Sam Shafer: The Purpose of Solidarity & Why I organize with CAGJ

A message from CAGJ Volunteer Member Sam Shafer Please make a year-end gift to CAGJ today! Dear Friend of CAGJ, If this year has taught me anything (and woah boy, has it), it is that community organizing is it. To put it plainly, when you invest in the people doing the nitty gritty work, you […]

Virtual SLEE Builds Community! Thank you!

THANK YOU for a beautiful SLEE! SLEE was beautiful! CAGJ wishes to warmly thank everyone who contributed to making CAGJ’s 14th Annual SLEE and 1st virtual gala a great success! If you missed it, not to worry, you can join the one hour of festivities by clicking here! And below we share links to several […]

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 […]

SAT 6/27 Webinar: Farmworker Organizing in the Face of the Pandemic

Thank you to everyone who attended the webinar! The recording is available on our YouTube channel: YOU ARE INVITED SAT June 27, 3 – 4:30PM PST Farmworker Organizing in the Face of the Pandemic: Update from Familias Unidas por la Justicia Farmworker Union Please join us this Saturday to hear an update from FUJ President […]

Support the SLEE Dinner!

Support the SLEE Dinner! To help in any of the following ways, please contact this year’s coordinator, Sara Lavenhar: sara(at)cagj.org. Donate to Silent Auction! Need some help brainstorming what to donate to the Silent Auction? Here are some ideas: What restaurants do you frequent? Could you get a gift certificate? Would the chef host dinner […]

Readings & Materials for Rise Up! CAGJ Summer School 2020

Rise Up! Summer School 2020: Cultivating Resilient Food Systems in Times of Crisis CAGJ is hosting Rise Up! Summer School  during the summer of 2020. Registration is now full. However, we are making all curriculum available to everyone interested! We’ve broken down our Summer School resources into three tiers: Foundational, Supplemental, and Deep Dive.  Overview: […]