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Call for CAGJ Interns & Volunteers! Strengthen CAGJ’s SLEE Gala & Communications
“Are you passionate about food sovereignty and local economic justice? Want to build your outreach, ...”
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About the Trans-Pacific Partnership
“The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the largest free-trade agreement negotiated since the World Trade Organization. ...”
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CAGJ launches 2019-20 Strategic Assessment & Planning Process!
“CAGJ is excited to launch a year-long Strategic Planning & Assessment Process (SAPP for short) ...”
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Take Action for Farmworker Justice! Tell Your Rep: OPPOSE The Farm Workforce Modernization Act
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The Farmworkforce Modernization Act is scheduled to be voted on today, Wednesday December 11 2019. ...”
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Article Series on South Africa-US Agroecology Exchange
“Welcome to our homepage for the International Agroecology Exchange – Reflections from the US Delegation to ...”
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2017 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May 02
In the Times of the Trump Regime and a Republican Congress: An AGRA Watch Member’s Perspective on Our Commitment
“By: Megumi Sugihara, PhD, AGRA Watch Member
“Food will occupy a special role in this historical drama, ...”
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2015 | Jan | Feb | Mar 03 12 20 23
PRESS RELEASE: Gates Foundation Plots Ways of Profiting from Africa’s Seed Systems
“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 23, 2015
Contact:
Heather Day, Executive Director, Community Alliance for Global Justice, [email protected]
Gates ...”
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MON 6/29 Honduran Social Movements Mobilizing for Justice: Karen Spring
“Monday June 29, 7 - 9pm
Honduran Social Movements Mobilizing for Justice: Karen Spring
Location: New Hope ...”
| Jul | Aug | Sep 01 29
Take Action for Farmworker Justice!
“TEACH-OUT ACTION SHEET: Sept 19, 2015
Call PCC and Driscoll’s Headquarters
PCC Business Office: 206-547-1222
Sample script: I’m ...”
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10/27/15 CAGJ Lecture: CART Notes (Communication Access Realtime Translation)
“CART NOTES: Eric Holt‑Gimenez & Jill Mangaliman, Climate, Food & Race: Challenges for the Food ...”
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2014 | Jan 01 12
Rest in Peace, Amiri Baraka
“By CAGJ Co-Chair, Reid Mukai
Amiri Baraka, longtime activist and one of the great American poets, ...”
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Join us for a Community Meeting!
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Wednesday, Jan 29th, 2014
6:30pm-8:30 pm
Location: University Christian Church - 4731 15th Ave NE, Seattle
(where 2013 ...”
22 | Feb 03
A tribute to Langston Hughes
“By CAGJ Co-Chair Red Mukai
Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967)
February 1 marks ...”
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Press Release: New Seed Survey Report Highlights Privatization Concerns
“CAGJ is a founding member of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance and is proud to ...”
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Three examples of problems with Gates Foundation grants
“AGRA Watch research has found these problems with Gates Foundation grants:
Bandaid solutions that deepen the ...”
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AFSA Open letter Opposing Human Feeding Trials involving GM Banana
“ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN AFRICA requests organizational sign-ons to the letter below by Friday ...”
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2013 | Jan 12
Statement of Support for a Full and Fair Farm Bill
“The Community Alliance for Global Justice signed on to this letter through our membership in ...”
| Feb | Mar 04
Power Of The People: How A Labor Dispute Galvanized Local Unity And Won Rights For Workers
“By Nell Abercrombie, Central Co-op Cooperative Advancement, reprinted with permission
Just in time for Valentine's ...”
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Terrorists and Money Junkies: Who's the Bigger Threat?
“By Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-chair
Since April 15, news about the Boston Marathon bombing and the ...”
| May 06
Trans-Pacific Partnership International Day of Action & Global Fair Trade Day
“Saturday, May 11th
2-5pm
Central CO-OP Annex, 1900 E. Madison, Seattle
Find out Why TPP matters to YOU
...and ...”
| Jun 02 06
UNCTAD 2013 Trade and Environment Report
“The UN Conference on Trade and Development, in its recently released Trade and Environment Report ...”
| Jul 02
From the Arab Spring to a Global Summer: CAGJ Analysis
“By Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair
In 2011 the world witnessed a surge of protests largely ...”
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Fall 2013: Call for CAGJ Volunteers & Interns!
“Happy Fall! This is the time of year we seek new interns, and we’re also ...”
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Sat Oct 19: Teach-Out! Join Duwamish Alive for healthy waterways and fishing rights!
“Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:30am – 3:00pm Teach-Out: Join Duwamish Alive for healthy waterways and ...”
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Report Back: Oct 19 Duwamish River Teach-Out!
