breaking our silence
to end sexual violence in the fields
Dozens of farmworkers with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and consumer allies from across the country will begin a five-day Freedom Fast on the morning of Sunday, March 11 to demand an end to sexual violence in the fields. They will be stationed around the clock outside Trian Partners, the hedge fund offices of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz, at 280 Park Avenue in Manhattan. Learn more about why we're fasting.
Supporters are encouraged to join them on site throughout the week (see schedule of events below). If you are unable to stop by or join the culminating Time's Up Wendy's March on March 15, please consider sending along a message of solidarity for the fasters to organize@allianceforfairfood.org. These messages will be read on site each afternoon during the fast.
10:45 a.m.
Worship services at The Riverside Church
(490 Riverside Dr)
1:30 p.m.
Opening ceremony and reflection at Trian Partners
(280 Park Ave)
3:30 p.m.
On-site health check-ups for fasters
4:30 p.m.
Messages of solidarity
5 p.m.
Live music: Middle Church's Jerriese Johnson Gospel Choir
6:30 p.m.
Vigil at Wendy's near Union Square
(20 E 14th St)
Monday, March 12
8 a.m.
Morning reflection and blessing at Trian Partners
(280 Park Ave)
8:30 a.m.
Public witness
9:30 a.m.
On-site health check-ups for fasters
10 a.m.
Morning programming with fasters and visiting allies
11:30 a.m.
Public witness
12:30 p.m.
Break
1:30 p.m.
Community workshop with the CIW
Consciousness + Commitment = Change: Farmworker Leadership in Immokalee
3:30 p.m.
Live music
4:30 p.m.
Messages of solidarity
5 p.m.
Public witness
6:30 p.m.
Vigil at Wendy's on 5th Avenue
(335 5th Ave)
Tuesday, March 13
*NOTE: New schedule due to weather
12 p.m.
Welcome and public witness
12:30 p.m.
Morning presentation with fasters and visiting allies: exchange between farmworker and ally kids
1:30 p.m.
Presence
4:30 p.m.
Messages of solidarity
5 p.m.
Protest
Wednesday, March 14
8 a.m.
Morning reflection and blessing at Trian Partners
(280 Park Ave)
8:30 a.m.
Public witness
9:30 a.m.
On-site health check-ups for fasters
10 a.m.
Morning programming with fasters and visiting allies
11:30 a.m.
Public witness
12:30 p.m.
Break
1:30 p.m.
Community workshop
#MeToo in These Times: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace and Society At-Large
3:30 p.m.
Live music
4:30 p.m.
Messages of solidarity
5 p.m.
Public witness
6:30 p.m.
Silent Vigil at Trian Partners
(280 Park Ave)
Thursday, March 15 — MAJOR mobilization
8 a.m.
Morning reflection or blessing at Trian Partners
(280 Park Ave)
8:30 a.m.
Public witness
9:30 a.m.
On-site health check-ups for fasters
10 a.m.
Morning programming with fasters and visiting allies
12 p.m.
Public witness
1:30 p.m.
Community workshop:
Worker-driven Social Responsibility
3:30 p.m.
Live music
5 p.m.
Gather for Time's Up Wendy's March (off-site)
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
(2nd Ave & E 47th St)
5:30 p.m
March steps off
7 p.m.
Rally and fast-breaking ceremony
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
(2nd Ave & E 47th St)