August 2021 e-Newsletter
IN THIS ISSUE:
* Black August
* Haiti Crisis Response
* Palestine-Black Solidarity
* Indigenous Resistance in Brazil
* Healing in Puerto Rico
* Make-A-Will Month
* Haiti Emergency Fund
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Black August: Roots, Resistance and Global Solidarity
Black August is a much needed practice to uplift our collective Black humanity. This month, Grassroots International has been deepening our understanding of the revolutionary roots of Black August, as they apply to our work and that of our partners and allies across the globe. [ [link removed] ]
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Supporting a Haitian-Led Crisis Response
In the days since a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked southern Haiti on August 14, we have been in close communication with our Haitian partners. Their reports convey immeasurable loss, sharp political analysis, and an extraordinary combination of pragmatism and vision regarding the way forward. [ [link removed] ]
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The Shared Suns of Solidarity: Palestinian and Black Struggles
As we reflect, commemorate and take action for Black August, we highlight Black and Palestinian solidarity. This rich history of shared struggle can map the route to freedom ahead. [ [link removed] ]
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A Critical Moment for Indigenous Rights in Brazil
There are currently 33 proposed laws in Brazil's National Congress threatening Indigenous rights. But Indigenous People have mobilized mass resistance. [ [link removed] ]
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Scrolling Through the Past: Collaboration, Communal Trauma, and Collective Healing
Story-telling and art can be powerful tools for collective healing and resistance - as seen in AgitArte's "End the debt! Decolonize! Liberate Puerto Rico! Scroll" project. [ [link removed] ]
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Leverage Your Legacy for Liberation
To make long-term solidarity easier, Grassroots has partnered with FreeWill for August's National Make-A-Will Month. Join the dozens of others who are protecting what they have now and keeping up the fight after they're gone - through one simple, powerful action. [ [link removed] ]
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Stand with Haiti through the Emergency Fund!
From the first hours after the tremor, our partners and allies have jumped into action to build a Haitian-led recovery. They are addressing immediate needs while building long-term solutions. And they need your support - for projects such as:
* Providing emergency supplies and shelter;
* Expanding access to local seeds, livestock and farm tools - so communities can feed themselves through food sovereignty;
* Organizing trainings in earthquake-resistant home construction, agroecology, and environmental management; and
* Building a Haiti that guarantees human rights for all.
If we want to avoid the same problems after the 2010 earthquake - the graft, the corruption and the disaster capitalism that marred recovery efforts - Haitians themselves must run the response from the bottom up. Join us in supporting these very efforts with our Haiti Emergency Fund. [ [link removed] ]