“By Darcy Buendia
The T-107 public access site of the Duwamish river is a refreshingly green ...”
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2012 | Jan 02 24
UFW Solidarity Action Friday, Jan. 27
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2PM March from Westlake Park (401 Pine St) to Darigold Headquarters (1130 Rainier Ave ...”
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Worldwide Mobilizations Against Monsanto Continue
“Worldwide Mobilizations Against Monsanto Continue, by Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair
If we should accept corporations as ...”
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Food Justice Urban Hike-a-thon!
“SAT April 28
Hike 10am-3pm; Celebration at MLK Community Center 3-5pm!
A fundraiser for the ...”
| Mar 05
Next Book Group Meeting
“Bringing it To the Table by Wendell Berry
Details:
Where: Marisa's House (4725 5th Ave NE, ...”
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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 – ...”
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FOOD POLICY COUNCIL RESEARCH INTERNSHIP, Spring 2012
“CAGJ seeks an intern who will do research co-coordinated by the Puget Sound Regional Council’s ...”
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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 ...”
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April 17 is International Day of Peasant Struggle!
“La Via Campesina, of which CAGJ is a member through the National Family Farm Coalition, ...”
| May | Jun | Jul 02
Report back from Rio+20 People’s Summit: “If they don’t let us dream, we won’t let them sleep”
“By Dean Chahim, UW graduate, founder of Critical Development Forum, CAGJ volunteer who we supported ...”
Trans-Pacific Partnership: Under Cover of Darkness, a Corporate Coup Is Underway
“The highly secretive pact, dubbed "NAFTA on steroids," is so invasive it would even limit ...”
26 | Aug 02
The Farm Bill works its way through Congress: Northwest Farm Bill Action Group Launches Campaign for a Fair Farm Bill
“By John Fawcett-Long, NW Farm Bill Action Group Steering Committee Member
The Senate Version – A ...”
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Educate & oppose the Trans Pacific Partnership - "NAFTA of the Pacific"
“Trans Pacific Partnership FTA – TPP FTA
Trade negotiators from the United States and eight other ...”
1 comments | Sep 07
The 2008 Farm Bill Expires September 30 – Will we get a new one for 2012?
“By John Fawcett-Long, Steering Committee Member, Northwest Farm Bill Action Group (NWFBAG)
The 2008 Farm Bill ...”
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AGRA Watch challenges Gates Foundation's claims to support agroecology, made in May 14, 2012 KUOW interview
“On May 14, 2012, Roy Steiner, the Gates Foundation's director for agricultural development, was interviewed ...”
| Oct 03
Treaty Like It’s 1999: Connecting the Dots on Trade - From Japan, Raj Patel...
“From Japan, Raj Patel on the expansion of the Trans-Pacific trade agreement and the homegrown ...”
Life Without a Farm Bill: What’s at Stake?
“October 1st, 2012, By National Sustainable Agricultural Coalition
As of today, our nation’s food and farm ...”
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Local Activists Celebrate National Food Day by Protesting a Possible New Wal-Mart Store In Seattle's Central District
“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 24, 2012
Contact: Heather Day, Cell: 206-724-2243, Email: hr[email protected]
Concerned Seattle residents will ...”
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Hunger is Political: Food Sovereignty Prize Honors Social Movements
“By Tanya Kerssen, a researcher at Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy and author ...”
| Nov 28
Report from international GMO negotiations from CAGJ's Phil Bereano
“CAGJ Advisory Board and AGRA Watch leader Phil Bereano attended the 6th Meeting of the ...”
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2011 | Jan 10 28 31
Central Co-op Teach-Out! Reflection
“Teach-Out! Reflection
Central Co-op, January 22, 2011, by Molly Woodring
With a new logo and a return ...”
| Feb 01
Making Hay is as Messy as Making Sausages: Deregulating GE Alfalfa
“Making Hay is as Messy as Making Sausages: Deregulating GE Alfalfa
By Phil Bereano
Phil ...”
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Seattle Farm Bill Principles Released
“City Councilmember Richard Conlin just put out this press release, announcing the City of Seattle ...”
14 | Mar 01
Roots of Recent Uprisings, by Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair
“Mainstream coverage of the Egyptian uprising depicts protests dominated by youth-- organizing using Facebook and ...”
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March Book Group!
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We are reading A Nation of Farmers by Sharon Astyk and Aaron Newton for the ...”
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Thurs April 28: Art+Agriculture #2 w/ Novella Carpenter & okanomodé
“Come out this Thursday April 28th at beautiful Washington Hall and support CAGJ on a panel ...”
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Sunday May 1 is May Day: March with CAGJ!
