Art-making session at Rhizome Collective
The action attracted folks of all ages...
Photos of the recent Miami mobilization by local photographer Alan Pogue were showcased at a collective member's home
Lucas Benitez waits for a Whole Foods representative near a wall covered with the retail chain's core values.
Lucas Benitez and Rudy Cortinas present to community members at an ally-building dinner.
Members of the Whole Foods delegation pose outside the chain's headquarters.
Members from Whole Food's legal team and security detail listen to what the delegates had to say.
Lucas Benitez presents to high school students in the library at LBJ High School.
Of all Whole Foods' core values, "caring about our communities [...]" was last.
Naomi Caballero speaks to gathered protesters about more of the weekend's coming events.
Community members, including State Representative Elliott Naishtat (far left) enjoy wine, hors d'oeurves, and photos at the Friday night exhibit.
Collective members negotiate with police as marchers form a picket line outside the local Burger King.
Police cars gather outside the establishment.
Lucase Benitez and Rudy Cortinas present to community members at the Fair Food Dinner.
A protester holds a sign stating, "One cent more."
CIW member Lucas Benitez protests with members of the Austin community outside a Burger King near the University of Texas campus.
Sean Sellers shocks a community member attending the photo exhibit with a piece of information about the exploitation of farmworkers in South Florida.
The chain's national headquarters, located in Austin, Texas.
CIW member Lucas Benitez tells SFA representative Meghan Cohorst and gathered delegates about the origins of the tomato he holds.
Son Armado leads the procession.
Allies from Kansas join in the festivities.
A child watches the loud, colorful procession in wonder.
Signs in Whole Foods' headquarters depicting cheerful indigenous people, which, as CIW member Lucas Benitez pointed out to the twitchy receptionist, Whole Foods exploits.
CIW member Lucas Benitez and SFA Representative Meghan Cohorst present to high school students at LBJ High School.
Delegates investigate the tomato section of Whole Foods.
A member of the Whole Foods legal team expresses the notion that Whole Foods will not allow itself to be backed into a corner.
CIW member Lucas Benitez presents a letter to a member of Whole Foods legal team, preventing the company from again claiming to never have recieved any such letter.
Local Austin collective member Sean Sellers, CIW member Lucas Benitez, and SFA representative Meghan Cohorst approach police in front of Burger King to request access to the establishment in order to deliver a letter.
A police car, siren blaring, blasts through the picket line.
A lengthy march under the hot sun left allies tired.
CIW flags contrast with the Burger King logo as marchers begin to picket.
Protesters continue to picket outside the local Burger King after marching through one of Austin's busiest streets.
