In Louisiana, Justice Means Fighting for Every Breath
In an area where air quality are among the worst in the country, RISE St. James is working tirelessly to change the landscape.
Black Liberation and Black August
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Reflections on Food Sovereignty and Black Liberation
A rich conversation about land rights and land sovereignty for Black liberation sparked up some of the following reflections.
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Black August: Roots, Resistance and Global Solidarity
Black August is a much needed practice to uplift our collective Black humanity. This month, Grassroots International has been deepening our understanding of the revolutionary roots of Black August, as they apply to our work and that of our partners and allies across the globe.
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Defending Black Lives Around the World
Our struggles are connected. This Black August, Grassroots International is proud to restate our solidarity with Black lives, here and around the world.
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Black August: Local Struggles, Global Solidarity
BOLD program-alum Natasha Soto discusses building a local organization in the Movement for Black Lives, and what she learned from our delegation to Haiti. Natasha organizes in Just Resisting Buffalo and Black Love Resists in the Rust.
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Black August: Resistance Shared Across Borders and Time
We're continuing our Black August series of Haitian delegation members. In this installment, Grassroots board member Ninaj Raoul discusses the importance of sharing history and resistance across borders.
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Black August: A Lesson in Solidarity in Practice
Grassroots International is commemorating Black August with a series of reflections from our recent delegation to Haiti. Gina Athena Ulysse is a feminist artist-anthropologist-activist and self-described Post-Zora Interventionist, and she currently teaches anthropology at Wesleyan University.
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Black August: Seeing Hope and Sticking to It
Grassroots International is commemorating Black August with a series of reflections from our recent delegation to Haiti. Marie Helene Fabien Hall lives in Jackson, Mississippi and supports Cooperation Jackson, a Black and Latinx cooperative economics movement and fellow member of the Climate Justice Alliance.