FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Simone Adler, Organizing Director, Community Alliance for Global Justice |[email protected] | 215-873-4672 Corbin Laedlein, Global Linkages Program Coordinator, WhyHunger |[email protected] |+27 064 738 4703 (South Africa) Agroecology Community Leaders Travel to South Africa for Learning Exchange SEATTLE, WA October 10, 2017 – Today a delegation of seven African American, […]
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RNA Interference GMOs to enter South Africa and Nigeria
The African Center for Biodiversity warns that the South African government recently received an application for use of a new variety of GM Maize.
Volunteers Needed for the SLEE Dinner!
Volunteer for CAGJ’s SLEE– Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere- Dinner! Help organize now, or sign up to volunteer on October 21!
Save the Date: October 21 is SLEE!
Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) grew out of the seeds of a mass people’s movement, the 1999 shutdown of the World Trade Organization. CAGJ’s 11th annual Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere (SLEE) Dinner aims to grow and nurture the seeds of resistance once again in order to mobilize for equality and justice in local and […]
Got Green: A Victory For Food Security!
After months of community outreach and organizing, many city council meetings, and lots of work, Got Green’s campaign to close the food security gap with the Mayor’s proposed sugary beverage tax WON! At yesterday’s hearing, Seattle City Council passed the tax, ensuring that the revenue will go into healthy food access for low-income families and […]
See the Ripple Effects: #GiveBIG to CAGJ now through May 10!
Make your Membership Month gift to CAGJ go further by giving now through Wednesday May 10! CAGJ is participating in GiveBIG, the annual online giving event on May 10 organized by the Seattle Foundation, and we hope you will support our work by making a donation! Seattle Foundation will “stretch” your gift, and CAGJ’s $3500 […]
Report-back: Wild Salmon Cookout Honoring Northwest Tribal Opposition to GE Salmon
Photos and Video: See more photos of the event on Facebook Watch a video of the full event on YouTube On March 11, 2017 over 200 people came out to a community gathering at the Longhouse on UW’s campus to learn about the impacts of genetically engineered (GE) salmon on Northwest Coast Salish tribes, the […]
SAT March 11: Wild Salmon Cook-out, Stand With Northwest Tribes To Stop GE Fish!
SAT March 11th, 10:30AM- 1:30PM PLEASE RSVP by emailing [email protected] Location: wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House – On the University of Washington campus, 4249 Whitman Court, Seattle, WA 98195. See directions below! Join us for a salmon cook-out to stop genetically engineered fish! CAGJ is collaborating with the Muckleshoot Food Sovereignty Project and the Northwest Atlantic […]
What the Monsanto-Bayer Merger Means for South Africa
This past December 2016, Monsanto shareholders agreed to the sale of their company to German Agro-chemical and seed company Bayer, for $66 million US Dollars. It will be the largest ever foreign corporate takeover in US history. The newly merged company will now control 29 percent of the world’s seed markets, and 24 percent of … Continue reading “What the Monsanto-Bayer Merger Means for South Africa”
Genetically Engineered Salmon: A Profit-making Frankenfish for whom?
By Chloe Landrieu Murphy, CAGJ Intern This blog is the first in a series by CAGJ to elucidate the issues we aim to address in our Food Justice Project Solidarity Campaign highlighting Northwest tribal opposition to GE salmon. In November 2015, the FDA granted the approval of genetically engineered (GE) salmon developed by the […]
