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March 2024 eNewsletter

Haitian Movements Are Clear: Foreign Intervention Is No Solution

On March 21, our Haitian partners joined us for a webinar on the current crisis in their country, and its historical roots. This solidarity encounter served to highlight voices not often heard in the international bodies currently plotting Haiti’s future: that of Haitian grassroots movements made up of small farmers and ordinary people.

Amid rising gang violence and plans for a new United Nations military occupation, these movements made clear that UN “peacekeepers” are no solution to Haiti’s problems. According to our partners, wealth extraction by the world’s major powers, gang violence, and UN military occupations are all related. In place of imperial interventions, proposals like the Montana Accord offer Haitian-led solutions and a path to a free, sovereign, and democratic Haiti.

 

Scaffolding for a Liberated Future

We have launched a new Movement Infrastructure Fund to address infrastructure needed for longer-term efforts. This latest fund seeks to support movements as they construct alternative systems in the here and now while building toward a more liberatory future.

 

Celebrating the Transformative Power of Grassroots Feminisms

In October 2023, the World March of Women (WMW) hosted its 13th International Meeting in Ankara, Turkey and the first in-person gathering since 2019. We were honored to have two of our staff members, Solidarity Program Officer for Brazil Lydia Simas and Donor Engagement Manager Josephine Chu, join this convening.

 

Photo by Alexa Wilkinson (@alexabwilkinson)

Taking Collective Action for Ceasefire and an End to Genocide

On March 7, a historic mass civil disobedience successfully blocked the route of President Biden’s motorcade as he traveled to the Capitol, delaying the start of his State of the Union Address. Grassroots International staff, donor-activists, and allies joined the protest to call for an end to the genocide against the Palestinian people of Gaza, in which the US is complicit as Israel’s largest military supporter.

 

Join Our Delegation to Brazil This July!

In July 2024, we will bring a delegation of fifteen donor-activists to Brazil for a process of shared learning and solidarity building with our movement partners there. We hope you will consider applying to be part of this delegation!

We will visit partners, including the national congress of the Landless Workers Movement (MST), for deep political formation and community building among new and core Grassroots donor-activists.

 

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