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April 11, 2007

Greetings from the Brethren Witness/Washington Office:

• STEPS 4 DARFUR March and Rally this Saturday, April 14th!
• CIW (Coalition of Immokalee Workers) and McDonald's reach agreement to improve farmworker wages, working conditions!

STEPS 4 DARFUR March and Rally This Saturday April 14th!

STEPS 4 DARFUR is a march in Washington D.C. conducted solely by the students belonging to Students for Change in Darfur to pressure the U.S. government to take immediate action to STOP THE GENOCIDE in Darfur.

So please for the thousands of children starving and abused, for the thousands of women and girls raped and mistreated, for the thousands of people killed, displaced, and stripped of their dignity...

JOIN THE MOVEMENT. JOIN THE MARCH.

What: Steps 4 Darfur Protest March and Rally (Rally includes speakers and bands)

Who: Everyone

Hosted By: Students for Change in Darfur

When: Saturday, April 14th, 2007

Start: 10:00 a.m.

Finish: 3:00 p.m.

Where: Start at the Sudanese Embassy (2210 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20008)

Finish: Sylvan Theater on Washington Monument grounds

CIW and McDONALD'S REACH AGREEMENT TO IMPROVE FARMWORKER WAGES, WORKING CONDITIONS!

With the arrival of the 2007 Truth Tour in Chicago just days away, the CIW (Coalition of Immokalee Workers), McDonald's, and its suppliers gathered at the Carter Center in Atlanta today to announce an agreement that guarantees:

1. A penny more per pound to workers harvesting tomatoes for McDonald's;

2. A stronger code of conduct based on the principle of worker participation;

3. And a collaborative effort to develop a third party mechanism for monitoring conditions in the fields and investigating workers' complaints of abuse.

To see the press release on this landmark agreement go to:

www.ciw online.org/CIW_McDonald's_Release.html

Brethren Witness/Washington Office Contact Information

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