Haiti’s Unfinished Revolution is Still in Effect
An analysis of the current crisis in Haiti written by our very own supporter in the struggle, Gina Athena Ulysse.
In the News
Reposted articles and publications by or about Grassroots International partners, grantees, allies or key areas of work.
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The Quiet Coup that Could Devastate Human Rights in Guatemala
For years Guatemala has been a source of inspiration to the international human rights community – an example of how dedicated human rights activists can build justice even upon the ruins of war and mass atrocities. The past ten years have seen a former dictator found guilty of genocide; high-ranking military officials sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their roles in mass atrocities; and indigenous women winning cases against members of the military who sexually enslaved them and robbed them of their land.
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Letter to the People of Brazil
We received the following letter from our partner the Landless Workers Movement (MST) as they reflect on their 35-year history and their commitment to continuing the struggle for justice in Brazil.
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Climate Action Rooted in People, Soil and Mother Earth: Climate Justice
Rather than offering a “solution” to climate change, big hydro-electric dams are false solutions that endanger the planet with the methane emitted and threaten to destroy local ecosystems and cultures, like the Munduruku in Brazil. Thankfully the Munduruku linked up with the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) to resist.
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In Support of Democracy, Human Rights and the Environment in Brazil
Grassroots International signed onto the following statement, joining 45 other environmental, human rights, labor and civil society organizations. We stand in solidarity with our partners, and all people and grassroots movements, facing down threats.
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MAB Appointed Chair of the National Human Rights Council
On Human Rights Day, Grassroots's partner the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) became a full member of Brazil’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH). In the following article, MAB discusses why being on the CNDH matters today.
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Tell TIAA to Get Out of the Land Grabbing Business
The major agent of global land grabbing is TIAA (formerly TIAA-CREF), a giant investment firm that manages pension funds for public employees of many respected institutions – municipalities, universities, museums, hospitals, even National Public Radio.
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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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Five Ways that Funders Approach Climate Philanthropy
These five narrative frames and their embedded assumptions determine how billions of dollars in climate philanthropy and finance are spent. Without mapping and exposing these frames we cannot engage in honest conversation about the role of philanthropists in supporting transformative change.
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Is the Solution to Climate Change Caring More About People?
Solidarity to Solutions was a week of uplifting grassroots climate leadership to counter the narrative of the Global Climate Action Summit that corporations and national leaders will move us towards a climate safe, equitable future. Here are some of our reflections, as funders, on navigating those spaces.
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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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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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Berta Caceres Murder Trial Suspended In Face of Due Process Violations
Below is a report from COPINH, a partner of Grassroots International, whose persistence and organizing clarity have demanded justice for Berta Caceres.
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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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‘This Is Life or Death for Us’: Mexico’s Farm Movement Rejects New NAFTA Agreement
Leaders of Mexico’s farm movement strongly condemned the new trade agreement announced between the United States and Mexico, calling on the new president they supported in recent elections to get involved and slow the race to the new agreement.
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Mariama Sonko: Our Health Depends on our Food
Mariama Sonko is the National Coordinator for We Are the Solution, a Grassroots International partner, in Senegal. She recently spoke with the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA).
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Elizabeth Mpofu: Agriculture and Advocacy Take Time
Elizabeth Mpofu is a member of the International Coordination Committee (ICC) and serves as the General Coordinator of La Via Campesina (LVC), a Grassroots International global partner. She recently spoke with the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), where she also serves on the executive board.
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Statement from Mexican Social Movement on Secretary of Agriculture Nominee
Statement about Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s nominee for Secretary of Agriculture from The Network in Defense of the Native Corn of Oaxaca, an alliance that includes two of Grassroots International's partners the Mixe Peoples' Services and the Union of Organizations of the Sierra Juarez of Oaxaca.