

UFMJ 2017 National Gathering
“...if our sisters can stand up for what is right while facing threats and actual assassinations, we surely cannot sit idly by and allow this business to carry on, protected by ruthless international actors operating with complete impunity." Sarah Harmer and Tantoo Cardinal's powerful letter to Justin Trudeau following the murder of Berta Caceres in March 2015 Join us for a weekend of learning, sharing and planning for action! We have heard over and over again about the serio


United Church of Canada Pension Board Defies Will of the Church - Refuses to divest from Goldcorp
TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY HERE. Tatamagouche/Montreal/Guatemala The Board that controls the pension investments of the United Church of Canada, Canada’s largest protestant Christian church, is refusing to put into practice a vote in August 2015 that would see the Church divest from Goldcorp Inc. This was the third motion presented to the General Council around divestment from the gold mining giant since 2009, when members of the church, through a group called Mining the Connect


Murder of Young Assistant from Guatemalan Environmental Organization is Evidence of Escalating Risk
Take action for Jeremy's murder here. North American organizations are dismayed and deeply troubled by the execution-style murder of 22 year-old Jeremy Abraham Barrios Lima, assistant to the director of the Guatemalan Centre for Legal, Environmental and Social Action (CALAS), on Saturday in Guatemala City. A group of Canadian and US legal, environmental and social justice organizations, and solidarity networks publicly express their condolences for the victim’s mother and two