On June 20th, Flavio Barbosa visited Grassroots International's office in Boston. Flavio is an activist in Brazil's Landless Workers Movement (MST) in the state of Ceará. He discussed past and present struggles in the region, and how the MST has organized an effective movement to defend land, rivers, and people.
Flavio Barbosa, who organizes with Grassroots International partner the Landless Workers Movement (MST) in Ceará, Brazil, stopped by our offices in Boston last week. He shared a solidarity message from the MST to immigrants and refugees facing persecution in the United States and at the border. As he states in the video, "People should be free to live and choose a place where they can be well with their family."
This week, Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD) and Grassroots International are leading a delegation in Haiti. A group of U.S.-based Black female organizers and activists are travelling the country, meeting with Grassroots International partners and sharing lessons of resistance.
The Caribbean is still picking up the pieces from last year's hurricane season. Thanks to your support for our Caribbean Hurricane Emergency Fund, we raised over $185,000 for recovery, resilience, and resistance. Read more about some of the amazing work you supported.
The National Family Farm Coalition, a Grassroots International partner organization, celebrates the defeat of the regressive farm bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. Last fall, Grassroots signed onto the NFFC's letter to Congress described in the press release linked here.
Jake Johnston from CEPR discusses the recent protests in Nicaragua. Social movements must navigate between the government and the business elite.
Raji Sourani, director of Grassroots International partner the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, spoke to Democracy Now! on April 2, 2018, about the "March of Great Return" protests in Gaza and the aggression and response by the Israeli military.
Jovana Garcia Soto witnessed the ongoing resistance of ordinary Puerto Ricans against disaster capitalism, and the ongoing solidarity efforts by U.S. climate justice activists.
Agribusiness and perilous migration threaten the seeds, both plant and human, of West Africa's next generation. Our partner We Are the Solution is organizing to solve these twin crises.
Grassroots International joined nearly 200 people in Harvard Yard January 24th to stand with an island still facing disaster. Rallying before the austere John Harvard statue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, protesters demanded the university drop its investments in a hedge fund complicit in Puerto Rico’s continued devastation.
The Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance celebrated recent steps forward to protect New England ecosystems and the fishermen that rely on them. These victories are stitches in the nets that can protect our fisheries and make sure whales like the Codfather face the justice they deserve.
Months after the disputed Honduras presidential election, more than 30 people have been assassinated and hundreds more detained. In a recent statement, the Platform of the Social and Popular Movement of Honduras denounces death threats and acts of intimidation made against peasant leaders.
The Peasant Unity Committee (CUC), a Grassroots partner, describes the violence and murder committed against indigenous families by private security forces in November.
Far from hapless victims, Haitians have a vibrant history of resistance. On January 1st, 1804 Haiti won its independence and was the first to defeat the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. As Grassroots celebrates this movement and the victories it won, this history remains relevant for organizing around the world today.
After casting their ballots in a November 26 election, the Honduran people and Grassroots International movement partners have been bravely resisting a potential right-wing coup.
Social movement activists from El Salvador, Honduras, and the United States gathered in Chelsea, MA November 8th to share lessons amid rising right-wing repression. The event featured Gaspar Sánchez from COPINH, a Grassroots International Partner.
A new report by Grassroots International partner Platform to Advocate Alternative Development Advocacy (PAPDA) and Yale Law School's Lowenstein Clinic details how mega-projects harm the food security of rural Haitians.
A Littleton, MA high school student explains why she donated all proceeds from her dance recital to support Grassroots International's approach to change.
The US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) has announced the recipients of its ninth annual Food Sovereignty Prize. A ceremony for the honorees will be live streamed on Tuesday, October 17th.
