The hurricane was not an isolated tragedy in Puerto Rico. It was layered on other crises. But movements are pushing for just recovery and deep transformation grounded in sovereignty and self-determination.
Our Senior Solidarity Program Officer Jovanna Garcia Soto reflects on her work accompanying social movements in Puerto Rico, a "flame that stokes my discipline of hope."
Jesús Vasquez Negrón discusses the work of Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto Rico — and the importance of its partnership with Grassroots International.
Although 2022 has been tumultuous in many ways, it has been a year of steadfast building, deepening, and growth – for social movements, and for us as a movement support organization.
As Giovanni Roberto from Comedores Sociales writes, the contrast between the official government response to Hurricane Fiona and social movements’ responses could not be more clear. Just as clear is the importance of providing resources to real long-term solutions for Puerto Rico.
Fiona is not just a natural disaster, but a human-made one. Real relief means both immediate response and long-term solutions, led from the bottom-up.
All funds will go directly to hurricane response and recovery efforts by our long-term partners and other trusted allies on the ground in Puerto Rico.
Movements around the world are showing why gender and sexual freedom is necessary for struggles for the planet, people, and global social justice.
Grassroots International’s partner La Colectiva Feminista en Construcción, La Cole, speaks truth to power on the topic of debt.
For the month of April, we’re looking at the connection between the rights of peasants and the health of Mother Earth.
For January 2022, Grassroots is looking at the year ahead, the social conditions impacting our and our partners’ work, and the stories of resistance and solution-building we’ll be sharing with our supporters.
While recognizing that with every victory comes a new front of struggle in collective efforts to transform the world, we cap off 2021 with twelve movement successes involving our partners and allies whom we have been honored to accompany.
After more than two years of struggle, Puerto Rican feminists have won an important victory. Finally, gender-based violence will be treated as the emergency it is.
Through the immeasurable challenges of 2020, our partners persisted and advanced long-term transformative solutions. With your help, Grassroots International increased our support to unprecedented levels required to meet the challenges of these extraordinary times.
For International Day of Rural Women, we are celebrating women farmers like Norysell Massanet. Puerto Rico's farmers like her are reconnecting their communities to their food, culture, and land.
