Four Categories of Problems with AGRA

Political • uses tax-exempt foundation money to act without accountability • uses influence to monopolize discussions of development and agriculture • promotes solutions decided upon undemocratically, by people whose authority has not been conferred by the populace and whose frame of reference is the Global North • frames the problem as African production, rather than […]

Internships

Community Alliance for Global Justice Internships Are you passionate about food sovereignty and local economic justice? Want to build your outreach, organizational, communications, networking, and nonprofit management skills, or your catering resumé? CAGJ is seeking strong communicators to join our team! All positions are open to students seeking internships, or CAGJ members and supporters just wanting […]

Take Action!

Take action for food sovereignty with the Food Justice Project’s current Solidarity Campaigns. Get involved with the Food Justice Project to help organize support for all these actions, and more! Boycott Driscoll’s and Sakuma Bros. Berries to support Familias Unidas por la Justicia and the farmworker strikes at Sakuma Bros. Berry Farm in Washington State, […]

Get Involved!

CAGJ is run by our volunteer members and there are many ways to plug in! Here are just a few: Become a Member by signing up to contribute financially and/or with volunteer hours! Stay informed about upcoming opportunities! Subscribe to our monthly email newsletter. Sign up for our AGRA Watch listserv. (You may receive around […]

Trade Justice

CAGJ works for Trade Justice by organizing to end the current US trade model that prioritizes profits over people and the environment, and works to offer viable alternatives. Through membership in the WA Fair Trade Coalition, CAGJ continues our historic organizing to halt so-called Free Trade Agreements which are in reality pro-corporate investment deals. We […]

Food Justice Project

Through community education, political action, anti-oppressive organizing and community-building, the Food Justice Project seeks to challenge and transform the globalized, industrial, corporate-driven food system and promote existing alternatives. Food Justice Project meetings are on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, 6:30 – 8:30pm Pacific Time on Zoom. Contact [email protected] for more info. New to the […]

Mission and Vision

Mission Community Alliance for Global Justice strengthens the global food sovereignty movement through community education and mobilization. We build solidarity across movements through grassroots, community-based organizing, and a commitment to ending all forms of oppression. We work to transform unjust trade and agricultural policies and practices imposed by corporations, governments, and foundations. We promote alternatives […]

About Us

Thank you for your interest in Community Alliance for Global Justice! We are a grassroots, membership-based organization in Seattle. CAGJ’s dedicated volunteers contribute their skills, time and money to work for a just local and global economy. CAGJ has three programs: Food Justice Project, AGRA Watch and Trade Justice – please see each program’s page […]