2019 SLEE Dinner Organize: Apply by Feb 6 The Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere (SLEE) Dinner is the signature event of Community Alliance for Global Justice. Both a community event and fundraiser, the goal of SLEE is to build the local and global movements for food justice and food sovereignty by: Raising awareness and educating about […]
Category Archives: Agra Watch Blog Posts
Africa Group captured by colonial medicine, agribusiness and US military interests on gene drives at UN Biodiversity Conference
By: Mariam Mayet, Lim Li Ching and Eva Sirinathsinghji Original article: https://acbio.org.za/en/africa-group-captured-colonial-medicine-agribusiness-and-us-military-interests-gene-drives-un Reposted by: Becca Fogel At the recent UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the African Group – the regional negotiating body representing African countries – blocked a proposal to temporarily halt the release of gene-drive mosquitoes, which are being promoted by the Gates Foundation as an […]
CAGJ Book Review: Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, by Anand Giridharadas
By John Fawcett-Long, CAGJ Member If you are looking for a high-level assessment of current, elite philanthropy I highly recommend Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World released in 2018. The book presents a lucid and powerful critique of the market-focused and anti-democratic ideology of much of current philanthropy. Giridharadas is a […]
Special Appeal: Kelly Lake reflects on memorable experiences in 2018!
Dear CAGJ supporters, When I think back on my first year as co-chair of the Food Justice Project, I realize that every season has been marked by memorable experiences: sowing handfuls of tiny seeds into the rich soil at Kamayan Farm on a gray spring day; joining the twelve mile march for farmworker dignity in […]
Special Appeal: Learning and Growing with CAGJ’s Food Justice Project
Alanna Boynton is CAGJ’s Food Justice Project Co-Chair Dear CAGJ supporters, One cloudy Sunday in May, I pulled on my gardening boots and made the trek out to Kamayan Farm in the Snoqualmie Valley. My family and I were attending a Teach-Out hosted by CAGJ, and I was especially excited to visit after hearing the […]
CAGJ’s End of Year Appeal & 2018 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 Friend of CAGJ, “People! Power! We are the Women, […]
Uganda Passes Genetic Engineering Regulatory Act to the Applaud of Civil Society
AGRA Watch Celebrates Win for Ugandans & Civil Society By Matt Canfield, AGRA Watch Member For the past several years, AGRA Watch has worked closely with our allies to challenge the Gates Foundation’s efforts to push legislation through the Ugandan Parliament that will enable the commercial production of genetically engineered crops. The Gates Foundation and […]
People Power! Report-Back on Meeting with the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa in Senegal
In early November, CAGJ leaders traveled to Senegal to participate in the 2nd African Food Systems Conference, followed by the annual General Meeting of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA). Our delegation included AGRA Watch Co-Chair Bill Aal, and CAGJ staff Heather Day and Simone Adler. Simone spent the previous week in Kenya, […]
TUES Nov 27: Giving Tuesday
Give to CAGJ on #GivingTuesday to support Solidarity in Action Earlier this month, I joined two other CAGJ leaders in Senegal for the African Food Systems conference convened by the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA). The only US group represented at the meetings, we came to learn from over 100 participants from countries […]
#GivingTuesday is Nov 27: CAGJ is Solidarity in Action!
CAGJ is successful because our supporters believe in the work we’re doing. This year we began RiseUp! Summer School focused on food justice issues, traveled to Africa to meet with leaders in the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (shown with AGRA Watch leaders in photo) and much more! CAGJ thrives when our supporters pledge […]
