilt Employees Isabelle McKay live dot vanderbilt at gmail dot com Student and community meeting in solidarity
TX Blountville Northeast State Tech. Comm. College Spanish Club Francis Canedo   contact for details
TX Denton University of North Texas   Stewart napoleon_76067 at hotmail dot com contact for details
TX Edinburg University of Texas - Pan American MEChA don nadien mechavive at gmail dot com collaboratin with LUPE(la union del pueblo entero) in a cesar chavez march to push for immigration reform on the 28th, we might also have a cesar chavez march on the 31st with AMS(association of migrant students) and we would like to show The Take and Salt of the Earth. Possible solidarity action with the CIW since we do have sodexo on campus
TX Grand Prairie   North Texas JwJ Gene Lantz labordallas at sbcglobal dot net 3/28 at 2 PM at 848 Union Hall 2218 E Main Street in Grand Prairie Celebrate Cesar Chavez’ birthday with the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement and Jobs with Justice. It’s the perfect occasion to remember this great union organizer, because the United States Congress is considering a bill, the Employee Free Choice Act, which would restore the American right to organize!
TX Houston University of Houston University of Houston Students Against Sweatshops (UHSAS) United Students Against Sweatshops National Network organize at usas dot org April 1: USAS Russell Day of Action in solidarity with garment workers from Jerzees de Honduras.(see Penn State Action description)
VA Charlottesville University of Virginia Workers and Students United Luis Oyola lao5j at virginia dot edu Worker's Breakfast, March 24th and a film screening of "The Take" on March, 30th.
VT Colchester Saint Michael's College S.L.A.M. Derek Souza derek dot souza at tradejusticecampaign dot org March 31st from 11-1 pm: Tabling in Alliot, stop by say hi and sign an EFCA card; film screening "TAKE," in St. Eds 102 "refreshments provided"; April 1st from 11-1 pm: tabling for EFCA; April 1st: "PHONE SLAM": Help us call our representatives to support the Employee Free Choice Act! Ferrell Room 5:00-7:00 FREE PIZZA; April 2nd at noon: Student Worker coffee hour: 12:00 Eddies; Screening the movie Life in Debt: the Story of Jamaicar; 7pm: showing the movie “The Take”; April 3rd :Keynote Event** Is Healthcare a human right? Two specialists will debate on healthcare in VT. 12:00-1:00 pm in Hoehl Welcome Center
WA Bellingham       www dot foodjustice dot org 3rd Annual Cesar Chavez Dinner and Program (Fundraiser for the Children): Honoring the legacy of Cesar Chavez by supporting the families who have been impacted by the military style I.C.E. raid at Yamato Engines in Bellingham. Tues., March 31, 2009 St. Luke's Community Education Center, 3333 Squalicum Parkway, Bellingham WA
WA Olympia Evergreen State College   Nina Triffleman trifflen at evergreen dot edu, Discusson: "Dialogue for Farmworker’s Justice Countering Oppression in the Food System" at the Evergreen State College Recital Hall, Communications Building 2700 Evergreen Pkwy on Wed., April 1, 2009 , 10AM – Noon
WA Seattle University of Washington MEChA/SLAP Mayra Rangel mayraa at u dot washington dot edu an action to protest what is happening in Arizona
WA Seattle   UFCW 21 Faye Guenther fguenther at ufcw21 dot edu April 4 day of remembrance
WI Milwaukee Riverside High Students United For Immigrant Rights Jhoselinn Perez josyp21 at hotmail dot com demonstration of our solidarity through activites, or anything else we can think of
WI Milwaukee UW Milwaukee Sweat Free UWM and Students for a Democractic Society Dana Schultz dana at 9to5 dot org Rally, banner dropping, having a close line placed in front of the chancellors office displaying sweatshop made clothing with statistics on it, and finally a "funk" the chancellor dance off.