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10K and one week to go to meet our 150K match from the 2011 Gala!
Dear Friends, The train keeps on moving at Women’s Earth Alliance, but we want to take a moment to remember the previous stop: our 5-Year Anniversary Gala, Unlocking the Future. The night was a resounding success; we raised our voices, we laughed and celebrated, no one’s car got towed, and thanks to the generosity of our attendees and…
When Women Face the Music, We All Get To Sing
This week WEA is featured in HuffPost Impact‘s article “Changing the Channel From Fear: When Women Face the Music, We All Get To Sing.” The post includes an interview with WEA Co-Director Melinda Kramer. Leah Lamb writes, These women are facing straight into the challenges of their communities and are finding ways to live in…
WEA Interview on Women Rising: National Radio Project
National Radio Project recently interviewed India Program Director Rucha Chitnis, Africa Program Director Maame Yelbert Obeng, and GWWI Director Gemma Bulos for its Women Rising radio program. Click here to listen to the interview and learn more about women’s rights to water, land, and farming. “Women are realizing that they are carpenters; they are masons who…
Coming Soon: WEA Advocacy Training, November 4th-6th
North American indigenous communities face both acute and chronic challenges resulting from environmental degradation. In response to the systemic and intentional targeting of indigenous lands and communities for environmentally-destructive industrial projects such as mines, hazardous waste facilities, oil refineries and coal-fired power plants, the indigenous environmental justice movement – a grassroots-led movement with national…
Get on Board!
Unlocking the Future, WEA’s 5-Year Anniversary Gala on May 18th was a beautiful gathering of our friends and allies. We extend gratitude to those who attended and to all who have joined us over the past five years–it’s been an incredible journey so far! Scenes from the celebration: The WEA team opens the night with…
Seeds and Their Keepers are Key to Preserving India’s Food Diversity
In India, where food security is threatened by growing climate unpredictability and industrial agriculture, women farmers are leading the way to safeguard the biodiversity of indigenous crops. Want to learn more? Check out this blog post written by India Program Director Rucha Chitnis on Earth Island Journals’ blog, EnvironmentaList!
Fellows in Action! 2011 East African Women and Water Training in Kampala, Uganda.
Photo: Beth Robertson The 2011 East African Women and Water Training has begun! Women’s Earth Alliance’s Global Women’s Water Initiative, in partnership with Crabgrass and iCon Women and Young People’s Leadership Academy, is currently leading the third African Women and Water Training, strengthening women’s voices in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector. To learn…
Voices of Hope
Unseen Pictures made a beautiful video for our 5-year Anniversary Gala! “WEA Voices of Hope” celebrates the Women’s Earth Alliance and our global partners and allies. Together we are truly unlocking a thriving future! WEA Voices of Hope from WEA on Vimeo.
Special Announcement: Mama Catherine, 2010 GWWI Training participant, will be at WEA’s Gala!
What could be more exciting than having one participant of the 2010 West African Women and Water Training in Ghana join WEA to celebrate its 5th Birthday! On May 18th, Catherine Makane Mwengella from Cameroon will join our community for the 5th Annual Gala at the Julia Morgan Ball Room in San Francisco. We…
One-Click to Support WEA!
WEA has recently teamed up with eco-model, Josie Maran to run a campaign benefiting our work! Josie Maran Cosmetics has a product called argan oil, which is a skin oil organically grown in Morocco by a fair trade women’s cooperative. For what it’s worth, Wikipedia tells us that “All argan sold today is produced by…