January 15, 2003
3 Photographers
Juana, Xunka and Maruch in a factory in Amatenango, well known for pottery making. (Click on thumbnail to see larger photo.)
January 09, 2003
Tired Girls
After a full day of taking pictures and making a video, we rest at Xunka's house.
January 08, 2003
telephones in immokalee
Telephone booths in the town of Immokalee town... you would think that you are in Mexico.
rally sign
Max (member of the CIW) holds a sign for a boycott rally outside of a Taco Bell in Ft. Myers Florida. The sign voices support of migrant farmworkers in South Florida.
student strategy session
Students participating in the Food Summit of Immokalee Florida. We are gathering together to think of strategies for action in the Taco Bell Boycott.
student with worker
Student participating in the Food Summit, is talking with a farmworker from Puebla, Mexico.
Una estudiante esta hablando con una trabajadora de Puebla, Mexico
spider web
Students and farmworkers getting to know each other at the retreat for the Coalition for Immokalee Workers.
slave house 4
Bathroom in a rundown home where 20 migrant workers were held, without pay, unable to leave. The owners were recently found guilty of slavery.
slave house 5
Norma in the living room of the abandoned slave house.
rally
Farmworkers protest outside of a Taco Bell in Ft. Myers florida. The boycott against Taco Bell is designed to put pressure on the company to pay more for tomatos which will in turn enable the farmers to pay the tomato pickers a living wage.
the fat rich pig
Mural outside of the CIW (Coalition of Immokalee Workers) Building in Immokalee Florida. It depicts the fat rich pigs and the ones exploiting the migrant laborers in the fields.
farmworker housing
Immokalee, Florida is home to over 30,000 migrant farmworkers in the harvest season. Most workers rent rooms in dilapidated houses and trailers. The workers pay $50 a week to share small rooms with up to 10 other men.
conversation after work in the fields
After picking tomatos all day in the fields, a student shares her experience with a seasoned farmworker.
ciw mural
Mural inside the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' building. The mural dipicts the diversity of the coalition workers. Migrant farmworkers in South Florida come from countries such as Mexico, Haiti, Guatemala, El Salavador, and Honodorous.