Programs

Community Rights

From gas drilling to toxic dumping to water bottling...who makes the rules where you live—corporations or residents? The Community Rights Program assists communities confronted by harmful corporate projects to assert their right to...

Economic Activism for Palestine

Our Economic Activism for Palestine project focuses on corporate accountability for human rights and international law violations of the companies profiting from the occupation in Palestine. The program targets corporations that are directly...

Elect Democracy


How do we create a system where it actually matters who you vote for? 

End Dirty Energy

We know that the world must move rapidly away from oil as an energy resource to save our climate, protect democracy, and stop current and future wars for oil.

Fair Trade

Global Exchange’s Fair Trade Program has worked to promote Fair trade, end child and forced labor and trafficking in the cocoa industry, as well as educate and empower children and adults to advocate for and purchase Fair trade. Because Fair...

Freedom to Travel - Cuba

As the primary force behind the "Freedom to Travel" Campaign of the 1990's, Global Exchange has been in the forefront of efforts to end the unconstitutional restrictions on travel between the U.S. and Cuba.  We have also...

Green Festivals
We think of Green Festival as an experiment in building the sustainable community. It began ten years ago with finding solutions to help make our lives socially, economically and environmentally healthier. Individuals, businesses and...
Local, Green Economy

Global Exchange supports programs to accelerate community-based solar power, wind power, and other clean renewable energy technologies and the green jobs they generate. We believe policies and people power are solutions that bring greater local control, democracy, and green, sustainable jobs...

Mexico and Human Rights

Our Mexico Program seeks to support Mexico's democratic movement through public education in the U.S. about the realities of Mexico and the need for changes in U.S. trade and military policy toward Mexico, especially those that are...

Stop Funding War

Global Exchange’s Peace Program, including sister organization CODEPINK, inspires creative actions to expose the real...

What About Peace?

Congratulations to the 2013 Winners of the What about Peace? Contest!

Since 2006, the annual What About Peace? contest has challenged youth between...