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Land, water, & food are #humanrights. Supporting frontline struggles for #foodsovereignty & #climatejustice.

Joined March 2009
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Philanthropy won’t change the world until it changes itself. The new Solidarity Philanthropy report rejects charity-from-above & embraces shared power with movements. Join the shift: grassrootsonline.org/solidar… — share if this resonates.
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UPDATE from our partners in Brazil: Land grabbers attack communities in the Cerrado of Piauí with support from sectors of the state. 🔗Read the full text tinyurl.com/42hcfzjc #CerradoPiauí #DefendaOsTerritórios #JustiçaPelosPovosTradicionais
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Mobilizing to Challenge Power for Safety and Equity in Nigeria | Grassroots International This chat with Boa Monjane of ⁦@GrassrootsIntl⁩ uncovered how historical struggles & current issues shape our approach to activism. ⁦@EcoHomef⁩ grassrootsonline.org/learnin…
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Food sovereignty and popular agrarian reform are rooted in community and land! This week, the 8 de Março encampment and Pequeno William settlement of @MST_Oficial graciously hosted Grassroots International donors and supporters and taught us more about their work. 1/2
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For decades, the MST has organized hundreds of thousands of members to move people from landless and impoverished conditions to homes, communal farming, and dignity. We are honored to have accompanied them as partners for over 25 years. #GRIDelegation 2/2
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This week, our donors and supporters are learning firsthand from our movement partners in Brazil. We're excited for the journey ahead and stories we'll share — stay tuned! Over the weekend, we visited the National School of the @MST_Oficial. Thank you for hosting us! (1/3)
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Like many institutions in the MST, the school is run collectively, with everyone pitching in. Our group was no exception, joining in on kitchen duty. (2/3)
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The school serves to train organizers across Brazil (and the world!) in movement building, food sovereignty, and more. As was emphasized to us, collective education and political formation bring popular agrarian reform closer to reality. (3/3)
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Have you checked out this insightful article on queer ecological frameworks and their impact on environmental justice in Appalachia published by @npquarterly?
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Zane McNeill explores how queer ecological frameworks are driving environmental justice in Appalachia and reveals how activists are transforming natural spaces into sites of resistance and liberation. 🌿 Read more: nonprofitquarterly.org/a-que… #PrideMonth

A Queer Ecological Framework for Environmental Justice in Appalachia | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic...

What is “queer ecologies” theory, and what would this approach look like in Appalachia?

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The small contributions made today build towards global efforts for LGBTQIA liberation. In 2023 we attended the 8th Conference of @via_campesina. There, our partner held the first Meeting of Diversities — building off work we have accompanied for years. grassrootsonline.org/learnin…
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Happy Juneteenth! Juneteenth is both about celebrating Black freedom that has come from abolitionist and slave rebellions, and continuing to question what freedom means. grassrootsonline.org/learnin…

What Does Freedom Mean? | Grassroots International

On Juneteenth and the Ongoing Struggle for Black Liberation and an End to US Imperialism Earlier this week, US social movements recognized and paid homage to Juneteenth, a historical day in the...

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We mourn the loss of human rights defenders José Alberto Domingo Montejo and Marcelo Yaxón Pablo. Our solidarity with the CUC and all fighting for justice in Guatemala. Read about it here: grassrootsonline.org/learnin… #HumanRights #JusticeForGuatemala #Solidarity

Guatemala Mourns Murder of Peasants’ Rights Defenders | Grassroots International

Tragically, on June 5, armed paramilitaries killed and wounded three defenders of peasants' rights in Guatemala.

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"The borders of gender expression are controlled, the ‘territory’ of bodily autonomy is seized, like any other apartheid wall or land grab our partners face from Palestine to Mexico." 🌈🌍This #PrideMonth, we celebrate global trans resistance!
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Our partners show that gender & sexual freedom are key for social justice. Discover more about their work: grassrootsonline.org/learnin…

Celebrating Global Trans Resistance | Grassroots International

For June, Pride Month, we’re uplifting the ways our partners and grantees champion trans and queer liberation. Movements around the world are showing why gender and sexual freedom is necessary for...

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At the Centro de Apoyo Mutuo Jíbaros de Lares (CAMJi-Lares) in Puerto Rico, organizers are carrying out their vision for food, medicinal and territorial sovereignty through their "del Bohio al Batey" support center — a healing and wellbeing project we supported.
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Co-founder of the Martín-Baró Initiative for Wellbeing and Human Rights, M. Brinton Lykes, shares what she’s learned from Indigenous women in Guatemala and their work healing from the structural violence they encounter. Watch the full video here: grassrootsonline.org/learnin…
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For the last day of Haitian Heritage Month, learn from Haitian movements on why the can liberate themselves — and why UN troops are no solution. Great video from @via_campesina and @MPPHaiti
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Watch the full video here: grassrootsonline.org/learnin…

Haiti: Our Country Needs a Solution Coming from Its People | Grassroots International

Leaders from Haitian peasant movements — our partners — write for Al Jazeera on why they oppose foreign intervention.

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