Rise Up! is a 3-month political education and leadership development program offered by Community Alliance for Global Justice, where we create space to collectively develop tools and analysis to strengthen the global food sovereignty movement.
CAGJ hosts Rise Up! as part of our commitment to community education. Rise Up! contributes to shifting the dominant narratives around food systems, and developing knowledge and skills to engage with food sovereignty movements locally and abroad.
Please find CAGJ’s Rise Up! curricula offered below!
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Throughout the three months it runs, Rise Up!:
- Introduces theoretical and practical components of food sovereignty;
- provides a broad overview of current food system issues;
- showcases how different movement actors organize against the injustices of our industrialized food system.
Rise Up! is typically structured into three month-long modules, each of which covers a different element of the food system or facet of food sovereignty. The specific content of the modules shifts to reflect CAGJ’s solidarity partner’s organizing.
Each month, participants delve into a curated set of readings, videos and podcasts that corresponds to the monthly theme. A webinar discussion and Q&A with movement leaders allows participants to deepen their understanding, and see how the things they’re learning translate into movement organizing. CAGJ staff and volunteer organizers lead a facilitated discussion session, where participants are encouraged to reflect on their understanding of the content and consider how they might contribute to food sovereignty movements.
In addition to a curated selection of reading materials and videos, and a chance to connect with movement leaders, CAGJ also provides participants with monthly action items – ways they can actively contribute to strengthening the very movements they’re learning about.
Rise UP! Curricula
CAGJ is pleased to make curricula from past Rise-Up Schools available for free. These resources include webinars we produced, as well as articles, books, videos, podcasts and discussion questions.
2022: Future Paradigms: Re-imagining our Food System through the Lens of Food Sovereignty
June Curriculum: Farmworkers Organizing to Build Food Sovereignty
July Curriculum: Indigenous Struggles for Food Sovereignty and Self Determination
August Curriculum: Movements for Food Sovereignty: A People’s Solution to Corporate Control of Food Systems Worldwide
2021: Cultivating Care, Growing Movements
Foundational Readings & Materials:
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- Declaration of Nyéléni, 2007 (Reading)
- Food First Matrix: Politics, Production Models & Approaches (Reading)
- Six Pillars of Food Sovereignty, Nyéléni 2007 (Reading)
- USFSA Food Sovereignty Stories (Videos)
Find the rest of the 2021 Readings & Materials on this webpage.
“In the Field” Webinars:
Washington Food Chain Workers’ Struggle for Food Sovereignty
Indigenous Food Sovereignty Movements & the Role of Solidarity
How the Gates Foundation Sponsors the Corporate Capture of Global Food Systems
2020: Cultivating Resilient Food Systems in Times of Crisis
JUNE: Past | Laying Groundwork & Foundation Link to June resources
Webinar: Farmworker Organizing in the Face of the Pandemic
JULY: Present | Current State of the Food System Link to July resources
AUGUST: Future | Paths Forward Link to August resources
Webinar: #BlockCorporateSalmon: Standing with Northwest Tribes for Food Sovereignty
To Learn More
Find more resources 2018 – 2024
Please email Heather ([email protected]) if you have any questions.
