Tuesday October 27, 7 – 9pm CAGJ Presents: “Climate, Food and Race: Challenges for the Food Movement” Talk given by Eric Holt-Giménez, Director of Food First/The Institute for Food and Development Policy Got Green? will speak about statewide organizing for climate justice in partnership with Communities of Color for Climate Justice!
Category Archives: Food Justice Blog Posts
Teach-Out Report: Familias Unidas por la Justicia & C2C
By Jenny McIntosh, CAGJ Volunteer For a list of excellent resources to learn more about farmworker justice, Familias Unidas and how to stay connected with the boycott movement, click here. Further details about how to take action can be found on the Familias Unidas website.
Resource List to support Familias Unidas por la Justicia
Stay connected with Familias Unidas por la Justicia Website – Watch the campaign unfold here with updates on the negotiations by the farmworkers. Facebook – Stay involved in boycott actions to support the farmworkers no matter where you live! You’ll see events and actions to take posted here. Boycott Sakuma Committee, Seattle Facebook – If […]
FRI 9/25: CAGJ HOUSE PARTY!
HELP SEND CAGJ LEADERS TO IOWA FOOD SOVEREIGNTY EVENTS! Friday Sept 25, 7-10pm $10 – $25 sliding scale donation at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds) Location: 41 Legs Urban Farm (Heather Day’s home) – 403 29th Ave E, Seattle 98112 RSVP to CAGJ CAGJ helped found the US Food Sovereignty […]
SAT 9/19 Teach-Out with Familias Unidas por la Justicia and C2C
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Costco: No GMO Salmon! Join the National Week of Action- Aug. 29th- Sept. 6th
On Aug 29th – Sept 6th, join thousands of people across the U.S. to deliver letters to Costco stores!
SLEE 2015 was a Great Success! Thanks to all!
Thank you to everyone that attended the 9th Annual SLEE dinner on August 1st. Close to 300 attendees raised almost $25,000 for CAGJ’s organizing!
July 9th- Costco: No GMO Salmon National Call-in Day of Action
Despite our demands, Costco isn’t listening. GMO salmon is a risk to our environment, especially wild salmon, and to our health. But Costco wants to leave the door open, and still hasn’t made a firm commitment to not sell GMO salmon if it’s approved by the FDA. Costco is a major retailer of salmon and […]
Report on CAGJ’s June 25 Action to Demand Costco Not Sell GMO Salmon!
On Thursday June 25th CAGJ delivered 300,000 signatures to Costco’s headquarters in Issaquah, WA to urge the company to commit to not selling genetically modified (GM) salmon.
Press Release: Costco members, fishermen, environmental and labor groups demand Costco say no to GMO salmon
For Immediate Release: June 25, 2015 Costco members, fishermen, environmental and labor groups demand Costco say no to GMO salmon ISSAQUAH, Wash. — A coalition including Community Alliance for Global Justice, fishermen, members of UFCW Local 21 and concerned Costco customers rallied in front of the Costco next door to store headquarters and presented more […]