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September 2022 eNewsletter

Our partners are working hard around the world to defend and expand democratic rights and sovereignty.

The right of communities to control their own food, land, and water, the right to free speech, and other basic human rights are crucial for defending the climate. And they are crucial for building strong, resilient communities that can solve ingrained injustices and prevent major disasters.

Support Deep Recovery in Puerto Rico after Fiona

We have been in direct communication with our partners and allies in Puerto Rico after the devastating Hurricane Fiona. These community organizations and movements are on the ground providing immediate relief, with intimate knowledge of their own communities.

What are they all telling us? Fiona is not just a natural disaster, but a human-made one. For example, we can't talk of hurricane blackouts without talking about the privatization of the electrical utility PREPA to service the colonial debt.

Watch this video and consider donating (if you haven’t already!) to our emergency response fund.

Meet Our New Board Members!

Please join us in welcoming two dynamic new members of our Board of Directors!

Tiyospe Ota Yuha Win or Grace Goldtooth is from the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota also known as Cansayapi “Where They Paint the Trees Red”. She has led language revitalization as a Dakota language apprentice and teacher in Minnesota, engaged youth and families as a program specialist, and served as the Lower Sioux Tribal Historic Preservation Officer.

Jerrod MacFarlane is an editor, community activist, and donor organizer. He has spearheaded many popular education programs as well as coordinated major resource mobilizations for grassroots organizations and movements working to dismantle and replace structures and relationships of inequity.