Community Engagement

Our work is informed by the leadership of affected communities, which is why we do much of it in cities and other localities. We are delving deep into local initiatives to battle economic inequality, help expand the sanctuary movement, organize black workers, and take a human rights approach to criminal justice. Our community-based work is done through partnership with movement building allies on the ground.

Latest Work

An Appeal to U2: Who is More Rooted?

Anti-poverty crusaders like Bono call critical attention to what’s wrong with the world. But what if we also showed who’s doing it right?

The Road Not Built: Redefining Progress At Home and Abroad

Local opposition to a proposed road in Trinidad brings new understanding of “progress,” and what it means to be rooted.

We’re Not Broke, Just Twisted

Reversing tax giveaways to the super-rich and the nation’s largest corporations could raise $4 trillion within a decade and avert possible government closures.

Food Protests and Food Democracy

The Philippines is well poised to be a leader in food democracy in saying no to food vulnerability and in reinvigorating rooted farms.

Building The Movement to Stop Corporate Tax Evasion

In response to a reader’s comment, Noel Ortega looks at the recent successes of the US Uncut movement.

Turning Points: Is a Different Future Possible?

With the citizen-backed blockage of a proposed aluminum smelter, is Trinidad and Tobago changing course toward a rooted future?

Is a Higher GDP What We Want?

An increasing GDP may demonstrate growth in gross transactions, but it may not indicate that the majority of us are better-off.

The Coming Global Food Fight

As aggression mounts with the rise of food prices worldwide, small-scale farms rooted in local markets could avert international disaster – and lead the way to “food democracy.”