April 2020 e-Newsletter
IN THIS ISSUE:
* Support Community Solutions
* Training Center as Field Hospital
* Earth Day Poem
* Lift Sanctions
* A Feminist Foreign Policy
* Agribusiness's Pandemics
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Supporting Community Solutions During Pandemic
We have been awestruck by the generosity of our community of donor-activists and by the resilience of our partners. Together, we are picking up the slack where governments and policies have failed during this pandemic. Donate to our emergency fund today and your gift will be matched - doubling your impact! [ [link removed] ]
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For Coronavirus Patients, MST Offers Training Center as a Field Hospital
For years, Grassroots International has funded and supported the Landless Workers Movement's Paulo Freire Training Center in Brazil. The Landless Workers Movement is now opening up the center as a field hospital for coronavirus patients.
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An Earth Day Poem: "Her Fire"
Milourdes Augustin, Solidarity Program Officer for Haiti and West Africa, shared a poem for Earth Day. The world is on the brink of a necessary revolution and Mother Earth is on our side. [ [link removed] ]
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Lift Sanctions, Save Lives
Grassroots International joined dozens of other civil society groups to demand the United States lift sanctions against other countries amid the pandemic.
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Confront the Pandemic with a Feminist Foreign Policy
Before the COVID-19 pandemic had hit the U.S., 23 women and gender nonconforming organizers from across the United States laid out feminist, antiwar solutions to the crisis.
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Prevent Agribusiness's Pandemics with Food Sovereignty
April 17th was the International Day of Peasants' Struggle. Food sovereignty matters for not only farmers, but for preventing pandemics. Corporate agriculture for profit is putting our health and planet at risk.
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