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Grassroots International Our primary focus is on land, water and food as human rights and nourishing the political struggle necessary to achieve these rights.

“That is not food security. That is nutritional dispossession.”The following excerpts from the World Forum of Fisher Peo...
10/13/2026

“That is not food security. That is nutritional dispossession.”

The following excerpts from the World Forum of Fisher Peoples’ new report on the harms of industrial aquaculture assert that real transformation begins at the local level with our rights, our territories and our food sovereignty.

The report is part of the Nyéléni Global Campaign Against Industrial Aquaculture. It gathers testimonies from fisher and Indigenous Peoples from 9 different countries who are resisting the model of dispossession integral to corporate supply chains. These powerful declarations outline the endurance and resilience of fisher peoples’ local food systems to nourish communities and ecosystems long term.

Read the full report at fish4foodsovereignty.org and share it widely.

Some photos from last week’s New York City Climate Week! More to come.NY Climate Week is an opportunity to engage with f...
09/29/2026

Some photos from last week’s New York City Climate Week! More to come.

NY Climate Week is an opportunity to engage with funders on: A) the challenges communities around the world face from environmental and climate disasters, and B) how movements of those very communities have solutions to these global crises.

The whirlwind week is also an opportunity to connect with others, to continue building a movement-centered ecosystem for the planet and people over profit.

We were honored to take part in panels, discussions, and community building with partners and allies like World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples & Pastoralists, Instituto para la AgroecologĂ­a, La Colmena Cimarrona, Alliance 4 Food Sov. in Africa, Ramon MejĂ­a, American Jewish World Service, , Global Greengrants Fund, Urgent Action Fund Thousand Currents, Friends of the Earth (Action), Inc., Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network and more

Let’s continue uplifting movement-led solutions to the climate crisis.

While world leaders speak of a “ceasefire,” Palestinian women continue to carry the daily weight of genocide and occupat...
09/11/2026

While world leaders speak of a “ceasefire,” Palestinian women continue to carry the daily weight of genocide and occupation.

Giving birth without functioning hospitals. Searching for water while displaced. Caring for children while bombarded and facing deprivation and blockade. Defending land while sustaining life under conditions designed to make survival impossible.

And still, they organize.

As one Palestinian woman shared with us: “We are not numbers. Palestinian women cannot be called numbers.”

Through our Palestine Emergency Fund, Grassroots International continues to support partners and allies in Gaza and the West Bank who are sustaining women’s organizing, healthcare access, collective care, food sovereignty, and the defense of land and life.

These stories demand more than witness. They demand action.

Move with us. Support Palestinian-led organizing for as long as it takes.

Link in our bio and below.

https://grassrootsonline.org/palestine/

09/09/2026

Take a stand against industrial aquaculture!

Join WFFP and fisher peoples from all over the world who are in Rome right now fighting for our future.

Nyéléni newsletter: nyeleni.org/en/all-editions

Report on Industrial aquaculture: fish4foodsovereignty.org

Press forum: tinyurl.com/PressFishForum

DM or message [email protected] for the social media toolkit!

08/31/2026

“They were not slaves. They were resistance fighters.”

This Black August, we remember enslaved Africans’ resistance.

Earlier this month, a caravan of movements traveled across West Africa to amplify struggles over land, water, seeds, and territory, ending at the World Social Forum in Benin.

The caravan made a crucial stop at the Maison des Esclaves (House of Slaves) in Togo, where hundreds of thousands of enslaved people were held kidnapped and chained on their way to the Americas.

The caravan’s visit drew connections between resistance to the theft of bodies and to the theft of territory in the global struggle for Black liberation. For the caravan, memory is part of movement building.

Those who passed through the Maison were not passive victims, but people who resisted, and should be remembered as such. Their legacy continues on in movements across the African diaspora.

We share this in the commemoration of Black August, a month for reflecting on the resistance of Black freedom fighters.

🚨ALERT🚨 Stand with Afro-Indigenous people encamping in front of the Supreme Court of Honduras to defend their rights.The...
08/18/2026

🚨ALERT🚨 Stand with Afro-Indigenous people encamping in front of the Supreme Court of Honduras to defend their rights.

