Immokalee farmworkers and others championing causes to end the abuses farmworkers have suffered in the fields carried their message of resistance and hope across the state to Palm Beach this weekend.
The first-ever Farmworker Freedom Festival began Friday and continues through Sunday celebrating farmworker culture as well as the gains of the Coalition of Immokalee Farmworkers Fair Food program.
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The event Saturday will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Bradley Park on the island of Palm Beach. There will be music, theater and art.
Beginning at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, the celebration will move to a small park on North County Road and Tangier Ave.
A delegation of faith leaders and farmworkers will gather there to deliver a message of hope for progress. The park is across the street from ocean-front home of the chairman of Wendy’s Corporation, Nelson Peltz. Wendy's has refused to join other fast-food gains by agreeing to participate in the Fair Food Program.
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