Community Alliance for Global Justice is currently seeking Food Justice Event Interns for Spring and Summer 2020. We are happy to work with students to fulfill requirements for academic credit. Timeframe is flexible. Potential volunteers also welcomed to get involved! We require a minimum of 5 hours per week. Due to COVID-19, this work will […]
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SAT 3/28: CAGJ Membership Gathering Part 3: Purpose, Vision & Theory of Change
CAGJ Membership Gathering Part 3: Purpose, Vision & Theory of Change Join us! SAT MAR 28, 9am-4pm Location: Our office at Welcome Table Church, 1322 S Bayview St, Seattle 98144 Breakfast, lunch & snacks provided – Register today! Join us for the final membership gathering of our Strategic Assessment & Planning Process! We’ll confirm CAGJ’s […]
Rise Up! Summer School is back for 2020!
Rise Up! CAGJ Summer School 2020 The people have spoken – and we’ve heard you! Summer School is back by popular demand for 2020! We are excited to launch our second iteration of Rise Up! Summer School, a 3-month political education and leadership development program to build anti-oppression analysis and learn about food sovereignty. This […]
Special Appeal: CAGJ’s Vision for Food Sovereignty
Organizing for food sovereignty means holding a bold vision for transformation of our global food system while creating change on the community level. CAGJ’s AGRA Watch campaign does just that – by building partnerships with farmer networks across the African continent, we organize in solidarity from Seattle. This October, we brought several African leaders here […]
On #GivingTuesday, We Say Thank You: WTO+20 was Magical!
From Vision to Reality: To mark the 20th anniversary of the 1999 WTO protests, CAGJ had a vision: Host a forum with local and international partners to celebrate our victories, and strengthen today’s movements, and channel that energy into an action. We are so grateful to everyone who helped make our vision a reality! Saturday […]
Battle in Seattle 20 Years Later: Activists Honor History and Today’s Movements
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Heather Day, Community Alliance for Global Justice: 206-724-2243 heather@cagj.org Kristen Beifus, UFCW 21: 206-992-7913 kbeifus@ufcw21.org Battle in Seattle 20 Years Later: Activists Honor History and Today’s Movements SEATTLE, WA November 29, 2019 – Twenty years ago, over 50,000 people took to the streets of Seattle on November 30th […]
CAGJ’s End of Year Appeal & 2019 Accomplishments
Many of you will will receive our end of year letter in the mail this week. If not, here is what you missed! Thank you for donating generously to CAGJ during this giving season, to help us continue to build the global food sovereignty movement! Dear CAGJ Friend: We write to you in the […]
SAT NOV 30: Another World is Possible! WTO+20 at Town Hall Seattle
Community Alliance for Global Justice, UFCW 21 & Town Hall Seattle present: Another World is Possible! WTO+20 How a People’s Uprising Shut-Down the World Trade Organization in ‘99 & Why it Matters for Today’s Movements for Justice SAT NOV 30, 2019: 10AM – 4PM; Doors open at 9AM Location: Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, […]
Oct 30th Rally & Town Hall Event Report-back: Battle for the Future of Food in Africa
See more photos on our Facebook album Watch the full video of the Town Hall event on YouTube, thanks to our comrade Ed Mays of PirateTV! Check out the livestream of the rally The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) launched the “Agroecology for Climate Action” campaign in early 2019. As an allied member […]
Report-back: Kenyan Partners Visit Seattle!
Earlier this fall, CAGJ found out that our long-time Kenyan partners would be making a trip to the west coast, and we jumped on the opportunity to have them visit us in Seattle. Samuel and Peris Nderitu, the founders of G-BIACK: Grow Biointensive Agriculture Centre of Kenya, and their two children Keith and Anet joined […]