Happy Fall! This is the time of year we seek new interns, and we’re also looking for a few motivated individuals to join our team of organizers as volunteers leading important areas of our work. We will provide training and support, and you will contribute in significant ways to the global fight for food sovereignty! […]
SAT Oct 12, 3 -5pm: Traditional Foods of the Americas: Why I-522 & Labeling Genetically Engineered Food Matters!
SAT October 12, 3-5pm Sabado, 12 de Octubre, 3 – 5pm – Evento bilingue Location/Lugar: Seola Gardens (11215 5th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98146) Community Alliance for Global Justice presents: Traditional Foods of the Americas: Why I-522 & Labeling Genetically Engineered Food Matters! Miguel Robles, co-founder of the Biosafety Alliance and Field Organizer for Proposition […]
Ecological ‘Wake-Up’ Call Counters Corporate-Friendly ‘Free’ Trade
Published on Monday, September 23, 2013 by Common Dreams – Andrea Germanos, staff writer Report from UN body on sustainable agriculture stands ‘in stark contrast to the accelerated push for new free trade agreements, including the TPP’ The world needs to “wake up before it is too late” and usher in a paradigm shift in […]
The Struggle Continues for Workers in Bangladesh
By Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair On Saturday 9/21, Garment Sramik Samannay Parishad, a federation of garment trade unions, organized a rally of over 50,000 workers to demand improved working conditions and an increase to the minimum monthly salary to about $100. Bangladesh’s apparel industry, which supplies many Western brands such as Walmart, Gap and Macy’s, […]
Real Change Editorial: Gates Foundation’s support of Monsanto reveals it has put ending hunger on the back burner
Saba Samadani and Bobby Righi, members of AGRA Watch, a campaign of Community Alliance for Global Justice, contributed this editorial as guest writers. This editorial appeared in Real Change: Jul 3, 2013, Vol: 20, No: 27 Last month, more than 2,000 people in Seattle joined protestors in more than 400 cities and 50 countries to […]
Call to Action for Farmworkers at Sakuma Bros. Farm
There is a critical need today and tomorrow (Sept 16 & 17) and beyond to call Sakuma Brothers Farms and demand that they negotiate a contract with the farm workers and their organizing committee, Familias Unidas por la Justicia. The berries are ready to pick, the berry pickers are on strike, and Sakuma Bros Farms […]
Seattle Food Movement Focuses on Food Service Workers
August 28th, 2013 Email: [email protected] For Immediate Release SEATTLE FOOD MOVEMENT FOCUSES ON FOOD SERVICE WORKERS Saru Jayaraman, a national leader in organizing and advocacy for the rights of food service workers, will speak in Seattle on September 7th at Community Alliance for Global Justice’s annual Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere community dinner. In the wake […]
Farmworkers Announce Berry Boycott in Western Washington
By Matt Canfield, CAGJ Volunteer Farmworkers in Skagit County, Washington have declared a boycott against Sakuma Brothers Farms’ products after failing to resolve an ongoing labor dispute. The farm, which makes over $6.1 million in profits, is one of the largest in the region. Yet for the past decade, farmworkers in the Skagit Valley have […]
2013 Food Sovereignty Prize Honors Grassroots Initiatives in Haiti, Brazil, Basque Country, Mali and India
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – AUGUST 13, 2013 NEW YORK CITY—Five innovative grassroots groups from across the globe working for democratic access to land, seeds, water and food have been honored with the 2013 Food Sovereignty Prize, the US Food Sovereignty Alliance announced today. Winners of the fifth annual Food Sovereignty Prize were chosen from among […]
Taking Action: The Role of Workers in Creating Change in the Food System
As a farmworker strike with national attention is taking place in our region in Washington State at Sakuma Bros. Farm, this great analysis of the role of workers in our food system breaks it down. Thanks to the Fair World Project for sharing! Stay tuned to Community to Community Development’s Facebook page for updates on […]
