Posted by Admin in Global Exchange News & Events, Mexico, World News & Events on 12th September, 2012 | 2 Comments
The Caravan has arrived in Washington, D.C. after a month on the road. From one coast to the next, we have listened to one another’s stories—learning how violence and fear has touched every part of Mexico—and to the stories of brave souls we met along the way. We have come to speak these truths to the power that resides within the nation’s gleaming capitol buildings.
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, Mexico on 11th September, 2012 | 1 Comment
After 25 cities, 5760 miles, and 30 days the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity is in Washington, DC for the final days of action, press conferences, and lobbying to bring a human face to the costs of the War on Drugs to our nation’s capitol.
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Posted by Corey Hill in For Our Members, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events on 10th September, 2012 | No Comments
With the 2012 Presidential Election right around the corner, Global Exchange will be hosting a People Above Corporations (PAC) Super Party featuring dancing, activities, drinks, free food – and a Prize Drawing with amazing prizes.
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Posted by Shannon Biggs in Community Rights, Global Exchange News & Events, People Power, Not Corporate Power, Uncategorized on 4th September, 2012 | No Comments
Rights of Nature laws create a right to legal standing, offering citizens a revolutionary new way to protect the vitality of the ecosystems we live in and depend upon. Can rights of nature be brought to Richmond, home of the recent Chevron explosion? This upcoming seminar aims to tackle that question and more.
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Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Elect Democracy, Global Exchange News & Events, World News & Events on 31st August, 2012 | No Comments
Tropical Storm Isaac had the impact of forcing the 1% and those that do their bidding to adopt a more humble/realistic position of adjusting their own behavior due to the circumstances beyond purely themselves and their own interests… isn’t that almost exactly what all of us gathered to protest here in Tampa have been demanding? Thanks Mother Nature. Now, let’s make sure we take care of each other wherever the hurricane lands.
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Posted by Admin in Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, Human Rights, Mexico, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights on 28th August, 2012 | 3 Comments
Global Exchange Caravan for Peace intern Chelsea Brown translates some of the popular Spanish chants heard along the Caravan for Peace route and the history behind their meaning.
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, Mexico, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights on 27th August, 2012 | 1 Comment
Global Exchange Director of Organizing Kirsten Moller has joined the Caravan for Peace with Justice in Austin, TX. Kirsten shares some of her first experiences with us:
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, Human Rights, Mexico, World News & Events on 14th August, 2012 | 3 Comments
The Peace Caravan started off in Southern California. Here’s what happened:
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Community Rights, Featured, For Our Members, Global Exchange News & Events, Human Rights, Mexico, Reality Tours on 1st August, 2012 | No Comments
Our GEMS (Global Exchange Monthly Sustainers) drive is heating up, and we’re inching closer to our end of August goal to reach the 100 new GEMS mark. Now through end of August, all new GEMS will receive the brand new report “Meet the Fire Sector: How Wall Street is Burning our Democracy.”
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Posted by Medea Benjamin in Global Exchange News & Events, Human Rights, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 30th July, 2012 | 5 Comments
Congratulations to activist Rae Abileah on the recently negotiated settlement after suing a AIPAC volunteer lobbyist. Here’s the background on this case, and details about the settlement.
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