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  • February 3, 2009 - Haiti Interfaith Prayer Vigil - Co-sponsored by SFIWJ
    A diverse group of South Florida's religious leaders will join Wednesday evening in an interfaith
    prayer vigil for Haiti.

    Miami Archbishop John C. Favalora will officiate at the 7:30 p.m. ceremony at Notre Dame
    d'Haiti Church, 110 NE 62nd St., Miami. The vigil, open to the public, will include leaders of
    Jewish, Muslim and Protestant congregations.  Read More.

  • December 2, 2009 - SFIWJ co-sponsored viewing of "The Sugar Babies", a
    documentary film about sugar plantations, children, and human rights
    A screening of a film that examines the moral price of sugar from the perspective of conditions
    surrounding the children of sugar cane cutters of Haitian ancestry in the Dominican Republic and
    the continuing denial of their basic human rights.  Screening at FIU Modesto A. Maidique
    Campus, GL 1000 (across from the Green Library Main Entrance)

  • November 25, 2009 - Thanksgiving Meal with Day Laborers
    The past year has been difficult for so many in our community.  The economy is hurting and
    unemployment has been on the rise, but few have felt it as much as day laborers.

    It has been a struggle for members of this community to earn enough to provide for their
    families. Because of this, it was incredibly moving to help provide a meal for the day laborers
    at the  WeCount! Community Workers Center the day before Thanksgiving.  

    Members  of the faith community shared their abilities and abundance, offering a Thanksgiving
    lunch to workers - a meal that could have been the only one many received that day.

    Thank you so much to Rev. Steve Hudder and congregants of Christ Congregational of Cutler
    Bay, as well as Jenny Aguilar of Homestead, for preparing the food for this wonderful event!  
    And
    thank you to those of you who made the donations which enabled SFIWJ to provide some of
    the food for the event.  It truly was "un dia para la accion de gracias."

    The night of November 21st was truly heartbreaking as immigrant members of the South Florida
    community shared their testimonies with a panel of community leaders at a forum co-
    sponsored by SFIWJ on November 21st in Homestead.

    South Florida Interfaith Worker Justice (SFIWJ) and other members of the South Florida Wage
    Theft Task Force joined Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natasha Seijas on Tuesday,
    November 19th, to denounce wage theft and to announce a pending local ordinance to address
    wage theft in our community. A press conference that included testimonies from several
    victims of wage theft was held at the Stephen P. Clark Government Building in downtown
    Miami. Rabbi Solomon Schiff, a longtime advocate for workers' rights, spoke on behalf of
    SFIWJ. (More)

  • November 7, 2009 - SFIWJ's Jeanette Smith for Received the WeCount! Community Service
    Award at WeCount!'s 2nd Annual Fundraising Gala, "Dancing on Top of the Crisis".  
    "WeCount! thanks you for your determination, generosity, solidarity, and unwavering
    dedication to the cause of justice for day laborers and immigrant families."

  • September - Roadtrip to NDLON Conference
    SFIWJ's Jeanette Smith, along with WeCount! Community Worker Center Director Jonathan
    Fried and ten workers and staff from WeCount!, traveled to the recent National Day Laborer
    Organizing Network Conference in Maryland.  More.

  • SFIWJ worked with residents of the Redland Labor Center in Homestead, FL on a campaign to
    keep the Migrant Educational Program open. More.

  • Farmworker Women's Leadership Group meets to discuss the dangers of producing genetically
    modified foods. More.

  • SFIWJ staff and interns undergo Farmworker Health and Safety institute Pesticide Training.
    More.

  • SFIWJ attends Big City Police Chief Press Conference on Immigration Reform. More.

  • SFIWJ is working together with Interfaith Action of Southwest Florida on the Coalition of
    Immokalee Worker's campaign to encourage Publix to hold Florida's tomato growers
    accountable for the treatment of their workers. SFIWJ is organizing delegations to visit local
    Publix stores and present the store manager with a letter explaining the situation & encouraging
    cooperation from Publix on this issue. If you are interested in participating, please contact us.

  • SFIWJ interns visit IWJ sister affiliate Interfaith Action of Southwest Florida. More.

  • From June 13-15, SFIWJ representative Jeanette Smith, along with interns Rebekah Evans and
    James Schwarber, traveled to Tulane University in New Orleans for the Interfaith Worker
    Justice Leadership Summit.  More.
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