The Stronger Caribbean Together (SCT) network supports the coalition of Barbudans who took their case to the Privy Council on November 8, 2023, against the National Antiguan government’s denial of their right to challenge environmentally destructive construction on Barbuda.
The Julian Cho Society is a non-profit, non-governmental membership organization dedicated to the conservation of the environment and indigenous lands of southern Belize.
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UEF rallies for ammendments to environmental laws for greater community participation and is the champions of the Escazu agreement locally
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Tèt Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen (Heads Together Small Producers of Haiti) is one of Haiti’s two national peasant farmer movements. It was born in 1970 under the Duvalier dictatorship and has faced violence at the hands of large landowners.
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The Bernard Lodge Farmer’s Group resits displacement from arable land as Jamaica gives up greater food sovereignty
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Through an innovative land trust, the Caño Martín Peña community protects itself against gentrification and champions other communities to do the same.
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Barbudans rally against the Disaster Capitalism and accompanying ‘developments’ which expose them to greater effects from climate change
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While the rest of the world braces for the climate crisis, Caribbean communities began reeling from its impact decades ago.
Small scale farmers, fisher folks and local communities are disproportionately affected by it, as political decisions, power dynamics and laws compound the catastrophes and silence their bottom up solutions.
We call it disaster capitalism, and this network aims at understanding it and fighting it together.
Comparing Providencia, Colombia before and after Hurricane Iota, highlighting the traditional local agriculture and cultural values of the Raizal, who also present their example of seed custodianship to their brothers and sisters in the Greater Caribbean.
Brief presentation on the Recipes for Resilience project and the power of food culture to bring people together in the face of challenges and was a vessel through which enslaved people stayed connected to their African roots.
This webinar brought leaders from Caribbean communities together to discuss strategies of community organization and mobilization, to combat the dispossession of land and other forms of disaster capitalism.
Introduction to the Land Trust instrument which informal settlment communities adjacent to Caño Martín Peña, Puerto Rico have used to protect themselves from displacement and safeguard their environment.
Addressing the topics of hunger, covid 19, resistance and farmer based solutions. stories knowledge and visions from 5 female food organizers in the Caribbean.
Presentations by community organizers activists who are fighting for a better and a more just way in Jamaica, Colombia, Belize, Puerto Rico, and Antigua and Barbuda.
Newsy and Bellingcat dig into a luxury development in which foreign developers have been given a 99 year-lease to create hundreds of deluxe private homes and a golf course in a vulnerable environment.
Hugh Johnson, a farmer on the Bernard Lodge property, discusses the Jamaican government's decision to displace farmers in favour of home construction without consultation.
The people of Barbuda have been able to protect their island because land ownership does not exist there. Since 2017, the government of Antigua and Barbuda has been trying to change the law despite community pushback.
Stories of Barbudans and their homeland described as one of the most at risk Islands in the world, the challenges they continue to face and overcome and the courage and resilience
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Showcasing stories of Caribbean organizations at the foreground of the struggle against disaster capitalism in the Caribbean. Our network of participants in the Greater Caribbean region connect, learn, share their hands on responses to the impacts of the twin threats of the climate crisis and disaster capitalism in our region.
Bernard Lodge Farmers Group
WAVE (Progressive Reform Movement)
Tèt Kole
Global Challenges Research Fund
Open Society Foundations
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In the tumultuous aftermath of disasters, it is easy to feel isolated and alone, but you are not.
We, a network of Caribbean-wide community organizers who stand in solidarity with those affected the twin threats of the climate crises and disaster capitalism, a phenomenon that exacerbates the suffering of vulnerable communities.
We want you to know that your stories matter. We are here to listen, to support, and to amplify your voices.
We believe that together, we can challenge the forces of disaster capitalism and advocate for more sustainable, inclusive and equitable decision-making.
Join us in solidarity. Share your experiences and let’s build strong communities that thrive together.
As the wider world braces for the climate change, Caribbean communities are already struggling with its effects. Small local communities, small scale farmers and coastal communities are disproportionately affected. Political decisions, power dynamics and laws often compound the catastrophes and silence bottom up solutions.
There are ways in which you can help.