2018 in Review: Growth of Resistance, Impact
A look at the successes Grassroots International and our partners have had in 2018 — including a dramatic increase in our solidarity and impact.
United States
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From the Women’s March to the World March of Women: Grassroots Solutions to Root Causes
The Women's March, #MeToo, and Time's Up movements have grown in the United States over the last few years. Grassroots International partner the World March of Women is in complete solidarity with these movements — while seeking to bring in a deep, global vision.
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USFA Declares Food Sovereignty and Cross-Border Solidarity
The US Food Sovereignty Alliance held its fourth national assembly in Bellingham, Washington in October. In the statement below, the alliance expresses its solidarity with migrants and movements as they face attacks around the world. At the same time, it puts forward a vision for a different food system.
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Hazards at the Fenceline: Report from BEAI Fund Grantee
Coming Clean, a BEAI Fund grantee, surveyed nine communities across the United States for their study Life at the Fenceline. Their report reveals how impoverished communities, especially Black and Latinx ones, have borne the brunt of health hazards from toxic pollution.
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Corporate Pitches or Real Solutions?: Solidarity 2 Solutions Challenges GCAS
Climate change is disrupting our world and our lives. "Conscientious capitalists" assembled in San Francisco in September to offer false solutions. The grassroots answered on the streets with real ones.
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Agroecology as a Tool of Sovereignty and Resilience in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria
Civil Eats spoke to two Organización Boricuá members—Dalma Cartagena and Jesús Vázquez—at last week’s U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance national assembly in Bellingham, Washington, where the group won the Food Sovereignty Prize.
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35th Anniversary Message from Dan Connell, Founder
In the early 1980s, famine loomed in Eritrea and Ethiopia, but no one was talking about it. Nor was anyone outside a small circle of activists talking sense about the Middle East. And if they tried, they were hammered. Enter...
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35th Anniversary Event – Confirmation Information
Registered for the “Resistance, Resilience and Power” Panel and 35th Anniversary Celebration? Excellent! Below is important information you about transportation and parking, interpretation and other event details. Location: UMass Student Center Ballroom, 3rd Floor University of Massachusetts Boston – 100...
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Grassroots Movements Celebrate Building Solutions to Food and Climate Crises
The U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) honored Black Mesa Water Coalition and Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto Rico on Sunday, October 14, 2018, at the tenth annual Food Sovereignty Prize ceremony on Lummi and Nooksack land in Coast Salish Territory, in the city now called Bellingham, Washington.
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Announcing the 2018 Food Sovereignty Prize Honorees
The U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance is delighted to announce Black Mesa Water Coalition and Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto Rico are the 2018 Food Sovereignty Prize recipients.
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New Publication Details the History of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance
The US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) has released a new report detailing the creation of and history of the USFSA.
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Farmers Need Fair Prices, Not NAFTA-Lite and Meager Tariff Aid
The National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) condemns the Trump Administration's recent trade and agricultural policies. These measures will not return prosperity to rural America.
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35th Anniversary Event
Thank you for making our 35th Anniversary a huge success! How do you sum up 35 years in a single night? How do you reflect back and look forward in the span of four hours? On Saturday, October 20, Grassroots...
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US Food Sovereignty Alliance IV National Assembly
On October 12 – 15, 2018, grassroots organizations, activists, faith-based community, scholars, union members, farmers and fisherfolk, and other food chain workers from around the US and the world will converge on Bellingham, WA, for the IV National Assembly of...
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US Food Sovereignty Alliance Organizing Its IV National Assembly
On October 12 – 15, 2018, grassroots organizations, activists, faith-based community, scholars, union members, farmers and fisherfolk, and other food chain workers from around the US and the world will converge on Bellingham, WA, for the IV National Assembly of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA).
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BEAI Fund Advisory Board
The 2018 Fund Advisory Board has three grassroots representatives, one green representative and one funder representative: Angela Adrar, Climate Justice Alliance (grassroots organizing sector) Richard Moore, Los Jardines Institute (grassroots organizing sector) Kim Wasserman, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (grassroots organizing...
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BEAI Fund
Grassroots organizers on the frontlines of the ecological crisis know how to defend their communities in a hostile political climate and build greener, healthier solutions rooted in principles of sustainability and a just transition. Grassroots groups have shut down coal...