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2013 Human Rights Awards in Pictures: Wikileaks and Crystal Lameman and Noam Chomsky, Oh My!

Posted by in Building Positive Alternatives, Donor Profiles, Featured, For Our Members, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power, Reality Tours on 15th May, 2013 | 1 Comment

Human-Rights-Awards-GX-stafGlobal Exchange celebrated its 11th annual Human Rights Awards on May 9, 2013. Check out photos from the event, and in terms of highlights…it’s hard to deliver highlights from the night because there were so many! Ok, but if I HAD to pick one…
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Julian Assange’s Acceptance Speech at Global Exchange’s Human Rights Awards

Posted by in Featured, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Human Rights, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 14th May, 2013 | 3 Comments

Human-Rights-Awards-2013-26We celebrated the 2013 Human Rights Awards on Thursday May 9th in San Francisco. This year’s Honorees are People’s Choice Awardee Julian Assange and Wikileaks, Grassroots Awardee Crystal Lameman, and Human Rights Awardee Noam Chomsky. If you missed this special night here is Julian Assange’s acceptance speech, along with Kiki Kapany’s introduction.
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Julian Assange Calls on Public to Support Bradley Manning

Posted by in Featured, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, World News & Events on 8th May, 2013 | 1 Comment

WikiLeaks-Website-LogoGlobal Exchange Co-founder Medea Benjamin had the opportunity to interview Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been granted political asylum since June 2012.
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Guess Who’s Performing at the Human Rights Awards Gala

Posted by in Featured, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events on 30th April, 2013 | No Comments

Rupa-April-FishesThe 11th Annual Human Rights Awards gala is happening next week in San Francisco, and I’m excited to share with you who the latest addition to our stellar lineup of special guests is. The global alternative sounds of…
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Show Your Mom Some Love this Mother’s Day

Posted by in Fair Trade, Featured, Global Exchange News & Events on 29th April, 2013 | No Comments

Ashley-KlineMother’s Day is coming up, and sooner than you think. (It’s on May 12th, in case you forgot.) If you’ve been meaning to pick up a gift for your mom but haven’t gotten around to it yet, read this!
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What About Peace Contest Announces the Winners

Posted by in Featured, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, What About Peace Contest on 22nd April, 2013 | No Comments

What About Peace Grand Prize Winner2013 “What About Peace?” winners are revealed here, plus get to know Grand Judge David Hartsough.
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Beyonce, Tell President Obama to Lift the Travel Ban on Cuba!

Posted by in Freedom to Travel to Cuba, Global Exchange News & Events on 18th April, 2013 | 1 Comment

Photo shared under Creative Commons license.If you have been following the news lately you’ve seen that famous musicians Beyonce and Jay-Z created a media storm by recently participating in a People-to-People cultural exchange in Cuba. It’s time now for you to talk action.
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TPP Days of Action Coming to Your Community

Posted by in Community Rights, Elect Democracy, End Dirty Energy, Global Exchange News & Events, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power, World News & Events on 17th April, 2013 | No Comments

599036_10152640068720613_1588745988_nWhether one wants to reverse the global race to the bottom in wages and working conditions; expand access to life-saving generic medications; support indigenous rights; protect communities’ ability to combat global warming; or sustain family farms and defend food sovereignty, there is no shortage of reasons to act together on the TPP.
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Your Top Five Human Rights Awards Questions Answered

Posted by in Featured, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events on 16th April, 2013 | No Comments

CrystalQuestions have been rolling in about our upcoming Human Rights Awards Gala happening on May 9, 2013 in San Francisco. So we came up with this Top Five list to help:
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Online Auction Launches With Incredible Prizes

Posted by in Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events on 10th April, 2013 | No Comments

Human-Rights-Online-AuctionGlobal Exchange’s Online Auction is Now Open! Proceeds go towards promoting human rights. Auction items range from vacation getaways to donated items guaranteed to delight and surprise. Here’s more about it.
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