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August 2023 eNewsletter

Black August: Roots, Resistance and Global Solidarity

This month marks Black August, a month of intentional study and political education about Black freedom struggles. We’re sharing an earlier piece connecting the history of Black and Afro-descendant struggles in the US with the current efforts of our partners globally.

 

LAST CHANCE to Register for the 40th Anniversary Event

The registration deadline for our 40th Anniversary Event is fast approaching! Break bread with us, our partners, and allies on Saturday September 23 in Boston, MA and celebrate 40 years of keeping it radical.

 

Grassroots Through the Years: Food Sovereignty

Among the many struggles Grassroots International has accompanied through the years, few have shaped the trajectory of our work as much as the global movement for food sovereignty.

 

Grassroots Through the Years: Healing and Wellbeing

As Grassroots International has expanded our support to struggles in a diversity of geographies and contexts, we continue to witness how, in the face of often unfathomable violence and trauma, movements and communities use healing as a form of resistance.

 

Grassroots Through the Years: Human Rights

Grassroots International has long prioritized support for human rights defense carried out by our partners and allies. This work includes supporting movements to document human rights violations, strengthen collective security, campaign against impunity, and expand legal service capacity and litigate.

 

photo by Erika Vivas Medrano

Ripples of Change: Friends of Borikén

An ad hoc donor organizing group called the Friends of Boriken has worked to build a community of people who are connected to movements in Puerto Rico and committed to mobilizing resources to support that work. They have organized a number of educational events and have played a key role in supporting long-term movement work in Puerto Rico following the devastation of Hurricane Fiona in 2022.

 

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