Lead for Change Blog
Dole Fruit Products
May 23, 2025Our school catering services offer a variety of Dole fruit throughout the year, depending on the season, including peaches and pineapple. Dole is a Fair Trade certified brand that we are proud to support at our school.
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May 21, 2025Fair Trade Los Angeles Website
May 21, 2025This website and organization has help us in multiple ways to help our team at school learn about the Fair Trade system as well as invite us to their events.
Don Francos Fair Trade Coffee
May 21, 2025Don Francisco’s Coffee is a family-owned brand based in Los Angeles with over 150 years of coffee-growing heritage. The company is part of F. Gaviña & Sons, a business deeply rooted in tradition and ethical sourcing. Many of Don Francisco’s coffee blends are certified through Fair Trade USA, a widely recognized label that ensures coffee […]
Ongoing: Fair Trade Fridays Announcements
May 20, 2025Throughout the school year, we also kept fair trade education alive through our weekly “Fair Trade Fridays” on the morning announcements. Each week, a different member of the Round Square Fair Trade Leadership Board shared a short anecdote or fun fact related to fair trade, whether it was about coffee, chocolate, fashion, or real-world stories […]
End-of-Year Clothing Swap & Cookie Giveaway
May 20, 2025Our final event of the year took place on May 12, in collaboration with the Clothing Upcycled Club. Together, we hosted another clothing swap on Senior Patio and handed out over 100 fair-trade cookies to participants and passersby. Each cookie was made with certified fair-trade ingredients and included an educational message about the importance of […]
Fair Trade Boutique, Clothing Swap, and Bake Sale
May 20, 2025Later in February, we hosted our biggest Fair Trade event yet: a Fair Trade Boutique, clothing swap, and bake sale. Our Round Square team invited three local fair trade artisans to campus to sell their handmade goods, and we featured a henna artist as well. The bake sale, with all proceeds going to Fair Trade […]
International Zoom Conference on Fair Trade and Fast Fashion
May 20, 2025February was a packed month for the Round Square Fair Trade Leadership Team. Our first major event was hosting an international Zoom conference titled “Fast Trends, Fair Hands: The True Cost of Fast Fashion.” It was, in total, a 90-minute educational presentation which included small group discussions. We welcomed 40 participants from across the globe—including […]
Schoolwide Fair Trade Assembly
May 20, 2025Back in December 2024, our Fair Trade team on the Round Square Board invited a guest speaker to our school, named Joan Harper, a founding member of Fair Trade LA, a Fair Trade nonprofit advocating for the education and spread of FT in our city. She spoke at a school-wide assembly. She shared her personal […]
Fair Trade Presentation and Quiz to the Green Team
May 2, 2025Teaching Fair Trade products to Athenian’s core environmental groups
Fair Trade Athenian Chocolate Tasting Booth
May 2, 2025We will have a booth at lunchtime with lots of Fair Trade chocolate from Tony’s Chocolates.