By Camille Landry, National Co-Coordinator …But their future is uncertain. Environmental degradation coupled with the threat of global warfare, soaring income and wealth inequality, crushing poverty and exploitation, and a planet teetering on the brink of ecological disaster threaten our future. Those of us who are now adults are charged with the care and nurturing…
AFGJ relaunches resistance campaign, midst of attacks Press Release in Spanish and Arabic FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 FOR CONTACT: Rasha Mubarak rasha@AFGJ.org – FOR ENGLISH FOR CONTACT: James Jordan, 202.540.8336 EXT: 503, james@AFGJ.org – PARA ESPAÑOL (TUCSON, AZ) Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) and 140 of our fiscally-sponsored projects have become the…
S.O.S. – This is an emergency! Note: AFGJ is closing its fiscal sponsorship program, which is referred to in this document S.O.S. – This is an emergency! Alliance for Global Justice and our fiscally-sponsored projects are under attack by right-wing media. They’re desperately trying to intimidate and silence us in order to neutralize our effectiveness…
None of us are free until all of us are free! By Camille Landry (Program Coordinator) Any analysis that originates in the United States claiming to accurately and fairly address issues pertaining to the human rights of Indigenous people must begin with the acknowledgement that we occupy land that is the ancestral home of Indigenous…
An examination of the structural inequalities and anti-democratic nature of the United States government By Camille Landry (Program Coordinator) The singer Paul Simon told us there are 50 ways to leave your lover. Turns out there are at least 50 ways to suppress the votes of U.S. voters. What is a democracy? The term democracy…
We invite you to examine environmental racism and racialized assaults on the most fundamental elements of all life: air, water, and land. By Camille Landry (Program Coordinator) Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement…
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Yet, when it comes to the effects of climate change, there has been nothing but chronic injustice and the corrosion of human rights.” (Mary Robinson) By Camille Landry (Program Coordinator) The most fundamental human right is the right to live. This includes the…
By Camille Landry (Program Coordinator) The United States of America is a nation – the first nation-state – that was founded on principles of genocide, racism, hatred and misogyny. Despite limited actions to recognize the basic human rights of Black, Brown, Indigenous, female and LGBTQI people, this nation persists in denying fundamental human rights to…
How racism, classism and injustice intersect with poverty and lack of an adequate social safety net to violate children’s and families’ rights By Camille Landry (Program Coordinator) The U.S. child welfare system is broken. It violates human rights of the children it claims to serve. It intersects with racism, classism, patriarchy, the criminal justice system,…
“When white folks catch a cold, Black folks get pneumonia.” (My grandfather, George Robinson, Sr.) By Camille Landry (Program Coordinator) What color is Covid? Many people would say red and blue, citing the familiar graphic of a fuzzy red globe with blue spikes. Others might say that Covid has no color. But the Covid pandemic…
