TAKE ACTION – PROTEST WHOLE FOODS CEO MONDAY 8/24 – 10:30 AM – 1PM UFCW Local 21, CAGJ & others will be leafleting Whole Foods starting Monday to protest Whole Foods CEO John Mackey’s editorial (see link below) blasting current Health Care Reform efforts. There is a Boycott Whole Foods movement brewing nationally, and it […]
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Join CAGJ’s Teach Out! Sat Aug 22: Visit Jubilee Farm & Local Roots Farm!
Teach Out! Engaging the Local Food Cycle! Fourth Event! Jubilee Farm & Local Roots in Carnation, WA Saturday, August 22nd 10AM – 4PM *Space is limited and RSVP REQUIRED! RSVP to Teresa at [email protected] Our visit to Carnation, WA will begin at Local Roots for a farm tour, and then continue down the road for […]
U.S. Working Group on the Food Crisis Issues Statement to G8 Urging New Approach to Food Security
Calls on G8 to Reject More GMOs and Free Trade New York City/Washington D.C./Oakland – The U.S. Working Group on the Food Crisis today released an official statement urging the G8 to focus on sustainable agriculture practices as a solution to the global food crisis. The statement was issued in anticipation of the July 8-10 […]
Tickets to CAGJ’s July 18 dinner are going fast! Buy yours today!
Sat. July 18, 2009, 3pm – 11pm New Location! St. Demetrios Church, 2100 Boyer Avenue E, in Montlake neighborhood Fair, 3- 6pm (Free), DInner 6 – 9pm, Dancing 9 -11pm $35 regular admission $65 Buy a ticket for yourself and ensure that a local farmer or food worker can be one of our honored guests! […]
6/24 Day of Action at Rep. McDermott’s Office – Denounce Violent Free Trade Policies in Peru
CAGJ, WA Fair Trade Coalition and our supporters successfully met with the Peruvian Consul in Seattle on Friday, June 12th, to highlight the recent massacre of unarmed civilians and violent clashes with police that occurred on June 5th in Peru. We had a strong contingent, who presented the Consul with a letter we had signed […]
Friday June 12, 4:30pm – Join us to PROTEST the Massacre in Peru!
At dawn on Friday, June 5th, 600 Peruvian police in helicopters and on foot opened fire on thousands of peaceful indigenous protestors blocking a road near Bagua in the Peruvian Amazon. Conservative estimates indicate that 60 indigenous and police have been killed. Police are accused of burning indigenous bodies, throwing them in the river and […]
Teach Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle – CAGJ to work at Marra Farm on May 30!
You came to our teach-in last December…. Now, come to our: Teach Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT AND WORK FOR A LOCAL FARM Coordinated by the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice First Event! Marra Farm Saturday, May 30th 10am-2pm JOIN THE GUIDED BIKE RIDE, […]
Thanks for making the March 1 Benefit a success!
Thank you to everyone who made our March 1 Benefit a great success – especially Nectar Lounge, Ruby Shuz and Supersones. We also want to thank Corrugated Films and Moving Images for donating their films to the raffle! Everyone had a blast and we raised much-needed funds to prepare for Spring and Summer organizing! Ruby […]
Technology and Revolutions – the Gates Foundation and African Agriculture: AGRA Watch Short-course
YOU ARE INVITED by Community Alliance for Global Justice to ‘Technology and Revolutions – the Gates Foundation and African Agriculture’, a short-course presented by AGRA Watch. Please join us for presentations and facilitated discussions on the key issues surrounding the work of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Wed. April 1st: Deconstructing […]
March 1 CAGJ Benefit at Nectar Lounge!
Sunday March 1st, 7 – 10pm Ruby Shuz & SUPERSONES Come enjoy groovy tunes & good vibes & help CAGJ raise crucial funds for 2009 organizing! Bring your friends!! $7 suggested donation (no one turned away) Location: Nectar Lounge in Fremont, 412 N. 36th St., Seattle WA 98103 21 & over only (sorry!) SuperSones play […]
