AGRA Watch’s third film night is Saturday April 3rd at Cascade People’s Center! Join us for a compelling film about Lake Victoria and discussion. 5 – 9pm, free. Please RSVP to [email protected] About the Film: Darwin’s Nightmare is a tale about humans between the North and the South, about globalization, and about fish. Some time […]
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From the Grassroots: Reports from Kenya & Uganda on Food Sovereignty, Agricultural Development and the Gates Foundation
CAGJ Report-back from Kenya & Uganda! Saturday, March 27, 6:30 – 9:00 PM Hidmo Eritrean Restaurant, 2000 S Jackson St. Seattle, 98144 Come to hear from Kenyan Farmer & Community Organizer Joshua Machinga, Director of Common Ground in Kenya, and Heather English Day, CAGJ’s Director, who will report back on travels to Kenya and Uganda, […]
Our Food, Our Right Publication Party this Friday!!
Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice Publication Party Date: February 26 7-10 pm Location: Hidmo 2000 S Jackson St. Seattle, 98144 The Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) recently published their first food justice resource guide and recipe book, Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice. The […]
AW Film Nights
AGRA Watch’s first film night is Sunday, Feb. 7th, 5 – 8pm at Bobby Righi’s house (please RSVP to [email protected] for directions and address). About the film: “A Thousand Suns” tells the story of the Gamo Highlands of the African Rift Valley and the unique worldview held by the people of the region. This isolated area […]
Come celebrate the publication of Our Food, Our Right!
Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice Publication Party Date: February 26th, 7-10 pm Location: Hidmo 2000 S Jackson St. Seattle, 98144 The Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) recently published their first food justice resource guide and recipe book, Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice. The […]
Save the Date! SLEE Dinner & Fair August 7!
Saturday August 7, 2010 Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere! Dinner & Fair Same great location! St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, in Montlake Volunteers make this annual community event and CAGJ fundraiser happen. We are currently seeking volunteers to help organize the Silent and Dessert Auctions, to do outreach to friendly organization and businesses, farmers and potential […]
Our world leaders went to Copenhagen, and all we got was this lousy climate agreement
The Council of Parties 15 (COP15) UN Climate Change Conference was reminiscent in many ways of past “alphabet soup” economic summits: World heads of state came together in a mid-sized city to discuss pressing issues of the day, while marginalized civil society organizations clamored for louder voices at the proceedings (or were barred entry altogether) […]
“Our Food, Our Right” on Sale Now!
These make GREAT gifts! Order yours now! Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice is a new CAGJ Food Justice Project publication (72 pages) that combines hands-on tools for change with community recipes and political awareness to engage YOU in joining in the struggle for food justice! Our Food, Our Right promotes community knowledge […]
Viva N30! Activists in Seattle take to the streets demanding climate, trade, and immigrant justice
SEE LINKS TO PHOTOS & VIDEOS BELOW! On November 30th, 2009, 10 years after the historic shut-down of the WTO meetings in Seattle, people again made their voices heard on many of the pressing issues we face today. As protests, teach-ins, and civil disobedience took place around the country on Mobilization for Climate Justice’s Day […]
Few questions, more praise, for Siddiqui at confirmation hearing
Few questions, more praise, for Siddiqui at confirmation hearing Monday November 09 2009 Volume: 51 Issue: 36 Food Chemical News No fewer than 80 chiefly environmental advocacy groups have issued a statement painting Islam Siddiqui as too pro-pesticide and biotech to be chief agricultural negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative. Regardless, most […]
