Originally published on the Pursue blog. U.S. foreign food aid dates back to U.S. reconstruction efforts in Europe following World War II. Over the last 60 years, it has morphed into a $2.2 billion business with vested interests ranging from international development organizations to farmers, processors and shipping companies. Our foreign food aid has become highly politicized …
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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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Originally posted on Kindle Project and the Pursue blog. Those of us involved in social change efforts may be all too familiar with the refrain, “the impossible will take a little while.” We’re encouraged to have patience and we’re expected to brace ourselves for the reality that we may not be around to see the …
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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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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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