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Local to Global Justice is a nonprofit volunteer organization based in Tempe, Arizona, USA. It sponsors events dealing with social justice issues, mostly held on and around the Arizona State University (ASU) Tempe campus. The group is a registered ASU student organization, but membership is not limited to students at the university.

Every year since 2002 the group has organized the Local to Global Justice Teach-in at the ASU Tempe campus. The free event features nationally recognized speakers, workshops by local grassroots organizations, music, and food.^[1] The speakers and workshops at the Teach-in have dealt with a wide variety of topics, including civil rights, environmental justice, workers' rights, globalization, and immigration.

Well-known speakers at past events have included Starhawk, Ward Churchill, Rod Coronado, Jonathan Schell, Frances Moore Lappé, Lisa "Tiny" Gray-Garcia, Michael Alewitz and Tom Hayden.

Footnotes

^ "Teach-In Aids". Phoenix New Times. 3 March 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-09. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External Links

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 '''Local to Global Justice''' is a nonprofit volunteer organization based in [[Tempe, Arizona]], [[USA]]. It sponsors events dealing with [[social justice]] issues, mostly held on and around the [[Arizona State University]] (ASU) Tempe campus. The group is a registered ASU student organization, but membership is not limited to students at the university.
-Every year since 2002 the group has organized the Local to Global Justice Teach-in at the ASU Tempe campus. The free event features nationally recognized speakers, workshops by local [[grassroots]] organizations, music, and food.<ref name="New Times">{{cite news |title=Teach-In Aids |publisher=''Phoenix New Times'' |date=3 March 2005 |url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2005-03-03/calendar/teach-in-aids/full |accessdate=2008-02-09}}</ref> The speakers and workshops at the Teach-in have dealt with a wide variety of topics, including [[civil rights]], [[environmental justice]], [[workers' rights]], [[globalization]], and [[immigration]].
+Every year since 2002 the group has organized the [http://localtoglobal.org/ Local to Global Justice Teach-in] at the ASU Tempe campus. The free event features nationally recognized speakers, workshops by local [[grassroots]] organizations, music, and food.<ref name="New Times">{{cite news |title=Teach-In Aids |publisher=''Phoenix New Times'' |date=3 March 2005 |url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2005-03-03/calendar/teach-in-aids/full |accessdate=2008-02-09}}</ref> The speakers and workshops at the Teach-in have dealt with a wide variety of topics, including [[civil rights]], [[environmental justice]], [[workers' rights]], [[globalization]], and [[immigration]].
 Well-known speakers at past events have included [[Starhawk]], [[Ward Churchill]], [[Rod Coronado]], [[Jonathan Schell]], [[Frances Moore Lappé]], [http://www.tinygraygarcia.com/static/tinyHTML/ Lisa "Tiny" Gray-Garcia],  [http://www.ccsu.edu/ccsunews/ccsuinthenews/Alewitz.htm Michael Alewitz] and [[Tom Hayden]].