7th Annual Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere Dinner! Saturday, September 7th, 2013 NEW Location: University Christian Church, 4731 15th Ave NE Tickets available AT THE DOOR TONIGHT STARTING AT 5PM! Tickets are sliding scale, $40-$100. Kids are only $10. We sell out, so get yours soon! Or be a Table Captain and organize a table of […]
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Invitation: CAGJ July 26 Mid Summer House Party
This is a friend and fund-raiser, for people new to CAGJ. Kids are welcome! Please RSVP to our facebook page for this event or email us, [email protected]. Friday July 26, 6 – 8pm: Please join hosts Joe Szwaja and Debra Morisson and organizers from Community Alliance for Global Justice to learn why we need to […]
CAGJ’s 2013 Urban Hike-a-thon
June 15, 2013 10am-3pm Beacon Hill Calling all urban hikers and teams! Click here to register today! CAGJ is proud to announce 2013′s Urban Hike-a-thon on Beacon Hill! This year’s Hike-a-thon will be a guided exploration of Beacon Hill’s social justice and food justice landscape, highlighting the historical and ongoing resistance of folks on the Hill, […]
Teach-Out! with Greenbank Farms & Good Cheer Food Bank
Saturday, June 1 Meet at 8:30am at CAGJ office, 606 Maynard Ave S – travel to Whidbey Island for Teach-Out Return between 4:30 & 5pm CAGJ’s Food Justice Project invites you to a Teach-out on Whidbey Island, exploring Greenbank Farms, an organic farm, agricultural training center, and natural preserve, and Good Cheer Food Bank, an […]
CAGJ statement in support and celebration of La Via Campesina International Day of Peasants’ Struggle
On April 17 1996, in Eldorado dos Carajás, Brazil, state military police massacred peasants involved in the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), killing 19 individuals. At an ensuing protest, military police from two brigades fired tear-gas and live ammunition at 1500 women and men, killing three and wounding 69. Since then, global people’s movement […]
“Our Food, Our Right” Book Reading April 19
With the Community Alliance for Global Justice, Olympia Food Co-op, and GRuB Friday, April 19th 7-9 pm Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art 300 5th Ave SW Olympia, WA 98501 Come learn about the local and global food movement in your community! Including speakers from GRuB, an Olympia based group dedicated to inspiring positive personal […]
Facing the Threat of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
This op-ed recently appeared in the Vancouver, B.C. Tyee. CAGJ has joined the struggle against the TPP on behalf of farmers and eaters everywhere through our Food Justice Project Solidarity Campaigns. Get involved today and help stop this dangerous new trade deal! By Kristen Beifus, Raul Burbano, and Manuel Pérez-Rocha March 6, 2012 A 16th […]
3/28 Join CAGJ for March Community Meeting & Food Sovereignty Workshop!
Thursday, March 28th, 6:30 – 8:30pm Location: CAGJ’s Office, 606 Maynard Ave S. Rm 102 Seattle WA 98104, in the International District New to CAGJ and curious about CAGJ’s projects, and how to get involved? Already active and want to learn more about CAGJ’s current organizing? Come to our next Community Meeting and learn more […]
What people are saying about Our Food, Our Right
Have you read the amazing reviews from authors and activists Eric Holt-Gimenez, Mark Winne, Brian Tokar, and community college culinary school chef Gregg Shiosaki about “Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice”? Check them out below! If you haven’t gotten your copy, order it online today. Save the date for some upcoming readings with […]
10 Reasons Why Eaters & Food Justice Activists Should Care about the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership)
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, is a secretive regional free trade/investor rights initiative led by the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam, with an open-docking clause allowing for additional countries to join. In theory, the TPP seeks to increase trade in the region by opening […]
