6/14  4-6pm at kiu bicycle laws, your rights and safety
6/19  11-3pm bike repair on landis green
6/19  6-8pm at kiu commuting safely
6/28 4-6pm group rides at kiu

PLUS! bike scavenger hunt this saturday at noon starting at krank it up!

All events are FREE of charge and open to anyone in the Tallahassee community.

• TUESDAY 4/8
Beer Brewing Workshop - 7 pm at All Saints Cafe. Taught by Tallahassee’s own North Florida Brewer’s League.

• WEDNESDAY 4/9
Recycled Instruments Workshop - 7 pm at the Women’s Center
(Learn how to make musical instruments out of household items!)
Local Music Roundtable - 8 pm at The Women’s Center immediately following the instrument making
(come talk about what’s up in Tallahassee local music)

•THURSDAY 4/10
DIY FAIR - 11 am to 3 pm with hands-on workshops from ESP, NORML, CPE, Amnesty Int, The Fertile Compilation, and others (tba)

• FRIDAY 4/11
DIY WEEK POTLUCK - 7 pm at the CPE Shops with live music from: HaHaHospital, Love is Everything and Adam Reid (other bands tba). Bring a dish!!! and a friend! Sure to be a rollicking good time.

Farmworker Awareness Week (FAW) is a nation-wide week of action for students and community members to raise awareness about farmworker issues on their campuses and in their communities. CPE, in a show of solidarity will be hosting events spot-lighting the cause of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) in their struggle against Burger King to earn living wages.

MONDAY, MARCH 31st
Labor Issues Info Fair on Landis Green | 11 am - 2 pm
Come learn about Labor Issue causes • Read up on current literature • Meet the Exploitation King • Sign the Petition asking Burger King for Fair Wages for Florida’s tomato pickers • Look at CPE’s Scrapbook, detailing our past events supporting the CIW • Learn how you can help!

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2nd
C.I.W. Teach-In with Daphne Holden @ The Pride Center | 7 pm - 8 pm
Who are the Coalition of Immokalee Workers? How is Burger King contributing to the abuse of its tomato pickers? We will be discussing these issues and more leading up to …

THURSDAY APRIL 3rd
Protest March on Burger King | 3 pm - 5 pm
Meet up in the Oglesby Union (on the steps of Moore Auditorium) and then march with us to the local Burger King on Tennessee Street where we will present letters to the manager and protest outside the establishment, handing out literature to the public. Come visit us before hand at ESP’s Responsible Consumerism Fair at the Intergration Statues on campus from 11-3pm. We’ll be tabling about the CIW and handing out flyers for the protest.

Here’s a link to Flyer PDF file and a link to the Facebook Event page.

Kids! There is SO-SO-SO much going on this week and next. You’re just gonna die. Skip your classes and quit yer job. Here it is in chronological order.

1. Jean Kilbourne, author of Can’t Buy My Love and director of Killing Us Softly and Slim Hopes, will be speaking tomorrow (Tuesday 3/25) at 8 pm in the Union Ballrooms. Cool!
2. Instead of a normal meeting, we’ll be having a super short mini meeting in our office at 8 pm to get everyone up to speed on our SLAP Week of Action Events and DIY Week (postponed to 4/7-4/11) and to distribute flyers. BE THERE! and then go see Jean Kilbourne with us!
3. Critical Mass is this week on Friday 3/28 at 5 pm and leaving from Kleman Plaza.
4. SoulVeg is hosting a Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday 3/29 from 5:30 to 10 in front of the Beta Bar.
5. We will be tabling for HempFest on Sunday 3/30 at the Rez from 12 pm on until we get all tuckered out and go home. Volunteers would be lovely. It’s free for students and $2 for everyone else.
6. From 11 to 2 on Monday 3/31 we will be distributing information to students on the CIW’s latest campaign with Burger King on Landis Green. The King will be making an appearance (PS. We need someone to wear the costume! Who’s game?) and we will be collecting signatures for their petition.
7. Ralph Nader is speaking on campus that night (Monday 3/31) at 8 pm in the Union Ballrooms. Super cool!
8. Tuesday 4/1 we have a meeting as usual at the usual time in the usual place.
9. Wednesday 4/2 from 11-2 we’re tabling in the Union, again collecting more signatures for the CIW’s petition. Volunteers needed!
10. That night (Wednesday 4/2) we tentatively have scheduled a CIW Teach-In with our buddy and CIW Sociologist Daphne Holden in the PRIDE Center at 7 pm.
11. As apart of ESP’s EarthWeek and SLAP’s Week of Action, we will be tabling for the CIW and SLAP at the Responsible Consumerism Fair from 11-2 at Woodward Plaza on Thursday 4/3.
12. Finally, that afternoon we will be marching from the Union to Burger King on Tennessee and Brevard at 3 pm for a little demonstration. The media will be there, as well as our co-sponsors, so make sure you drag as many people out as you can! See you there!!!