Poster - How To Build Global Community

How To Build Global Community

Text: Members SCW community©2002 Illustration: Melinda Levine, cut paper IMAGINE OTHER CULTURES through their art, poetry, film and novels Listen to new music - Dance to it Notice the workings of power & privilege in your culture Learn a second (or third) language Visit people, places, and cultures - not tourist attractions QUESTION CONSUMPTION Know how and where bananas and coffee are grown Eat local food, mostly organic Look for fair trade and union labels Oppose NAFTA, CAFTA, WTO Understand "free" trade is not Fair Trade Recognize imperialism and militarism LEARN PEOPLE'S HISTORY Help build economies from the bottom up Refuse to wear corporate logos: defy corporate domination Challenge "corporate personhood" SUPPORT COOPERATIVES Move your money to a credit union Know physical & political geography READ THE UN'S UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS Work to reverse climate change RESPECT INDIGENOUS CULTURES Judge governance by how well it meets all people's needs Know your water source and where your wastes go PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE EARTH Question nationalism Think South, Central, and North - there are many Americans RECOGNIZE OUR SHARED HUMANITY Know that no one is silent though many are not heard - Work to change this.