“March for Immigrant Rights! We’re All Workers! Washington-Arizona-Wisconsin: The Same Struggle!
12:30 - Meet at corner ...”
| May 05
SAT May 14, Teach-Out! Seattle Youth Garden Works during Spring into Bed!
“Teach-Out Work Party 10 am-2pm, Celebration at Pratt Park 3-6 pm!
CAGJ is partnering with Seattle ...”
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WED July 27 Wendell Berry Book Group
“Inspired by the recent Wendell Berry speaking event hosted by Seattle Arts & Lectures, CAGJ’s ...”
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SAT Aug 6: Cafe Justicia-A Food Justice Secret Cafe
“Cafe Justicia (A Food Justice Secret Cafe)
Support the scholarship fund of the Food, Farms, and ...”
| Aug 04
GMOs Coming to Parks and Lawns Near You
“By Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair
On the Friday before 4th of July Weekend the USDA discreetly ...”
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Dance the Tango for CAGJ
“Come dance the Argentine Tango with your fellow CAGJ activists and friends on Sunday Oct ...”
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Reports from CAGJ Delegation to Oaxaca, Mexico
“From Sept 21 through Oct 1, 2011 several CAGJ members and others joined a Witness ...”
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Teach-Out! Report: Hilltop Urban Gardens - HUG
“October 22, 2011: Teach-Out to Hilltop Urban Gardens, by Erin McLaughlin, CAGJ Intern
See PHOTO ALBUM ...”
| Nov 01
Lessons From Oaxaca to Occupy Movement: A Delegate Reports Back
“By Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair and Delegate on joint CAGJ/Witness for Peace Delegation in September ...”
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Notes on a Global Occupation
“By Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair
The dominance of neoliberal policies has made our world a crony ...”
| Dec 06
2011 CAGJ Accomplishments
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2010 | Jan | Feb 02
Michael Taylor at FDA: Another Fox Guarding the Henhouse?
“Article by Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair
On January 13, Michael Taylor was officially named deputy commissioner ...”
Come celebrate the publication of Our Food, Our Right!
“Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice Publication Party
Date: February 26th, 7-10 pm
Location: Hidmo ...”
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May 8: Spring Into Bed Teach-out!
“Teach Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle
Sat. May 8, 10 – 3pm
optional celebration 4-8pm
AN OPPORTUNITY ...”
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June 5: Join CAGJ at Green Festival & for AGRA Watch Film Night!
“June is a busy time for CAGJ. We hope you can join us at one ...”
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Seattle Employment Not Harmed by NAFTA? O RLY?
“Our allies at Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch posted a revealing piece on U.S. Trade ...”
| Jun 01
Deepwater: An Unnatural Disaster on a Massive Scale
“By Reid Mukai
On April 20th, 2010 an explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in ...”
Call to Action: June 4th, Stand with Haiti's Farmers!
“CALL TO ACTION!
Join AGRA Watch Friday June 4, 2010, as we march in solidarity ...”
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CAGJ blogs from US Social Forum in Detroit!
“CAGJ has a large contingent of activists at the US Social Forum in Detroit this ...”
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More blog posts from the US Social Forum!
“Here are a couple more posts from the US Social Forum - still more to ...”
| Jul 05
More Reports from Detroit & US Social Forum
“Please read more reports from US Social Forum by CAGJ and others below!
1. Report on ...”
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US Social Forum Food Sovereignty Declaration
“CAGJ members participated in the US Peoples Movement Assembly (PMA) on Food Justice and Sovereignty ...”
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Sunday 8/22 Teach Out! Laughing Crow Farm, Bainbridge
“Teach Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle
AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT AND WORK FOR A ...”
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CAGJ-U.S. Social Forum Report-Back, Wed 8/25
“CAGJ-U.S. Social Forum Report-Back
Wed August 25th,
6:30-9:00pm
Location: Hidmo Eritrean Restaurant (20th & Jackson in Central District, ...”
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For Immediate Release: GATES FOUNDATION INVESTS IN MONSANTO
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 25th, 2010
Contact:
Travis English, AGRA Watch
(206) 335-4405
Brenda Biddle, The Evergreen State College & ...”
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Media and online community react to AGRA Watch press release!
“CAGJ's AGRA Watch project put out a press release on August 25th highlighting the connections ...”
1 comments | Sep 13
SAT-SUN, Sept 18-19 Teach Out to Yakima!
“Teach-Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle
AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT AND WORK FOR A LOCAL ...”
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Sat 9/25 AGRA Watch Film Night!
“In Honor of Hunger Action Month, CAGJ Presents…
An AGRA Watch Film Night!
COME JOIN US FOR ...”
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Fri 10/29: AGRA Watch Film Night & CAGJ Fundraiser!
