Thursday, April 29th
7:00-9:00pm
FREE
Gowen Hall Room 201 at the University of Washington, just north of Suzzallo Library
Josphat Ngonyo Executive Director of African Network for Animal Welfare, a lead organization in the Kenya Biodiversity Coalition, is coming to Seattle!  Kenya is currently at a crossroads between burgeoning organic movements, and its participation in the “New Green [...]

See below for the press release for the Global Food Security Act, of which CAGJ signed onto!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 13 April 2010
CONTACTS:
Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, PhD, Pesticide Action Network North America, 415-981-6205, ext.325; mie@panna.org
 
Annie Shattuck, Food First/Institute for Food & Development Policy, 510-654-4400, ext.223; shattuck@foodfirst.org
Kathy Ozer, National Family Farm Coalition, 202-543-5675, kozer@nffc.net
Mariam Mayet, African Center for [...]

CAGJ had a great turnout and fantastic, fun action at the U-District Farmers’ Market in solidarity with the International Day of Peasant Struggle on April 17th, in response to a call from La Via Campesina! Via Campesina encourages organizations around the world to take action and unite against corporate control of the global food system.  [...]

AGRA Watch’s third film night is Saturday April 3rd at Cascade People’s Center!  Join us for a compelling film about Lake Victoria and discussion.  5 – 9pm, free.
Please RSVP to agrawatch@seattleglobaljustice.org
About the Film: Darwin’s Nightmare is a tale about humans between the North and the South, about globalization, and about fish. Some time in the [...]

CAGJ Report-back from Kenya & Uganda!

Saturday, March 27, 6:30 – 9:00 PM
Hidmo Eritrean Restaurant, 2000 S Jackson St. Seattle, 98144

Come to hear from Kenyan Farmer & Community Organizer Joshua Machinga, Director of Common Ground in Kenya, and Heather English Day, CAGJ’s Director, who will report back on travels to Kenya and Uganda, where she was [...]

Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice Publication Party
Date: February 26 7-10 pm
Location: Hidmo 2000 S Jackson St. Seattle, 98144
The Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) recently published their first food justice resource guide and recipe book, Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice. The guide combines hands-on [...]

AGRA Watch’s first film night is Sunday, Feb. 7th, 5 – 8pm at Bobby Righi’s house (please RSVP to agrawatch@seattleglobaljustice.org for directions and address).
About the film: “A Thousand Suns” tells the story of the Gamo Highlands of the African Rift Valley and the unique worldview held by the people of the region. This isolated area has [...]

Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice Publication Party
Date: February 26th, 7-10 pm
Location: Hidmo 2000 S Jackson St. Seattle, 98144
The Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) recently published their first food justice resource guide and recipe book, Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice. The guide combines hands-on [...]

Saturday August 7, 2010
Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere!  Dinner & Fair
Same great location! St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, in Montlake
Volunteers make this annual community event and CAGJ fundraiser happen.  We are currently seeking volunteers to help organize the Silent and Dessert Auctions, to do outreach to friendly organization and businesses,  farmers and potential food worker guests, [...]

The Council of Parties 15 (COP15) UN Climate Change Conference was reminiscent of many alphabet soup economic summits: World Heads of State came together in a mid-sized city to discuss pressing issues of the day, a clamoring from marginalized civil society organizations for a stronger voice (or from being barred entry), met with mass demonstrations [...]