Blog authored by AGRA Watch Tomorrow, October 1st, the Cornell Alliance for Science is hosting a webinar on Agroecology. Given the Alliance’s established record of attacking agroecology and acting as a mouthpiece for the biotech industry, we were concerned that the presentation would be another opportunity for CAS to distort and misrepresent agroecology. Thus we […]
Watch the #BlockCorporateSalmon Webinar: Standing with Northwest Tribes for Food Sovereignty
Watch the #BlockCorporateSalmon Webinar: Standing with Northwest Tribes for Food Sovereignty YouTube link: https://youtu.be/jTE1YSb4sZw On September 23, 2020 we had the privilege of hearing from Valerie Segrest and Fawn Sharp, two indigenous women who are leading efforts to block genetically engineered salmon in the Northwest, and globally. Yasmin Ahmed, an organizer with Uprooted and Rising […]
Webinar: Standing with Northwest Tribes for Food Sovereignty
#BlockCorporateSalmon: Standing with Northwest Tribes for Food Sovereignty DATE CHANGE: Webinar SAT SEPT 23, 6-7:30PM PDT via Zoom Registration is required: click here. You will receive the Zoom link the day before the event. Help us publicize! Share this post on social media and share the Facebook event. 2020 is a battleground for the ocean. […]
Watch the AGRA Watch Webinar! “The Struggle over Agroecology”
The AGRA Watch campaign of Community Alliance for Global Justice was thrilled to host our report launch and Webinar on August 8, 2020, “The Struggle over Agroecology: Mapping and Mobilizing against the Gates Foundation’s Influence in African Agriculture”. In the webinar, we presented the findings of our new publication, “Messengers of Gates’ Agenda: A Study […]
Elizabeth Mpofu Presentation: AGRA Watch Webinar & Report Launch
Elizabeth Mpofu, Co-founder of ZIMSOFF and General Coordinator of La Via Campesina Presentation prepared for AGRA Watch Webinar and Report Launch: “The Struggle Over Agroecology: Mapping and Mobilizing against the Gates Foundation’s Influence in African Agriculture” August 8, 2020 Elizabeth’s presentation is shared here, as she was unable to share all of her remarks in […]
New AGRA Watch Report: “Messengers of Gates’ Agenda: A Case Study of the Cornell Alliance for Science Global Leadership Fellows Program””
The AGRA Watch program of Community Alliance for Global Justice is pleased to present a new report, “Messengers of Gates’ Agenda: A Case Study of the Cornell Alliance for Science Global Leadership Fellows Program”. The study exposes how the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation uses the cover of an institution of higher education to spread […]
New AGRA Watch Report: “The Man Behind the Curtain”
Today AGRA Watch presents a new research report, “The Man Behind the Curtain: The Gates Foundation’s Influence on the UN Food Systems Summit”. In December 2019, Agnes Kalibata, president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), was appointed as Special Envoy to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit by the Secretary General […]
Rise Up! Summer School July Presentations
Rise Up! Summer School July Presentations: Current State of the Global Food System At the July 2020 session of Summer School we focused on the current state of the global food system. This session featured 3 amazing presentations from members of the Organizing Collective. Enjoy! Presentation Recordings from the July Session Length of 3 […]
SAT 8/8: The Struggle over Agroecology : “Messengers of Gates’ Agenda” Report Launch!
YOU ARE INVITED! SAT AUG 8th, 10 – 11:30AM PST via Zoom Registration is required: click here. The Zoom link will be emailed the day before the event. Please forward widely and share the Facebook event Community Alliance for Global Justice/AGRA Report Launch and Webinar: The Struggle over Agroecology: Mapping and Mobilizing against the Gates […]
Donate to Support Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ)
Finance the Frontlines! Donate to Support Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ) Click here to donate! CAGJ has been organizing in solidarity with Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ) for many years. An independent farmworker union formed in 2013 by workers at Sakuma Berry Farms in Burlington, WA, FUJ is only the third independent farmworker […]