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The 217th General Assembly passed a resolution in support of an ongoing partnership with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Campaign for Fair Food in 2006. Read the resolution. Prior to this, the 214th GA voted to support the Taco Bell boycott in 2002 and the General Assembly Mission Council celebrated the CIW-Yum! Brands agreement in 2005. The PC(USA) and its predecessor bodies have supported fair wages for farmworkers, the right for farmworkers to bargain collectively and a variety of boycotts over the last century as a nonviolent way to express our Christian values and urge social change. Key theological statements by the General Assembly which undergird the PC(USA) Campaign for Fair Food’s ongoing work are “God’s Work in Our Hands” (2005) and “Christian Faith and Economic Justice” (1984). |
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PC(USA) Campaign for Fair Food in Brief
The PC(USA) has been working as a partner with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and allies from the religious, human rights and student communities to improve wages and working conditions for farmworkers harvesting tomatoes in Florida. This two-page brief provides a summary of the work of the campaign, its history, grounding in PC(USA) teaching and current efforts. Download a brief history of the Campaign for Fair Food.  |
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Understanding the CIW’s Agreements with Food Companies
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Fair Food Curriculum!
Students from Princeton Theological Seminary have worked with Christian Education Professor Rick Osmer and author Carol A. Wehrheim to create curriculum for all ages (kindergarten through adult) on fair food.
Kindergarten - Fifth Grade Curriculum
The following background materials should be used as references for the curriculum
High School Curriculum
Focus Statement: (1) To introduce the learners to the situation of the Immokalee workers and the injustices surrounding it. (2) To challenge the learners to hear God’s call to do justice, and respond.
Family Curriculum
Focus Statement: To become more aware of the campaign by farm workers for better wages and treatment by fast-food companies and to become partners with the families of farm workers in working for justice.
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Other Curricula
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Free DVD Resource
Order your free copy of the PBS special about the CIW, the Taco Bell boycott, and the landmark agreement. It features the Presbyterian Church and debuted on NOW in May 2005. The DVD is approximately 18 minutes long and perfect for educational settings. Contact Interfaith Action, the religious support group for the CIW, by email or (239) 657-8311. |
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Worship/Prayer Resources
Join in a weekly cycle of prayer for human rights and fair food. Download and print this bookmark - just print, snip and pray! Let’s keep God’s desire for justice in the retail food system in the forefront of our minds this Lent. [Download bookmark]
Based on lectionary texts for November 25, 2007, this sermon by the Rev. Kennedy McGowan of First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, Fla.,L (near Burger King headquarters in Miami) creatively invites Burger King to encounter Christ the King and work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Rev. McGowan has graciously allowed us to share this sermon as a resource for pastors across the nation. [Download sermon]
August 2008 – Download these ideas for connecting Exodus 3:1-15 with the work of the Campaign for Fair Food.
Historic Human Rights Agreement between CIW and Yum! Brands [March 2005]
Scriptural Commentary on Jeremiah 31:31-34
Connecting the CIW-sponsored McDonald’s Truth Tour and public witness with prophetic ministry
Scriptural Commentary on Exodus 3:1-15
Connecting boycott history with the launch of the Campaign for Fair Food.
Scriptural Commentary on Psalm 149
Connecting worship with social transformation
Commentary on Behar-Behukotai (the Jubilee)
This Torah Commentary was written for American Jewish World Service by Rabbi David Rosenn, the Executive Director of AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps.
Week One: Candle of Faith , by the Rev. Noelle Damico, PC(USA)
Week Two: Candle of Peace , by Kathleen Mitchell, Interfaith Action
Week Three: Candle of Love , by Francisca Cortez, Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Week Four and Christmas: Candle of Joy and Christ Candle , by the Rev. Jim Boler, Associate Pastor Sanibel Island UCC and Board Member of Interfaith Action
Each week pastors, professors, and students connect Year C lectionary texts and the PC(USA)’s work with the CIW for fair food and human rights.
Lectionary Commentary: Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 18, 2007
Prof. Steve Friesen, Chair in Biblical Studies, University of Texas.
Lectionary Commentary: Third Sunday in Lent, March 11, 2007
Prof. Steve Friesen, Chair in Biblical Studies, University of Texas.
Lectionary Commentary: Second Sunday in Lent, March 4, 2007
The Rev. Matthew Lang, First Presbyterian Church, Des Plaines, Ill.
Prayer for Communion (in English and Spanish)
Litany for Fair Food and Human Rights, incorporating quotes from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Press Release from Day of Prayer and Meditation to Advance Farmworker Rights, March 31, 2006
A Prayer of Thanksgiving for CIW-Yum! Brands Agreement and Recommitment
We Dare Proclaim A Whole New World, new words to the tune of Amazing Grace.
Worship Resources from National Farm Worker Ministry
Worship Resources from Interfaith Worker Justice
"Partners in Christ’s Service” by the Rev. Susan Rice, Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church, Naples, Fla., and the Rev. Noelle Damico.
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