“The World According to Monsanto
AGRA Watch documented the ties between the Bill and Melinda Gates ...”
| Oct 04
10/24 Teach-Out with Alleycat Acres!
“Teach Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle
AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT AND WORK FOR A ...”
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Sign-on letter to the Gates Foundation
“Sign-on letter to the Gates Foundation sponsored by AGRA Watch/Community Alliance for Global Justice, La ...”
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Trade Justice at NW Chocolate Festival Oct 23 & 24!
“Northwest Chocolate Festival
www.nwchocolatefestival.com
Seattle Center Northwest Rooms
October 23rd and 24th!
All day admission $12.50 or e-mail [email protected] ...”
| Nov 03
Reflection on Teach-Out to Alleycat Acres
“by Ashley Rumble, CAGJ Intern
Each month Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) organizes “teach-outs”. Modeled ...”
CAGJ Member’s Reflections on 2010 Community Food Security Conference
“Aubrey Jenkins:
I had the opportunity to visit & volunteer at ‘Our School at Blair Grocery’ ...”
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Dec 1 Teach Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle
“Teach Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle
AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT AND PARTICIPATE IN A ...”
| Dec 07
AGRA WATCH PRESS RELEASE
“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE From Seattle to Cancun: International Coalition Calls on Gates Foundation for Real ...”
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Coverage of AGRA Watch Press Release
“On the event of the COP16 UN Climate Change Conference, and the huge demonstrations outside, AGRA Watch ...”
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2009 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr 19
Witness for Peace and CAGJ Event a Success!
“CAGJ recently co-sponsored an event at Seattle's Labor Temple called "Let Us Eat! Food Security, ...”
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9th Annual MAY 1 MARCH & RALLY - March with CAGJ!
“Presented by El Comite Pro-Reforma Migratoria Y Justicia Social/The Committee for Immigration Reform and Social ...”
| May | Jun | Jul 08
U.S. Working Group on the Food Crisis Issues Statement to G8 Urging New Approach to Food Security
“Calls on G8 to Reject More GMOs and Free Trade
New York City/Washington D.C./Oakland - The ...”
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Mon 8/24 - PROTEST WHOLE FOODS CEO
“TAKE ACTION – PROTEST WHOLE FOODS CEO
MONDAY 8/24 – 10:30 AM – 1PM
UFCW Local 21, ...”
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CAGJ's 5th Teach Out! - Vashon Island!
“Join CAGJ’s Teach Out! Saturday September 5th: Visit Vashon Island Farms and Farmer's Market!
Teach Out! ...”
| Sep 09 27 29
Submit a recipe for "Our Food, Our Right" - DEADLINE Oct 10th!
“As we move forward this fall in finishing the first edition of the Food Justice ...”
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Report on Day 2 of Community Food Security Coalition Conference
“Today's plenary addressed how to resist and/or engage with corporate power in ways that advance ...”
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THE PEOPLE'S SUMMIT Nov 27-29
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| Nov 25
N30 Events in Seattle
“After taking action during the day for climate justice, fair trade, and immigrant rights, take ...”
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Happy N30! Join us in the Streets & at UW at 7pm!
“Climate-Trade-Immigrant Justice NOW
Westlake Plaza, south end of park, 12 - 5
12noon-1245: Cimate! Justice! Assembly Street ...”
| Dec 07
Press Coverage of WTO Protests 10 Years Later
“Though the mainstream Seattle media focused on mostly on confrontations, tear gas, and "where were ...”
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2008 “So far so good!” | Jul 31
Thanks for making our second SLEE Dinner and Fair a success!
“Thanks to dozens of volunteers, hundreds of attendees, farmers, tabling organizations, sponsors and donors, and ...”
| Aug 05
Derailing Doha and the Pathway to a New Paradigm
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How WTO’s collapse clears the way to solve today’s food, fuel, and financial crises
By Victor ...”
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Nov 2: Sustainable Alternatives to a Culture in Crisis, Celebrate Madison Market's 30th Aniversary
“Come hear CAGJ's Director, Heather Day, and two of CAGJ's Advisory Board members, Viki Sonntag ...”
31 | Nov 03
CAGJ Signs Call to Action to Confront Food Crisis!
“Today CAGJ signed on to the Call to Action of the US Working Group on ...”
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United Students for Fair Trade Convergence
“United Students for Fair Trade Convergence, "Fair Trade: Taking It Forward"
University of Washington HUB, Seattle
November ...”
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Dr. Carol Thompson, African Scholar - visits Seattle, December 4-6
“CAGJ is proud to host Dr Thompson, Professor of Political Science Northern Arizona University. ...”
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