...the recent trip of SFA and CIW members to Lawrence, Kansas provided us the opportunity to learn some history, connect with friends old and new alike, and plant more seeds of consciousness about farm labor conditions in the US today and the connection that exists between farmworkers and consumers, such as in the above pictured class at Lawrence High School.
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A spectre was haunting the grounds of KU as our march to BK stepped off: A creepier than usual -- albeit, we think, more accurate -- depiction of "the king."
But the march to BK that day, and Lawrence's local petition drive, hearken back to other figures who once lived and fought in the tumultuous hills of eastern Kansas - abolitionists and 'free staters.' |
