Puerto Rico Still Needs Us: A Benefit Concert
An afternoon of powerful original music and Latin classics to benefit communities affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
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In Banner Year, Grassroots International Almost Triples Its Impact
Without a doubt, 2017 brought tremendous challenges to people around the world – and also witnessed amazing feats of resilience, resistance and resolve. Together with our global partners and committed US-based supporters, Grassroots International celebrates many remarkable accomplishments.
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During Honduras’ Crisis of Democracy, Celebrating Women’s Leadership There
In this short video, you can hear the words of three important leaders from Honduras speaking about the situation facing Indigenous peoples and their environments in Honduras: Berta Cáceres (via recorded video), renowned Indigenous rights and environmental leader who was assassinated last year; Miriam Miranda, the well-known Garifuna (Afro-Honduran) leader and advocate; and Bertha Z. Cáceres, daughter of Berta who is herself an outspoken advocate for indigenous and environmental justice.
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Connecting the Local and Global: Lessons in Movement Building from Massachusetts to El Salvador
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.
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Balfour’s Legacy: Confronting the Consequences
November 2 is the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, which committed Great Britain to the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine without consulting the indigenous population. The Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine and...
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Lessons from the Grassroots of Honduras & El Salvador
Join us as we welcome Gaspar Sánchez and Norma Romas for a discussion on “Resisting the Right-Wing Offensice against Land and Identity: Lessons from the Grassroots of Honduras and El Salvador.” Gaspar Sánchez has served as the Sexual Diversity &...
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2017 Food Sovereignty Prize Winners Announced
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.
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Sharing Food, Knowledge and Buen Vivir
We went to Mexico to participate in an international learning exchange hosted by Grassroots’ allies Thousand Currents and their partner in Chiapas, the Civic Association for Economic and Social Development of Indigenous Mexicans (DESMI). The learning exchange brought together 120 small farmers and Indigenous Peoples from 11 different countries to share their knowledge and strategies towards advancing food sovereignty and buen vivir.
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Honduran Activists Speak at New York City Event
For Miranda and Zúñiga, we can reconnect and advance the legitimacy of human rights by identifying the ‘monster’ created by the collaboration of power-holders such as the military, corporations, governments, and organized crime entities (especially those involved in perpetuating the drug war). They said we must call these threats by name, and work together across issues, movements, and spaces.
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An Evening with Honduran Leaders Miriam Miranda & Bertha Zúniga Cáceres
We invite you to join us for an evening with internationally renowned Honduran Indigenous rights leaders Miriam Miranda and Bertha Zúniga Cáceres on Wednesday, July 12 at 6:30 PM at New York University. Please RSVP today. Join Miriam Miranda and Bertha Zúniga...
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Climate Justice Forum & Reception Bring Together Grassroots Groups, Leaders and Supporters at the Boston Public Library
On May 10, hundreds of community members, climate justice supporters, and grassroots organizations gathered with Grassroots International and the Boston Public Library to share stories and hear words of wisdom from international Climate Justice leaders.
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From the US to Brazil and Beyond: The Rise of the Right and the Role of Social Movements
Maria Luisa Mendonça and Tarso Luís Ramos will lead us in a conversation about the alarming and global rise of right-wing, racialized populist movements – from the parliamentary coup in Brazil to the election of Donald Trump. Wednesday, April 5...
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Grassroots Responses to Climate Change
Grassroots International and the Boston Public Library offered a free community event on Wednesday, May 10, featuring local and global leaders in climate justice movements. Read more about climate justice and the work of Grassroots International and our partners around...
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Rock the Boat for Kathy Ozer
All of us at Grassroots International were deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Kathy Ozer, Executive Director of the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC). The NFFC is a member and anchor organization of La Via Campesina in the...
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Remembering US Food Justice Leader: Kathy Ozer, Presente!
All of us at Grassroots International were deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Kathy Ozer, Executive Director the National Family Farm Coalition.
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Learning Without Borders, With Struggle and Hope: Our Time with MCP
In September 2016 eleven of our partners, grantees and allies flew to Goiás, Brazil to participate in a learning exchange of peasant movements that Grassroots International organized along with our friends at IDEX/Thousand Currents.
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Photo Blog: West African Learning Exchange
Grassroots International grantees We Are the Solution (WAS) and the National Coordination of Peasant Organizations of Mali (CNOP-Mali) gathered together in Bamako for a farmer-to-farmer learning exchange funded by Grassroots International.
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Food Sovereignty Prize
Join us in celebrating the Farmworker Association of Florida and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa as they are awarded the 8th Annual Food Sovereignty Prize. The ceremony will take place in Seattle, WA, and is open to the...
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2016 Food Sovereignty Prize Recipients Call Big Ag’s Bluff, Challenge Corporate Food System
The US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) named the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) and the Farmworker Association of Florida (FWAF) as the honorees for the eighth annual Food Sovereignty Prize.
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Lessons from Feminist Organizing School
In May I participated in the first-ever World March of Women-US Chapter Feminist Organizing School. This training engaged World March of Women-US (WMW-US) member organizations – including Grassroots International -- around issues of feminism and gender justice. For me, this was an exciting opportunity to meet in person many of the women I’d interacted with on conference calls over the past year.