Lead for Change Blog

November 28, 2018

Fair Trade Finals

November 27, 2018

Students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to relax during finals week! We’ll have treats, Fair Trade samples like coffee and chocolates, and activities such as a face mask making booth!

Fair Trade Finals

November 27, 2018

Students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to relax during finals week! We’ll have treats, Fair Trade samples like coffee and chocolates, and activities such as a face mask making booth!

Fair Trade Finals

November 26, 2018

Fair Trade Finals will be held along with our Fair Trade Sale on November 28th and 29th.

Fair Trade Finals

November 26, 2018

Inviting students to not only continue working hard on finals, but to learn more about fair trade and how the university is greatly involved in creating a global difference! We’re providing the opportunity for students to know the difference between fair trade and free trade while giving out free samples of fair-trade products available on-campus.

Fair Trade Christmas Sale

November 20, 2018

Ten Thousand Villages will bring all sorts of Fair Trade items. Join us and do your Christmas shopping!

Fair Trade Farmer’s Market Booth

November 13, 2018

Booth at the South Pasadena Farmer’s market! We will be making bracelets and passing out pamphlets about Fair Trade and its impact on the Global Community (:

Stac Fair Trade Pop-Up Shop

November 9, 2018

Holliday Pop Up shop with handmade crafts and holiday cards from Haiti

Don’t Be Tricked By Your Treats!

November 8, 2018

Since Halloween attracts many of us to conventionally-processed chocolate treats, we wanted to inform our campus about the importance of supporting Fair Trade chocolate companies. In the foyer of our campus dining room, we set up a table that had a trifold poster board (to show how chocolate is made, conventional vs fair trade cocoa […]

Green Up’s Fair Trade Coffee Hour

November 8, 2018

Come enjoy fair trade coffee with the leaders of Green Up!

Green Up’s Fuel Up for Finals

November 8, 2018

Come enjoy some fair trade goodies and learn more about fair trade while de-stressing before final exams!

Green Up’s Fair Trade Coffee Hour

November 8, 2018

Come enjoy fair trade coffee with the leaders of Green Up!

Marywood University Fair Trade Sale

November 5, 2018

Fair Trade Sale thru SERRV November 28, 29, 2018 Marywood University 2300 Adams Ave. Scranton, Pa. 18509

Fair Fashion Events

November 1, 2018

Students watched the documentary The True Cost in the Fall and then had discussions with other high school students about it. Then, the following Spring we had a fair fashion day where students could wear shirts inside out to bring awareness to who made their clothing and in what country.

Bulldog Boost Fair Trade Coffee Shop

October 30, 2018

The students created a proposal last school year to start a fair trade coffee shop in our students center. The proposal was approved and since last November, the students have run a fair trade coffee shop that offers coffee, hot cocoa, and fair trade chocolate bars. OPur mascot is a bulldog, so the name Bulldog […]

Fair Trade Christmas Gift Pledge

October 30, 2018

Our student leaders are challenging each other and their peers to pledge to purchase at least 3 gifts for Christmas fairly traded. We will post a large paper pledge and ask students to sign it at lunches in the weeks leading up to the Boutique.

Fair Trade Christmas Boutique

October 30, 2018

Fair Trade Christmas Boutique with three fair trade vendors and our fair trade coffee shop offering products for purchase. We are educating the school community about their purchasing power. We are encouraging them to support artisans around the world and human rights by shopping at the Fair Trade Christmas Boutique. It will be on November […]

Fair Trade Finals

October 30, 2018

We’re hosting a fair trade tea and treats table during Reading Day. This larger event invites students to relax with games, crafts and free massages. We’re the only provider of fair trade tea at the event, so it’s a great way to get lots of recognition and new interest.