CAGJ is hosting its annual fundraiser and movie night, and I thought you all might be interested in coming. In case any of you don't know about CAGJ, it stands for Community Alliance for Global Justice. They're a really cool community activist group that works on trade justice and food justice issues--including agitating about the Farm Bill and the TRADE Act (sets new, fairer trade regulations). This movie night is associated with a third major project known as AGRA Watch, which promotes a critical perspective on ag modernization projects in Africa.
Anyway, I hear this movie is really good. I hope you can all come.
Jasmine
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From: Heather Day <hrd99@igc.org>
Date: Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Subject: Fri 10/29 CAGJ presents: The World According to Monsanto
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From: Heather Day <hrd99@igc.org>
Date: Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Subject: Fri 10/29 CAGJ presents: The World According to Monsanto
To:
please forward widely
AGRA Watch Film Night & CAGJ Fundraiser!
The World According to Monsanto
AGRA Watch documented the ties between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Monsanto, and recently exposed the foundation's purchase of 500,000 shares of Monsanto stock. Come to find out why we are so concerned about this unhealthy alliance, and to see how you can get involved in the AGRA Watch campaign!
Friday, October 29th (notice: new date!)
7 - 10 PM
Southside Commons (3518 S Edmunds Street in Columbia City, Seattle)
FUNDRAISER FOR CAGJ: Sliding scale $5-20 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and WA wines for purchase!
ABOUT "The World According to Monsanto": Monsanto's controversial past combines some of the most toxic products ever sold with misleading reports, pressure tactics, collusion, and attempted corruption. They now race to genetically engineer (and patent) the world's food supply, which profoundly threatens our health, environment, and economy. Combining secret documents with first-hand accounts by victims, scientists, and politicians, this widely praised film exposes why Monsanto has become the world's poster child for malignant corporate influence in government and technology. A film by Marie-Monique Robin (read an interview with the Director by Organic Consumers Association here.
ABOUT AGRA WATCH: Join AGRA Watch, a project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice, to view and discuss films every month about issues central to our work: sustainable agriculture in Africa, resistance to corporate globalization, food systems, hunger, international development and aid, philanthropy, and the roles of women. AGRA Watch was founded to monitor and challenge the Gates Foundation's participation in the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), which promotes large-scale industrial farming. AGRA Watch supports socially and ecologically appropriate agricultural practices determined locally by African small-scale farmers and believe that food sovereignty is key to ending global hunger and poverty.
For more info, call 206.405.4600 or visit seattleglobaljustice.org/agra-watch
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Community Alliance for Global Justice
206-724-2243
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Heather Day, Director
Community Alliance for Global Justice
206-724-2243
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Masters Thesis Blog - Hemispheric Social Alliance
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