The situation in Honduras is getting heavier by the day, with right-wing and state military forces escalating their threats and attacks against the lives, lands, and territories of the country’s peasant, Indigenous, and Afro-Indigenous communities. Dozens of land defenders have been killed. Many have been detained.

The Afro-Indigenous Garifuna community, however, is not backing down. They’re calling for international solidarity actions while they have set up the “Viva Berta” protest encampment outside of the Supreme Court of Honduras. Join them in demanding an end to the persecution of rural peoples, their community leaders, and their legally recognized ancestral territories.

Take action via grassrootsonline.org/garifuna or the link in our bio.

08/07/2026

The West African Caravan is more than a route across countries. It is a political process led by the people whose lives are directly shaped by land, water, migration, security, and the struggle for peace.

Every two years, communities across West Africa come together to travel through the region - building integration, sharing recommendations, and defending the rights of those who depend on natural resources for their livelihoods.

As Massa Kone of No Vox Africa explains, the questions being brought to the World Social Forum are not abstract.

Who has the right to move freely across borders?

Who gets to speak about peace and security in the Sahel?

Who defines Africa’s development?

And what would it mean for communities — not only governments — to shape the solutions?

“Resolving this conflict, this war is not just a matter for governments or politicians; it is a matter for the people, and it is a matter for communities.”

The Caravan carries that message forward: Africa’s future cannot be decided only by those in formal power. It must be shaped by the communities who are organizing, resisting, and bringing concrete proposals from the ground up.

08/06/2026

Land is never just land.

It’s food, livelihood, memories, and the basis for self-determination.

At the Second African Youth Forum on Land, Larissa Yapo of Young Volunteers for the Environment Côte d’Ivoire speaks to the urgent land struggles facing communities across the continent. From rampant urbanization and shrinking access to land, to the future of smallholder agroecology and food sovereignty.

These conversations are not separate from the World Social Forum. They are part of the same political moment: social movements naming the systems that displace communities, concentrate land and resources, and threaten the right of people to define their own futures.

That may be why these gatherings are treated as such a threat by those in power.

The World Social Forum in Benin was nearly cancelled by the government. A reminder that when movements come together across borders to organize around land, justice, and liberation, they are not simply holding a conference, they are building power.

As Larissa reminds us, land tenure is a question of social justice, and across Africa and beyond, young people and grassroots movements are making clear: the future of land must be shaped by the communities who depend on it.

The West African Caravan for the Right to Land, Water and Peasant Seeds brings together farmers, fisherfolk, pastoralist...
08/04/2026

The West African Caravan for the Right to Land, Water and Peasant Seeds brings together farmers, fisherfolk, pastoralists, youth organizers, trade unionists, informal workers, and community leaders from across the region — traveling toward the World Social Forum with testimony, demands, and community-built proposals.

Along the way, the Caravan stops in villages and cities to listen, organize, visit agroecological farms, hold public forums, meet with local authorities, and surface the realities too often left out of official reports: land grabbing, coastal erosion, seed privatization, climate disruption, and the loss of livelihoods.

These are not separate struggles.

Land, water, seeds and territory are part of a shared commons — essential to food sovereignty, self-determination, and the right of people to define their own futures.

As the Caravan makes its way to the World Social Forum, it carries a clear message: the people most affected by today’s crises already hold the knowledge, experience, and solutions needed to confront them.

The future must be built from below.

Our staff member Boaventura writes on his travels with Caravane Ouest Africaine Terre et Eau, the West African Caravan f...
07/31/2026

Our staff member Boaventura writes on his travels with Caravane Ouest Africaine Terre et Eau, the West African Caravan for the Right to Land, Water and Peasant Seeds.

This year's journey coincides with the 17th World Social Forum (WSF), which West Africa is hosting for the first time. The timing is not incidental. The Caravan is the mobilization.

“The continent’s stability, development, and future also depend on its communities. They are the true foundation of Africa, and their voices must be heard.”

Read more: https://grassrootsonline.org/learning_hub/africa-caravan-world-social-forum/

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