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Local Aid is Key to Northern Uganda Recovery
A recent IRIN article (posted on AlertNet) affirmed what many of us at AJWS have been saying for a long time: that local aid and local humanitarian assistance are crucial to sustaining developing countries. According to IRIN, local assistance in northern Uganda has played a key role in post-conflict recovery in the Pader and Katakwi …
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The U.S. Supports Local Food Procurement in Pakistan
After months of political pressure, the U.S. government is really starting to get it: local food is the key to a healthy, sustainable future. Back in August, I’d blogged about the floods in Pakistan and the country’s exacerbated food aid crisis following the devastation. The good news is that Rajiv Shah, administrator of the United States …
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What’s “Organic” about Organic? Or, no, it isn’t just about not having to wash your vegetables.
Originally posted on the Pursue blog. Until recently, I’d never really identified with the Organics movement, felt compelled towards the little green and white label or put much stock in my peers’ obsession with pesticide free-food. I chalked it up to feeling overwhelmed by the system and told myself that it was okay to focus on …
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Ending Poverty: Rebuilding Local Food Economies
Originally published on the Pursue blog. The second ever United States Social Forum (USSF) was convened from June 22 through June 26 in Detroit, Michigan, bringing together over 15,000 activists from across the US and from around the world. More than just a conference, the USSF was a historic convergence and a movement-building process, aimed at …
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Chewing on Food Justice in San Francisco – Mind Your Agri-Business!
Originally published on the Pursue blog. Pursue’s Mind Your Agri-Business event on Tuesday, the second in its Chewing on Food Justice series, featured three panelists: Eleanor Starmer (Western Region Director at Food & Water Watch), Leon Vehaba (farmer from Everett Family Farm in Soquel, California), and Deborah Sellers (co-founder of Sellers Markets, a successful local sustainable multi-unit fast-casual …
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AJWS Selects Jewish Community Engagement Fellow
Brandeis Grad, Shulie Eisen, Named First “AJWS Presidential Fellow” New York, NY; October 4, 2010— American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, has named Shulie Eisen its first Presidential Fellow. Eisen was selected from a pool of nearly 100 highly-accomplished recent college graduates from across the U.S. for the 12-month …
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AJWS President Cheers Obama’s Leadership on Sudan
Ruth Messinger: White House’s Investment in Sudan Diplomacy is a
Crucial Step towards Lasting Peace
AJWS Sends 8th Cohort of World Partners Fellows to India
Organization Selects 12 Young Adults for Year-Long Service-Learning Fellowship
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Food Prices in Niger. The Indian Middle Class. Shoring Up Haiti. – Weekly Link Round-Up
“Five Questions for…” Interview Series [The Global Food Security blog] The Global Food Security blog will be running a “Five Questions for…” series beginning with Anna Lappé, co-founder of the Small Planet Institute and author of Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of your Fork and What You Can Do about …
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Tackling the Aid Crisis in Pakistan
Though media coverage of the flooding in Pakistan is far less robust than the coverage of the Haiti earthquake, there’s been some recent buzz in the blogosphere. In assessing Pakistan’s crisis, many bloggers have asked some version of the question “Why is no one helping?” Some suspect the reason is donor fatigue. Others stress it’s …
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