“You are the light that is bringing the message of God, the message of reconciliation and liberation…” “That is why you are on this tour — to transform the hearts of people around the country…” Candlelight vigil inside Duke’s historic University Chapel highlights tour’s trek through the Tarheel State… Following yesterday morning’s protest at a Charlotte Publix and lunch with Fair Food Program partner Compass Group, the tour crew continued making its way through its Day Two itinerary, arriving in the late afternoon to Durham, the heart of the state’s famed Triangle Area. Our evening started off with a presentation by CIW members on the Fair Food Program hosted by Duke University’s Divinity School and attended by Fair Food allies from Student Action with Farmworkers and Durham Congregations in Action… … the highlight of which, without a doubt, was the world premier of the CIW’s newest theater production, a piece prepared specially for the Now Is the Time Tour.  The piece compares the working conditions on farms that are participating in the Fair Food Program and complying with the Program’s Code of Conduct to those found on farms that still operate outside of the Program’s protections.  It also takes a critical look at the role that buyers who refuse to support the Fair Food Program, companies like Wendy’s and Publix, play in perpetuating farmworker poverty and providing a potential market for tomatoes picked in harsh, dangerous conditions... Head over to the CIW website for the full report from the evening's stunning vigil -- and the first video from the Now is the Time Tour!

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