Rise Up! Summer School July Presentations: Current State of the Global Food System At the July 2020 session of Summer School we focused on the current state of the global food system. This session featured 3 amazing presentations from members of the Organizing Collective. Enjoy! Presentation Recordings from the July Session Length of 3 […]
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SAT 8/8: The Struggle over Agroecology : “Messengers of Gates’ Agenda” Report Launch!
YOU ARE INVITED! SAT AUG 8th, 10 – 11:30AM PST via Zoom Registration is required: click here. The Zoom link will be emailed the day before the event. Please forward widely and share the Facebook event Community Alliance for Global Justice/AGRA Report Launch and Webinar: The Struggle over Agroecology: Mapping and Mobilizing against the Gates […]
Donate to Support Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ)
Finance the Frontlines! Donate to Support Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ) Click here to donate! CAGJ has been organizing in solidarity with Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ) for many years. An independent farmworker union formed in 2013 by workers at Sakuma Berry Farms in Burlington, WA, FUJ is only the third independent farmworker […]
TUES 8/4: Summer CAGJ Member Gathering – Be Part of Deciding CAGJ’s Future!
TUES AUG 4, 6:30 – 8:30 PM Summer CAGJ Member Gathering: Be Part of Deciding CAGJ’s Future! Please register today! We will send Zoom link a few days prior. Over the past year, CAGJ has engaged in a strategic assessment and planning process, led by our Dream Team – a dozen committed members. We are […]
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 […]
Food Justice is Racial Justice: Donate to strengthen Black Food Sovereignty
CAGJ joins the Week of Action in Defense of Black Lives. June 2, 2020: “We Demand a Divestment from the Police and Investment In Black Communities” Food Justice is Racial Justice. We appreciate Civil Eats for creating this list to facilitate our support of organizations who strengthen food justice, land access, and food access in […]
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: […]
Show your Solidarity Today with WA’s Farmworkers: Covid-19 Protections Now!
UPDATED ACTION ALERT! Show your Solidarity Today with WA’s Farmworkers: Covid-19 Protections Now! ***please forward widely*** Familias Unidas por la Justicia and Community to Community Development have been working in Yakima County these past few weeks, supporting farmworker strikes in solidarity with workers who have walked off the job due to health and safety concerns […]
Register for CAGJ’s Rise Up! Summer School: June – Aug 2020
Cultivating Resilient Food Systems in Times of Crisis Rise Up! Summer School is a 3-month political education and leadership development program for community members, which offers an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the problems in our food system, while being part of creating the change we want to see. Across the world, we […]
