Hi Friend, Solidarity in Action: 40 Years of Keeping it Radical! Grassroots International is celebrating 40 years of keeping it radical, and we are thrilled to invite you to celebrate in-person at the Museum of Science in Boston, MA, Saturday September 23, 2023 from 3-7 pm, on traditional Massachusett territory. Register today to secure your spot including access to museum exhibits, food, drink, parking, presentations, entertainment and camaraderie! |
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Join us in welcoming the following confirmed presenters (among others) to our 40th Celebration Event! Bertha Isabel Zuniga Cáceres, General Coordinator of our Honduran partner COPINH Cornelius Blanding, Executive Director of our our US ally the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Bertha Isabel Zuniga Cáceres is the General Coordinator of the Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras (Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations, COPINH). She is the daughter of Berta Cáceres, a beloved environmental and human rights defender assassinated for her efforts to defend the sacred territory of the Lenca people – a struggle COPINH continues to courageously carry forward. Cornelius Blanding is the Executive Director of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund. Born out of the Civil Rights movement, the Federation is a regional cooperative and rural economic development organization serving a membership of Black farmers, landowners, cooperatives, and other low-income rural people in the US South with coop development, land retention, and advocacy. Unable to attend? For those unable to join us in person, please consider a donation to continue our work instead! |
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