by Beverly Bell, Alexis Erkert, and Deepa Panchang May 23, 2013 Over the past few weeks in this article series, we’ve heard firsthand from Haitian garment workers about low wages, sexual abuse , labor rights violations , and work-related injuries they suffered in sweatshops. Meanwhile, the world has watched the death toll in last month’s factory collapse in Bangladesh creep to above 1,100. Global activists [...]

By Tory Field and Beverly Bell Part 15 of the Harvesting Justice series The Food Chain Workers Alliance has a goal of nothing less than full rights and fair wages for the 20 million workers who grow, harvest, process, pack, ship, cook, serve, and sell food in the US. Founded in 2009, the Alliance brings together 11 [...]

An interview with Charlot Jeudy  by Alexis Erkert In honor of May 17, International Day Against Homophobia , we run an interview with Charlot Jeudy. Jeudy is the president of the Haitian organization KOURAJ, meaning “courage” in Creole. May 17th is important because more than 60 countries around the world commemorate this day, which is to raise awareness about homophobia, [...]

By Tory Field and Beverly Bell Part 13 of the Harvesting Justice series For decades, farmworkers – the more than one million men and women who work in fields and orchards around the country – have been leading a struggle for justice in our food system. They have been building awareness and mobilizing the public, successfully [...]

By Tory Field and Beverly Bell From the school cafeteria to rural tomato farms, and all the way to pickets at the White House, people are challenging the ways in which government programs benefit big agribusiness to the detriment of small- and mid-sized farmers. Urban gardeners, PTA parents, ranchers, food coops, and a host of others are [...]

“The only way we’re going to… change the most basic attitude of policy-makers… is for you and me to become the policy-makers, taking charge of every aspect of our food system – from farm to fork,” said Jim Hightower, the former agriculture commissioner of Texas. The need for us to become the policy-makers to create [...]

By Beverly Bell March 8, 2013 On this International Women’s Day, we rerun a 2005 piece on one of our greatest heroines, Marie Simone Alexandre. Though she died eight years ago, her life and message remain as powerful and inspirational today as any we know.  “It was thanks to God and Sister Simone.” I heard this over and over [...]

By Beverly Bell March 5, 2013   Three years after the deadly earthquake in Haiti, what has become of the commitments made on Red Cross billboards, the promises from telethon hosts, the moving declarations of Presidents Obama and Clinton? What has happened to the nearly $10 billion that was pledged to assist survivors and to rebuild, most [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Stephen Bartlett Coordinator for Education and Advocacy/Latin America Liaison Agricultural Missions sbartlett@ag-missions.org (502) 896-9171 Garifuna People of Honduras Launch Land Recovery Campaign Campaign Opposes Land Grabs of Traditional Territories in Honduras by Elites and Foreign Investors   NEW YORK, NY, AUGUST 23, 2012 – On August 27th, 300 leaders of the afro-indigenous Garifuna people and their [...]

by Deepa Panchang June 29, 2012 “Where you stand,” goes an old Haitian proverb, “depends on where you sit.” This article, the second in a series , will examine aid workers’ stereotypes and prejudices about residents of displacement camps in post-earthquake Haiti, stemming from acute disconnect between NGOs and the people they are there to work with. We [...]

http://www.otherworldsarepossible.org/another-haiti-possible/birthing-justice-and-you-what-are-you-waiting-world-without-slavery BIRTHING JUSTICE: And You, What Are You Waiting For?: A World without Slavery By Beverly Bell June 20, 2012   Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives . The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, [...]

By Beverly Bell June 12, 2012 Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives . The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are propelled by [...]

By Beverly Bell June 1, 2012 Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives. The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are propelled [...]

By Beverly Bell May 29, 2012 Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives . The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are propelled [...]

By Beverly Bell May 18, 2012 Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives . The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are [...]

Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives . The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are propelled by people’s movements, some forced or [...]

By Beverly Bell May 7, 2012   Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives . The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are [...]

By Beverly Bell and Lauren Elliott April 30, 2012 Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives . The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some [...]

By Beverly Bell April 23, 2012 Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives . The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are propelled [...]

  By Beverly Bell and Tory Field April 16, 2012 Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives . The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some [...]