Rabbis For Human Rights - North America

Application for Florida Trip

Slavery here in America today? Travel to Florida with Rabbis for Human Rights-North America to learn more!

Since 2009, RHR-NA has been one of the leading Jewish voices in the fight against human trafficking and modern slavery. Travel with us to Florida to meet with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and learn about their successes in the fight to end slavery in the tomato fields. You will have the opportunity to travel to the fields, meet with the workers, and learn more from RHR-NA about the problem of modern slavery and what we are doing to raise awareness in the Jewish community and end this atrocity.

Read more about RHR-NA's support for the CIW and reports from the September, 2011, trip to Immokalee.

Please note that this trip is for rabbis only.

Dates: October 15-17                       

Cost: $330 (not including airfare to Fort Myers)  Single hotel supplement $400.

Cost with extra night (October 14) for those needing to fly in early: $370 ($440 for single room)

After you fill out the application, you will be taken to a payment page. Please include full payment with your application: payment is necessary in order to secure your place on the trip. Costs include all meals and ground transportation in Florida, including transporation from Fort Myers to Immokalee (roughly a 45 minute drive from the airport). All meals are kosher and vegetarian.

Participants should be prepared to fly into Fort Myers by noon on the 15th and leave after 5PM on the 17th. The program will run from roughly mid-afternoon on the 15th until roughly mid-afternoon on the 17th. Please email rkahntroster@rhr-na.org in advance of booking your tickets so that we can coordinate flights and ground transportation.

Please email rkahntroster@rhr-na.org with any questions or concerns, or to see the itinerary from previous trips.