About Global Exchange
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Global Exchange is an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice since 1988. We are a 501 c3 registered non-profit.
We’re changing the rules across the globe from a profit-centered global economy to thriving people-centered local economies; from the politics of greed to a living democracy that respects the rights of workers and nature; and from currency to community.
Our holistic approach reaches thousands of members and supporters, through educating the U.S. public about root causes of injustice and the impacts of U.S. government policies and corporate practices. We inspire change by building people-to-people ties, engaging grassroots education for action and linking social and environmental movements.
Our holistic approach reaches thousands of members and supporters, through educating the U.S. public about root causes of injustice and the impacts of U.S. government policies and corporate practices. We inspire change by building people-to-people ties, engaging grassroots education for action and linking social and environmental movements.
Global Exchange was founded 25 years ago to promote human rights, justice and sustainability around the world. We envisioned building a robust U.S. movement capable of creating change from the grassroots, powered by people-to-people ties. To change the world, we started making change at home.
Over the last 25-years, we have won victories big and small on behalf of workers, small farmers, the environment and vulnerable communities around the world. We helped build a thriving Fair Trade movement. We championed campaigns to stop and end wars, challenge corporate power and bring attention to the exploitation of the current global economy. We monitored elections in Colombia, Mexico, and in the U.S. We built the largest sustainability event (Green Festival) in the country from the ground up and trained young adults in green careers. We have organized social conscious travel around the globe on our Reality Tours. And we are still going strong! See a timeline of our successes.
Join us in celebrating our 25th year:
- Mark your calendars and save the date for our Human Rights Awards event in San Francisco on May 9. Join us to honor the life work of Noam Chomsky and the People’s Choice Awardee (tbd).
- Travel to Mexico for Day of the Dead: Our famously popular Day of the Dead Reality Tour to Oaxaca, Mexico will also be our celebration Reality Tour in 2013. It’s October 30 – November 7.
- Help us build an unstoppable movement for change for the next 25 years. Donate today.
- Stay tuned to our website and Blog Network for the latest 25th anniversary news and events.
- Follow us on twitter (@GlobalExchange) and 'Like' us at Facebook.com/GlobalExchange.
What was your favorite Global Exchange action? Where have you traveled with us? What campaign, victory, event, protest moved you? What inspired you to join us and take action? Share your story with us.