In what is becoming one of the most time-honored and important SFA traditions, our 4th-annual Encuentro - a national gathering of the SFA network - will be held in Immokalee from Thursday, September 18 through Sunday, September 21, 2008.

In the wake of the landmark Burger King campaign victory, the 2008 Encuentro will be more important than ever as we plan, strategize, and build relationships for the next year (and beyond) in the Campaign for Fair Food.

As students and young people, our organizing is essential to the success of the broader campaign, and each year the Encuentro gives us the opportunity to meet face-to-face to lay the groundwork for that organizing.

Please apply to attend the 2008 Encuentro and come be a part of this process, whether you’ve been around since the Taco Bell boycott or just became involved more recently. (Due to limited resources and the constraints of holding a national conference in a place like Immokalee, we can only accept a limited number of participants. The application process ensures that those who attend the Encuentro are representative of SFA, in many senses of the word.)

For more information, check out http://www.sfalliance.org/2008encuentro.html