Lead for Change Blog

Fair Trade Campaign of Sioux City

Sioux City is committed to the fair trade movement, and is excited to work towards making Sioux City the first Fair Trade Town in Iowa! Together, our purchases have the power to change the world!

Gonzaga University

Fair Trade at UNC Asheville

The University of North Carolina at Asheville is a small, public liberal arts university. We are a campus dedicated to the promotion of sustainability and ethics and therefore identify becoming a Fair Trade University as a priority.

La Verne Church of the Brethren

The La Verne Church of the Brethren continues the work of Jesus peacefully, simply, together. We create a Christian community, called by Christ to be inclusive, caring and peace-minded. We affirm that people of any race, ethnic identity, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, age, economic status, faith tradition, or life situation are welcome in our […]

Monte Vista Unitarian Universalist Congregation

MVUUC is a small congregation with big dreams. We have been selling Equal Exchange products to congregants for several years and serve fair trade coffee and tea and use fair trade soap. We hosted a tasting party with FT coffees and teas, olive oil and chocolate cookies made with FT baking cocoa. Fair trade has […]

University of Dayton Campaign – #Fair Trade Flyers

The University of Dayton has been designated the 38th Fair Trade University in the U.S., but the campaign continues! Led by the New Abolitionist Movement club, this campaign consists of a group of faculty and students working to ensure that the University of Dayton more fully fulfills its Catholic and Marianist values by making a […]

Fair Trade at Claremont Friends Meeting

Claremont Friends Meeting has chosen to be a fair trade congregation. Through our purchases, we wish to support the fair treatment of workers and the responsible stewardship of the environment. We have already committed to buying only fairly traded coffee, tea, sugar, and hand soap. During the next few months, we plan to deepen our […]

Hamden, CT

Gilmour Academy

Gilmour Academy is a Catholic, independent, coeducational college-preparatory school that was founded in 1946 by the Brothers of Holy Cross. Standing up for Fair Trade allows us to live out our school mission: to “develop the competence to see and the courage to act in creating a more humane and just society.”

Fair Trade Seton Hill University

Enlighten. Cultivate. Empower. Cultivating students one good at a time.

Fair Trade Bishop Lynch

As a Dominican school, our mission is, in part, to work for justice in the world. Fair Trade Bishop Lynch, an annual project of the AP Human Geography classes, seeks to fulfill that mission. During the school year, we will investigate the products used throughout the school and determine whether they meet Fair Trade guidelines […]

Unity Church of Overland Park

Unity Church of Overland Park’s mission is to awaken and express the Christ Nature in ourselves, our families, our community and the world. We are making a positive difference through our involvement with the fair trade movement.

Albany School of Humanities

One of three themed magnet schools in the City School District of Albany, the mission of Albany School of Humanities (ASH) is to educate all students to be lifelong learners, capable decision-makers and positive contributors to their community. The humanities approach provides students with an overview of diverse cultures. Another focus of our magnet school […]

Bishop O’Dowd High School

Bishop O’Dowd High School (O’Dowd) is a Catholic, coeducational, college preparatory high school administered by the Diocese of Oakland. O’Dowd roots its educational mission in the Catholic heritage, developing leaders of influence who are loving, open to growth, religious, intellectually competent, and skilled leaders committed to justice and peace. As part of its mission to […]

Green Mountain College

Green Mountain College is an Environmental Liberal Arts College in Poultney, Vermont. Ranked among the greenest schools in the country, it is all natural for it to strive in joining the exemplary universities and colleges certified as Fair Trade. It is certainly well positioned with its own farm and very large choice of local products […]

Tumwater, Washington

Olympia, Washington

When you woke up today you probably showered, cleaned your face, brush your teeth, put on deodorant and put on your clothes. But did you know you could have been inevitably been causing harm to others? Most the products we use every day have a supply chain that relies on sweatshops, inhumane working conditions and […]

St. Timothy Catholic Church

St. Timothy’s was established in 1943 to serve the people in the Rancho Park/Cheviot Hills area of West Los Angeles. Our parish administration, staff, and ministries are integral to carrying out our mission of living the life Christ wants us to live by educating our parishioners in the Catholic faith, participating in the Liturgy, and […]