October 2021 e-Newsletter

IN THIS ISSUE: Land and Territory || OFRANEH Awarded || Land Grabbing Resistance || Food Sovereignty Manifesto || Climate Solutions || Speaking Out for Palestine

Land and Territory: Sovereignty, Culture and Resistance

This month, as we wrap up our celebration of the 25th anniversary of food sovereignty, we’re highlighting our partners’ struggles for land and territory.

Small farmers and peasants have faced land grabs since the dawn of capitalism. These violent thefts have gone hand-in-hand with the capitalist system from its birth straight to the present. Still, if land grabs have a long history, so too does rural resistance.

OFRANEH Honored with Human Rights Award

The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award's recognition of our partner OFRANEH comes at a time of deep crisis in the country — and ongoing defense of territory and human rights by Garifuna communities.

Black and Indigenous Communities Take on Corporate Land Grabbing

At a recent workshop sponsored by Grassroots International for the Environmental Grantmakers Association’s 2021 fall retreat, participants heard from two movement leaders from organizations on the cutting edge of global resistance to land grabs.

Food Sovereignty, a Manifesto for the Future of Our Planet

Our partner La Via Campesina shares the history and continued importance of Food Sovereignty for the 25th anniversary of the concept's founding.

Climate Solutions from Soil to Seed

For World Food Day on October 16th, the CLIMA Fund uplifted the work of social movements to end hunger and cool the planet through agroecology and food sovereignty. We commit to standing with them for the long haul and invite other funders to join us.

Speaking out for Palestinian Civil Society, Democracy and Human Rights

On October 19, the Israeli Defense Minister declared six Palestinian civil society groups as “terrorist organizations.” This is an egregious attack on these particular groups and on the broader community of civil society organizations working for human rights, democracy, and dignity in the occupied Palestinian territories and beyond.

Following the attack on Palestinian civil society, Grassroots International, together with scores of other organizations in the US and around the world, reaffirms our commitment to justice for Palestine and an end to the criminalization of Palestinian human rights groups.