As a member of the hosting committee, NAMA invites you to join us in celebrating Grassroots International’s 35 years of Resistance, Resilience and Power!
The 35th Anniversary celebration will feature:
- Global movement leaders – those on the frontline of challenging the root causes of injustice and creating alternative systems to “live well”
- International feminisms, including US organizations connecting across borders
- Updates on the impact and vision of Grassroots International
- Gorgeous views of the Boston Harbor with delicious food and cash bar
- Grooving music from Zili Misik
- And much more!
Schedule of events:
- 4:30 – 6:00 PM: Pre-event panel with Global Partners (free and open to the public)
- 6:00 – 7:00 PM: Registration, hors d’oeuvres and reception
- 7:00 – 10:00 PM: Program followed by dancing!
Honorary Host Co-chairs (partial list):
- Naomi Klein – Journalist and author
- Elizabeth Mpofu – General Coordinator of La Via Campesina and founding member of Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum
- Nancy Murray – Human rights leader and Palestine activist
- Graça Samo – International Coordinator of the World March of Women
- Robert Zevin – Leader in socially responsible investment, activist and social change advocate
Honorary Host Committee members include:
- Angela Adrar (Climate Justice Alliance)
- Edie Allen
- Medea Benjamin (Code Pink)
- Mark Bittman (Author, food columnist)
- Nancy Braus and Richard Geidel
- José Toscano Bravo (Just Transition Alliance)
- Niaz Dorry (Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance)
- Jason Franklin
- Hayat Imam (Dorchester People for Peace)
- Kate Kroeger (Urgent Action Fund)
- Solome Lemma (Thousand Currents)
- Micky McKinley (Solidaire)
- Howard Mechanic
- Terry Odendahl (Global Greengrants Fund)
- Amelie Ratliff
- Alice Rothchild and Dan Klein
- Opal Tometi (Black Organizing for Leadership and Development)
- Gina Athena Ulysse
- Cindy Wiesner (Grassroots Global Justice Alliance)