Many of you 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 friends, In our 20th year, CAGJ is growing — […]
Category Archives: Food Justice Blog Posts
Thank You for a Beautiful 20th Anniversary + SLEE!
Our 15th SLEE and 20th Anniversary! Thank you to everyone who came together for another beautiful SLEE! It was a big one, being our 15th SLEE Gala and CAGJ’s 20th Anniversary Party! If you were not able to make it live, you can still watch the whole event here. (See links to highlights of the […]
Tonight SAT OCT 9, 2021: ZOOM link for SLEE!
Greetings! We know some of you would love to join but have not had the chance to register, so we are sharing the Zoom for this evening. Hope to see you there! TONIGHT! SAT OCT 9th, 6 – 7:30PM PDT Community Alliance for Global Justice presents SLEE Virtual Gala with Keynote by Raj Patel Celebrating […]
CAGJ’s SLEE Gala is SAT Oct 9 with Raj Patel
This year’s virtual SLEE Gala will honor resistance to the corporate globalization of our food and trade systems and celebrate the 20th anniversary of Community Alliance for Global Justice. SLEE 2021:Tickets | Table Captains | Raj Patel | Facebook Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere! Date: Saturday, October 9th, 2021 Time: Event Presentations 6 – 7:30 PM […]
SUN 9/26, 5:30PM PT: CAGJ presents a special virtual screening of The Ants & the Grasshopper
Free Film Screening with Co-Director Raj Patel! Co-Sponsored by 350Seattle Screening: 5:30 – 7PM Pacific Time Q&A with the co-director and co-producer Raj Patel: 7- 8 PM Pacific Time Free registration: https://bit.ly/3yjxs8E. Help publicize: Share the Facebook event hyperlink. About the film : “Anita Chitaya has a gift; she can help bring abundant food from […]
THURS 8/5: Vigil to Demand Better Protections for Agricultural Workers & Honor Honesto Silva Ibarra
THURS Aug 5, 11:30AM – 1:00PM Vigil to Demand Better Protections for Agricultural Workers & Honor Honesto Silva Ibarra Labor & Industries Department 7273 Linderson Way SW Tumwater, WA 98501 Announcement from Edgar Franks, Political Director at Familias Unidas por la Justicia On Thursday August 5, 2021 Familias Unidas por la Justicia will be holding […]
Report-back: Field Trip to Cooperativa Tierra y Libertad
Edgar (left) and Ramon (right) share their learning process with growing nopales in Washington state. Photo Credit: Mikhaila Gonzales Blog post by Mikhaila Gonzales, Spark Northwest Sweating after a few moments in their greenhouse, Mia, Quest and I, together with members of Community Alliance for Global Justice, listened as Ramon Torres, founding member of Cooperativa […]
Press Release: Hundreds of grassroots organizations to oppose the UN Food Systems Summit
Media contact Marion Girard, Media officer at the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) [email protected] Civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations launch a global counter-mobilization against the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit from 25 to 28 July 2021 in Rome and online. Rome, Italy. […]
TUES 7/27 Webinar: Indigenous Food Sovereignty Movements & the Role of Solidarity
Photo credit: Valerie Segrest TUES July 27, 6-7:30PM PDT Indigenous Food Sovereignty Movements & the Role of Solidarity Register to receive the Zoom link How is an Indigenous lens on Food Sovereignty unique, and what is the role of non-Natives to act in solidarity with Indigenous-led movements? We will hear from Pacific Northwest scholars and […]
Registration Now Open: Rise Up! Summer School 2021
Cultivating Care, Growing Movements CAGJ’s Rise Up! Summer School is a free, 3-month political education and leadership development program for community members, where we create space to collectively develop tools and analysis to strengthen the global food sovereignty movement. This year, we will dig into the root of movement building — creating more space for […]
