Posted by Brandon Knight in Global Exchange News & Events on 11th June, 2011 | No Comments
Kate Powers shares her experiences as a participant in Global Exchange’s Leadership Training program. Read what she and others are doing to address a major problem in post-industrial cities– abandoned, rundown houses.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Global Exchange News & Events, Mexico, World News & Events on 8th June, 2011 | No Comments
Next week, John Gibler will be celebrating the release of his new book “To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War”, a collection of stories about Mexico’s drug war, at City Lights bookstore in San Francisco.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Community Rights, Fair Trade, For Our Members, Global Exchange News & Events, World News & Events on 7th June, 2011 | 1 Comment
The Ninth Annual Human Rights Awards was a great success! The sold out event included inspirational speeches by three incredible honorees, witty banter by event emcees Ben & Jerry (in tuxedos!), and the participation of the entire Global Exchange staff, board, and community. All in all, a great success. But don’t take my word for it; check out the pics!
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Posted by Admin in Economic Activism for Palestine, Global Exchange News & Events, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 31st May, 2011 | No Comments
The Move Over AIPAC conference took place in Washington, DC on May 22-24. The purpose; to expose the AIPAC lobby and build the vision for a new US foreign policy in the Middle East. A lot happened at the conference. Find out what.
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Posted by Shannon Biggs in Community Rights, Global Exchange News & Events on 24th May, 2011 | No Comments
The following originally appeared on Alternet. — Our environmental laws and regulations, rather than put in place protections for the environment, instead seem to be written to exploit it. Here’s what can we do about it. The following is excerpted from the recently released book, The Rights of Nature: The Case for a Universal Declaration »
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Posted by Brandon Knight in Global Exchange News & Events on 5th May, 2011 | 1 Comment
The third national Powershift conference was held last month in Washington D.C. It was also my third national Powershift conference. The conference overall was a big success, reports were that close to 10,000 people turned out to the Convention Center in Washington D.C. The 2011 Powershift was framed by an Obama Administration wavering on its »
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Posted by Kylie Nealis in Community Rights, Global Exchange News & Events on 5th May, 2011 | No Comments
Its been a whirlwind of activity since we launched the book The Rights of Nature: The Case for a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth, during Earth Day week with our partners at the Council of Canadians and Fundacion Pachamama, in time for the first ever United Nations dialog including Rights of Nature. The emerging conversation around nature’s rights was elevated to a whole new level.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Featured, Global Exchange News & Events on 4th May, 2011 | No Comments
Global Exchange is pleased to announce the winner of our 2011 Human Rights Awards People’s Choice Contest, Javier Sicilia. He will be honored at our upcoming Human Rights Awards Gala, which is being emceed by two of personal heroes!
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Posted by Medea Benjamin in Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 3rd May, 2011 | No Comments
Medea Benjamin shares her views about the death of Osama Bin Laden and how this should be a time of profound reflection.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Global Exchange News & Events on 17th March, 2011 | No Comments
Dalit is a feminist scholar and teacher in Israel, teaching about militarism and about the global economy from a feminist perspective in the Haifa University and the Beit Berl College. This year she is visiting the U.S. as an activist in residence with Global Exchange, directing a new program titled Economic Activism for Palestine. Learn more about Dalit and the work she is doing.
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