Posted by Admin in Community Rights, Guest Posts on 5th November, 2012 | No Comments
A former Global Exchange staff member and current apprentice at Rudolf Steiner College’s biodynamic farm encourages California voters to educate yourself about the links between genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and human health before voting on proposition 37.
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Posted by Kylie Nealis in Community Rights, World News & Events on 18th October, 2012 | 2 Comments
REDD is a controversial carbon trading scheme based on forests that California is about to implement. On October 16th, a panel of Indigenous activists from Chiapas, Mexico, Ecuador, and as far as Acre, Brazil, convened at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA for a discussion on the affects of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation), on their communities and ways of life.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Building Positive Alternatives, Community Rights, Donor Profiles, Economic Activism for Palestine, Elect Democracy, Featured, For Our Members, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Uncategorized on 10th October, 2012 | No Comments
Last Thursday Global Exchange opened its doors to our San Francisco office for our annual Open House. The fun-filled evening included a diverse group of social justice activists, a few surprises, and lots of laughs. Here’s what went down.
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Posted by Kylie Nealis in Community Rights, End Dirty Energy, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 25th September, 2012 | 1 Comment
On Saturday September 22nd, activists from around the Bay Area gathered in San Francisco next to the iconic Golden Gate bridge for a rally and march to voice one powerful, shared message: BAN FRACKING NOW!
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Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Community Rights, Elect Democracy, People Power, Not Corporate Power, World News & Events on 5th September, 2012 | No Comments
While protestors demand an end to money in politics, lavish lobbyist-sponsored parties abound aimed at strengthening Wall Street’s ties to both major parties.
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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 Community Rights, Elect Democracy, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 23rd August, 2012 | 1 Comment
Our Elect Democracy campaign is heading out to join the tens of thousands of people who will be speaking truth to power during the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in the next two weeks. Find us on the ground and follow our updates on Twitter @ElectDemocracy.
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Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Community Rights, Elect Democracy, Featured, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 22nd August, 2012 | 1 Comment
Want to organize a “Don’t Burn Democracy!” BBQ in your town? Apply for a $60 mini-grant to help kick things off!
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Posted by Kylie Nealis in Community Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 16th August, 2012 | 2 Comments
From dropping a “Bust Up the Bank” banner off the rooftop and making F.I.R.E. flame graphics highlighting the cozy relationship between money and politics in campaign financing, to doing media outreach for the United Nations Rio+20 Earth Summit and conducting interviews with staff and climate justice activists in the Bay Area, my summer has been full of rewarding work that has opened me up to a new worldview.
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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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