By Eric Holt-Gimenez | Food First - Executive Director and Project leader
Tomorrow, your donation to Mexico or Mali will be MATCHED on Global Giving!
Donate up to $1,000 and get a 30% BONUS. That means, a $50 donation is $65 for our project and a $100 donation is $130!
But here’s the catch: The matching funds are first come, first served, and only available until they run out.
The Challenge starts at 9 am Eastern time, 8 am Central time, 7 am Mountain time, and 6 am Pacific time. So, if you are here in California like us, set your alarm and leave your credit card by your bed!
This Bonus Day comes in the middle of Global Food Week of Action, October 12th-19th. Here’s an update about what Food First has in the works for this important week of action.
On Sunday, October 12th, I moderated a panel on The Global Struggle for Food Sovereignty: A Discussion with African Food Leaders & Farmers. This panel formed part of the Africa-US Food Sovereignty Strategy Summit in Seattle to support African farmers’ efforts towards Food Sovereignty and challenge the Gates Foundation’s industrial agricultural programs in the area. These kinds of actions develop international support for farmers like those in Mali that benefit from your donation to our project: Help 30 Villages in Gao-Mali Grow Food NOW!
Monday, October 13th we celebrated Indigenous People’s Day, a re-claimed holiday started in Berkeley as a counter-celebration to Columbus Day. Our work with RICDA, the Indigenous-Farmer Network for Agroecological Development supports farming communities as they produce food, protect agobiodiversity and conserve pollinators across Mexico.
I also presented in The Future of Food webinar on agroecology, speaking to the need for farming in harmony with the environment, just like your donation supports for pollinators and biodiversity in our project: Bring Back Bees to Mexico’s Degraded Farmlands.
Tomorrow evening, Wednesday, October 15th, Food First Board member and longtime Executive Director of Community to Community Development, Rosalinda Guillén, will be awarded the 2014 Food Sovereignty Prize along with the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) of Palestine. Rosalinda’s work with immigrant farm workers represents the vision we have at Food First for a just, sustainable food system.
Here in Oakland, we’ll host a panel on alternative travel as a source for transformative change, thinking deeply about our Food Sovereignty Tours around the world.
World Food Day is Thursday, October 16th, and we will be standing in solidarity with food activists holding events throughout the world to build a more just, sustainable food system.
Stand with us!
In celebration of World Food Day, please make a donation to one of our Global Giving projects on this Bonus Day, Wednesday, October 15th. Your donation will go further for farmers in Mexico and Mali.
Set your alarm now to make your donation starting at 9 am Eastern time, Wednesday, October 15th.
Thank you in advance for your activism and support!
In solidarity,
Eric Holt-Giménez
Executive Director, Food First
P.S. Forward this to a friend to generate more bonus gifts for farmers in Mexico and Mali during the Global Food Week of Action.
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