While it is frustrating to see political leaders fail people and the planet time and time again, we invite you to shift focus to the real leaders — Indigenous and Black land and water stewards, peasant movements, women, trans, and gender nonconforming people — who are enacting economies of care and sowing the seeds of transformation every day. As Jeongyeol Kim of Korean Women’s Peasant League put it, “women’s seeds have historically served the planet, and they are key again to save our planet.” 

Here’s the thing, Friend: we don’t need to wait for politicians to take action. Grassroots International has worked for nearly 40 years to transfer wealth to social movements and grassroots organizations resisting the pillaging of land, water, and food in their territories and communities. Together with your support, we work to dismantle interwoven systems of exploitation from the ground up, creating new ways of living that prioritize care and mutual aid. The truth is, system change requires #EachOneOfUs.