Dear GGJ Members and Supporters,
Hello from Glasgow to Turtle Island! I am reaching out because we would love to have your support co-sponsoring, amplifying, and crossposting from Facebook live for an International Town Hall: End Militarism to Stop climate Change organized by the Feminist Peace Initiative (comprised of GGJ, MADRE, and Women Cross DMZ) on Wednesday, November 10, at 1:00 p.m. PT/ 4:00 p.m. ET/ 9:00 p.m. Glasgow time. Anti-militarist and abolitionist movements in the U.S. are convening this virtual town hall with allies in the Global South to share stories of resistance against climate and ecological damage wreaked by U.S. militarism. We are calling on U.S. elected officials to divest from funding unending wars, withdraw military presence around the world, and prioritize investing in an economy that centers and sustains life. Right now, GGJ’s own frontline grassroots leaders are on the ground in
Glasgow, Scotland, at the 2021 Conference of Parties 26 (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). We are demanding and fighting for a Just Transition to a Regenerative Feminist Economy that promotes A Vision for A Feminist Peace and calls to divest from wars at home and abroad, and invest in a
regenerative future. Town Hall speakers will include: Grassroots delegation to COP26:
- Alejandria Lyons, Southwest Organizing Project
- Sheila Babauta, Micronesia Climate Change Alliance
- Sharif Zakout, Arab Resource & Organizing Center
- Sophie Ogutu, World March of Women, Kenya
Allies from diaspora communities and the Global South: - Seidy Sarr -African Bureau of Immigration and Social Affairs (ABISA)
- Kyle Kajihiro - Oahu Water Protectors
- Youkyoung Ko, WILPF, Korea Peace
Now!
If you are part of an organization, can you support us by co-sponsoring the event and mobilizing your base to attend? Please fill out this co-sponsor form and sign up to crosspost if your group has a Facebook page. Please sign up by Friday 11/5. Use this social media toolkit to help amplify
the event and register to participate in the event! In solidarity, Kitzia Esteva Grassroots Feminisms National Organizer PS: Follow the GGJ COP26 delegation on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, see more updates on our website, and tune into the virtual events and actions happening around COP26!
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