No More NAFTAs: Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership! International Day of Action

Friday, January 31st 2014 Noon Westlake Center 400 Pine St, Seattle The rally is part of an Inter-Continental Day of Action, in solidarity with our trade justice allies in Mexico, Canada and across the U.S. Community Alliance for Global Justice grew out of the 1999 Seattle protests against the World Trade Organization, and has continued to oppose […]

Join us for a Community Meeting!

Wednesday, Jan 29th, 2014 6:30pm-8:30 pm Location: University Christian Church – 4731 15th Ave NE, Seattle (where 2013 SLEE Dinner was held) Food provided! ALL are welcome! CAGJ is kicking off 2014 with a Community Meeting to discuss and share all of our upcoming work. This year promises to be a busy year–from our ongoing […]

Rest in Peace, Amiri Baraka

By CAGJ Co-Chair, Reid Mukai Amiri Baraka, longtime activist and one of the great American poets, passed away on January 9 at age 79. The cause of his death, at Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey, was not immediately released, but he was hospitalized in the facility’s intensive care unit since Dec. 21 […]

NAFTA & the Zapatista Uprising: 20 Years Since, 20 Years Next

By Chris Iberle, Food Justice Project Co-Chair We stumble upon two intertwined anniversaries on this New Year’s Day, 2014. With the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) looming, a new trade pact based on the broken model of corporate globalization, we mark 20 years since NAFTA went into effect. The Zapatista uprising, timed to coincide with the implementation […]

Donate to CAGJ this Giving Season

You care about food sovereignty, in Seattle, the US, Africa & everywhere. You are a fighter for food justice. You expect social justice to be woven into the fabric of the food movement. You know that a just economy means workers’ rights are respected, throughout the food chain. You have seen the power of social […]

Fair Trade for the Holidays

CAGJ Holiday Fundraiser Give Fair Trade and CAGJ Gifts this Season! DEADLINE EXTENDED – Place your order by Thursday, December 19 at Noon OR DONATE TO CAGJ & receive beautiful gifts!! CAGJ is offering end of the year gifts in appreciation for those who donate before January 1. Donate $100 or become $10 Monthly Sustainer […]

Gaining Ground on Fight to Label Genetically Engineered Foods

By Ronnie Cummins Reposted with permission from EcoWatch. “The ground we gained in Washington, in the form of votes, is nothing compared with the ground—in the form of soil and farms and fields—we plan to take back from Monsanto in the months and years ahead. Watch out, Monsanto. We have plans. And those plans include taking […]

Have You Thanked a Food Worker Yet?

By Andrea Lindsay, Food Justice Project Volunteer Last week, the Food Chain Workers Alliance put out the call to “thank a food worker” and take action as part of the second annual International Food Workers Week. In addition to attracting significant media coverage and raising money to support food workers around the country, the Food […]

We’re looking for a new Food Justice Project Co-Coordinator!

Are you… …Passionate about Food Justice?? …Interested in building community? …Interested in learning new community organizing skills? …a person who enjoys multitasking and coordinating? …in support of the Food Justice Project’s mission of making local, sustainably and humanely produced food accessible to everyone regardless of race, class, ethnicity, ability, religion, citizenship, or community. Good food […]

FRI 12/13: CAGJ’s Annual Holiday Soiree

Friday Dec 13th,  6 – 9pm YOU ARE INVITED TO CAGJ’s Annual Holiday Soiree! ALL ARE WELCOME Location: Bobby & Michael Righi’s home, 6002 Fremont Ave, Seattle (Greenwood neighborhood). RSVPs appreciated but not required: [email protected] The Holiday Party is a CAGJ tradition to say THANK YOU to our amazing volunteers, and to introduce new people […]