Grassroots Global Justice Gets a Jolt of Energy

Vision Statement from Grassroots Global Justice: Reaffirmed, April 30, 2005 in San Antonio, Texas at Grassroots Global Justice (GGJ) Member Meeting. The event was hosted by Southwest Workers' Union, a community and worker based organization, with offices in San Antonio.

SWOP was elected to the coordinating committee of GGJ at the event.

Grassroots Global Justice is an alliance of US-based grassroots groups
who are organizing to build an agenda for power for working and poor
people. We understand that there are important connections between
the local issues we work on and the global context, and we see ourselves
as part of an international movement for global justice.

We believe that movement building is grounded in the development of
grassroots organizations and leadership development to achieve local,
national and global justice.

We believe that building relationships of solidarity between and among
organizations in the United States and across the world. We have much
to learn from and share with our international allies.

We believe that as an alliance of US based organizations, we must be
committed to building a strong enough movement to prevent the US
Government and US corporations from suppressing popular movements
and interfering in the internal affairs of other countries.

We believe in creating opportunities for convergence that facilitate
resource sharing, popular and political education, skill sharing and
dialogue between organizations.

We believe in joint action, that acting together in the US and globally
we have more power to create social change.

We believe by working together Another World is Possible - a world
based on the principles of international solidarity, justice, peace, dignity,
equality, human rights, sustainability and democracy!

Grassroots Global Justice Member Meeting Participants:

SouthWest Organizing Project
Southwest Workers' Union
Tennessee Economic Renewal Network
United Electrical Workers
Jobs With Justice
United Students Against Sweatshops
Tenant and Worker Support Committee
New York City Aids Housing Network
PACE
PODER - San Francisco
PODER - Austin
Poor People's Economic
Human Rights Campaign
Project South
Sage Council
SNEEJ
SouthEast Regional Economic Justice Network
Southern Echo
50 years is Enough
Appalachian Development Project Coalition
Asociacion Tepeyac
Black Workers for Justice
CAAELII
Centro Campesino
Community Voice Heard
Direct Action for Rights and Equality
Environmental Health Coalition
Farm Labor Organizing Committee
Georgia Citizens Coalition on Hunger
Grassroots Global Justice
Just Act
Just Transition Alliance
Kensington Welfare Rights Union
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
Labor/Community Strategy Center
Miami Workers Center
NNIR