"Immokalee: From Slavery to Freedom" Film Screening at the University of Houston

Thursday, October 15, 2009
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Houston Room
University Center, University of Houston
4800 Calhoun Road
Houston, TX 77004

Campus Progress, and University of Houston Students for Fair Trade are screening “Immokalee: From Slavery to Freedom,” a film about the conditions of tomato farmworkers in Florida and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ (CIW). After the screening, Lucas Benitez from CIW, and Marc Rodriguez from the Student Farmworkers Alliance (SFA), will speak about organizing against labor abuses and better wages.

Refreshments will be served.

This event is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by Campus Progress and UH Students for Fair Trade.

For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.