By Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair From June 20 to 22, approximately 50,000 delegates and 130 heads of state and ministers from 190 countries gathered for the Rio +20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (also known as the Earth Summit). Unfortunately this massive effort, the largest conference ever organized by the U.N., amounted to very […]
Author Archive: Heather
Kickstarter: Help CAGJ publish “Our Food, Our Right” for July 14 SLEE! Dinner!
CAGJ is super excited to be on the verge of publishing our 2nd book, “Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice”, which will be the focus of the 6th annual SLEE dinner taking place July 14 – copies of the book will first be made available at the dinner, we’ll get to hear from […]
CAFTA Ruling Continues Corporate Attack on Environmental Protection
June 2, 2012 Press Release: Public Citizen and Sierra Club Part of Attack on Mining Law Will Proceed at International Tribunal; El Salvador May Pay Millions in Tribunal, Legal Fees Even for Dismissed Claim WASHINGTON, D.C. – A tribunal constituted under the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) ruled that Pacific Rim Mining Corp. could […]
Industrial agriculture—“it’s been a bad month”, By Erick Haakenson
Reprinted with permission from April 22, 2012 Jubilee Farm Newsletter The season is so hard upon us that I don’t have time to share everything in this update I’d like too. So I’m going to have to abridge what I’d like to say here. But I just can’t fail to note that the assault on […]
SAT June 2: CAGJ Community Feedback Session
Come help Community Alliance for Global Justice develop a popular education series! Saturday June 2nd, 1pm to 5pm, Location TBD Please RSVP by May 24th to reserve your spot – or if you have any questions – contact Laura Titzer, Food Justice Project Co-Chair: laura.titzer[at]gmail.com Community Alliance for Global Justice receives many requests from organizations, […]
April 17 is International Day of Peasant Struggle!
La Via Campesina, of which CAGJ is a member through the National Family Farm Coalition, calls for April 17 to be commemorated every year as the International Day of Peasant Struggle, to mark the massacre of 19 peasants struggling for land and justice in Brazil in 1996. Every year on that day actions take place […]
CAGJ Director Heather Day’s Speech at March 16, 2012 Action Protesting Gates Foundation’s ties to Monsanto
AGRA Watch is a campaign of CAGJ that since 2007 has been working in solidarity with multiple partners in Africa and in the US to pressure the Gates Foundation and their “Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa” – AGRA – to not work with Monsanto nor promote chemically based, industrial agriculture. Following the lead […]
Saturday, April 28
10am – 3pm Hike from CAGJ’s office in the ID (606 Maynard Ave S) to Madison Valley 3pm – 5pm Celebration at MLK Community Center (come by even if you didn’t hike! 3201 E Republican St, Seattle) Fundraiser for 2nd Edition of “Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice” Register for the hike today! […]
FOOD POLICY COUNCIL RESEARCH INTERNSHIP, Spring 2012
CAGJ seeks an intern who will do research co-coordinated by the Puget Sound Regional Council’s Regional Food Policy Council on other cities’ strategies for engaging diverse communities in their Food Policy Councils. HOW TO APPLY: Please send an email to CAGJ’s Director, Heather Day ([email protected]) briefly summarizing why you are interested, and describing any relevant […]
FRI March 16 ACTION: Demand that Gates Foundation Sever all Ties to Monsanto
Friday, March 16: A Global Day of Action – Shut Down Monsanto! In Seattle, 11AM – 1PM: Demand that Gates Foundation Sever all Ties to Monsanto Friday March 16 is an international day to bring attention to Monsanto’s countless bad deeds. There are over 1800 actions planned all over the world. In Seattle we’ll bring […]
