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Canadian coalition calls for urgent action to uphold civil liberties and Charter rights at protests and encampments across the country May 15, 2024 | Read more
Inter Pares joins call for Burma to end use of violence and respect democracy Feb 4, 2021 | Read more
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The Immigrant Workers Centre to receive 2018 Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award Apr 18, 2018 | Read more
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Karate and bodily autonomy: Helping girls in Bangladesh thrive through sport Dec 15, 2022 | Read more
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The Gradual Instant: Change from the Ground Up resources : Bulletins Share Print In this issue: The Gradual Instant - Change from the Ground Up 2011 was a year of revolution. The media were splashed with gripping images and stories of popular uprisings toppling brutal dictatorships. Risking everything, people took to the streets by the millions, refusing to relent even in the face of horrible repression. They denounced authoritarianism, corruption, and wrenching poverty. They demanded freedom, democracy, and justice. Agustín Jiménez: Constructing peace in Colombia Agustín Jiménez is adamant that the path to peace must include human rights. In the late 1980s, he witnessed the deterioration of human rights in Colombia as the internal armed conflict escalated. Yao Graham: Imagining the unimaginable Yao’s life’s work is evidence that persistent, informed advocacy, coupled with strong social organizing and mobilization, can create change. Junice Melgar: Filipino women speaking for themselves In the post-Marcos period, Junice and other health activists formed Likhaan, one of the country’s leading women’s health organizations. Through organizing and training women in slum areas as community health workers and advocates, Likhaan has created innovative and effective community-based women’s health programs. A Not-So-MINI Campaign for Change Farmers throughout large areas of Asia and Africa were once major producers of millet, but as governments adopted Green Revolution technologies, the emphasis was shifted to rice and wheat production. Millet was relegated to the status of the crop for the poor, one that “civilized” people did not eat. Yet millet is far more nutritious than rice or wheat and doesn’t require such high levels of chemical fertilizers or irrigation. Download (pdf 1.9 MB)