In 2005, Paraguai, Jesuita, Jose and Kilma made one of their biggest decisions of their lives. They joined other landless families in the occupation of
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La Via Campesina’s International Mission to Colombia
Betty
Early this year, our ally La Via Campesina International organized its 3rd International Mission to Colombia to monitor the impacts of violence in rural communities
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Perspectives: The Present-Day Situation in Venezuela Through the Voice of the Peasants
Saulo Araujo
Last month, WhyHunger interviewed Kevin Rangel from the National Peasant Front Ezequiel Zamora, member of our ally global movement La Via Campesina International. The National
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Toward Economic Justice: Understanding the History of May Day in the United States
Kristina Erskine
Written by Elena Seeley Growing up, my understanding of May Day in this country hardly extended beyond Maypoles and flowers. Though I knew that somehow,
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2017 Impacts
Calondra McArthur
WhyHunger works to build and strengthen a grassroots-led movement for food justice and food sovereignty worldwide. Here are some selected impacts from 2017, highlighting what
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A World Food Crisis That Never Went Away
Calondra McArthur
This is a repost from the original article found here. As a proud member of the Global Network on the Right to Food and Nutrition we’re happy to share
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WhyHunger’s 2016 Impacts
Calondra McArthur
Interested in what we do? WhyHunger is working to build and strengthen a grassroots-led movement for food justice and food sovereignty worldwide. We are happy
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What Does It Mean to Support Social Movements?
Calondra McArthur
We are happy to share our animated video "If You Give Someone a Fish..." that debuted at the 2016 WhyHunger Chapin Awards and illustrates WhyHunger’s unique
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Learn About Joe D’Urso’s Rockland-Bergen Music Festival!
Kristina Erskine
Our longtime friend and Board Member Joe D'Urso's 3rd annual Rockland-Bergen Music Festival is coming up on June 25-26, so I interviewed him to learn
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Energy for What and for Whom?
Saulo Araujo
It was a Sunday morning and the idea was to visit the Itaparica Dam with my auntie Tania. Her husband, my uncle Fernando, worked as
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