Cultures of Resistance scholarship meeting with our 26 students. It was registered the presence of H.E. Madame Isabel da Costa Ferreira, the founder of the Centre Quesadhip Ruak, and 48 …
CoR Network Grantees
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Throughout Europe, the Roma people, often known as “gypsies,” are treated as second-class citizens, facing prejudice, hatred, and violence.
by iara leeThey are forced to leave their homes, provided with poor education, and segregated from the rest of society. Roma comprise one of Europe’s largest minorities, with between 10 and 12 …
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Our next collaboration in AGROECOLOGY will be with Bambini nel Deserto, an Italian NGO that has recently started a tree planting nursery run by a local women’s cooperative in the …
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Want to learn more about agroecology and join the food sovereignty movement? Check out our ally La Via Campesina!
by iara lee“The crisis in the industrial food system is impossible to ignore. For over a decade, study after study has validated the assertion of the Food Sovereignty movement in 2007 – …
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Land mines and explosive devices are killing and maiming civilians in Yemen—join Médecins Sans Frontières in calling on the Yemeni authorities to clear explosive devices from civilian areas!
by iara lee“Current mine clearance efforts in the area are managed by the military and are focused on roads and strategic infrastructure, paying little heed to civilian areas such as agricultural fields. …
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This festival is an example of the traditions, celebrated with frenzied music and dancing, as mask wearers are transformed into a spirit that communicates with ancestors. FESTIMA is the largest …
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YEMEN: our sisters at CODEPINK have been working hard to call for an end to unauthorized U.S. involvement in war on Yemen!
by iara leeThe U.S. has spent over $8 trillion on military forces in the Persian Gulf in the last four decades, supposedly protecting the Gulf from the then-Soviet Union and Iran. The …
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Congrats to our ally Amazon Watch on its successful campaign to get the license for the Belo Sun Mine revoked! If completed, the project would gouge a mega-mine in the …
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This time in HAITI via Sopudep See how we support this school and the organization: http://culturesofresistance.org/groups-we-support-sopudep [Photo credit: SODUPEP.]
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Yesterday, December 5, was a worldwide celebration of agriculture and agroecology!! “Healthier soils grow more nutritious food, store carbon and strengthen resilience to droughts & flooding. That’s something worth celebrating!” …