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Fair Trade Your Finals

Join us in the Lower Commons at Roger Williams University to get through your finals with fair trade goodies. We’ll be featuring coffee, tea, chocolate, bananas, and cereal! December 12 – December 15

“The True Cost” — Documentary Screening

This is a story about clothing. It’s about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary film that pulls […]

Bracelets, Coin Purses, and Bowls…Oh my!

Crate and Barrel has nothing on us. We will be selling the cutest fair trade goods at our booth right out front the BriarPatch store. The PJT box organization will be sending us their amazing handmade goods such as friendship bracelets, coin purse, and pineapple bowls. We will also have a information booth handing out […]

Nevada City Farmers Market

Fair Trade Grass Valley team will have a information booth at the Nevada City Farmers market handing out brochures and selling fair trade coffee. We will have a booth at weekly farmers market, every Saturday morning from 8:30 to 1pm. We hope to see you there.

This is a half day event focusing on how Fair Trade helps prevent and rescue people from human trafficking as well as how our community and individual citizens can help prevent and stop the crime of human trafficking in our area.

Chicago Students for Fair Trade and Sweatfree

DESCRIPTION Join us for our bi-annual fair trade student summit. This summit will equip students with the tools to organize and drive their own fair trade campaigns at their respective universities, offer a community resource for sharing struggles and successes, and arm leaders with motivation & tools for the upcoming school year. We are thrilled […]

Fair Trade Shopping Event

Shopping that Makes a Difference! Shop for fair trade gifts, home decor and jewelry handcrafted from a variety of local vendors! Enjoy sampling fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate. At 10am free scoops of Ben and Jerry’s fair trade ice cream will be served. The fifth grade class from St. Martin Academy will also be […]

Shopping That Makes Difference

Shop for fair trade gifts, home decor and jewelry handcrafted from a variety of vendors. Enjoy fair trade coffee, teas and chocolate while shopping. The fifth grade class will be selling delicious fair trade chocolate bars from Equal Exchange. At 10am enjoy scoops of Ben & Jerry’s fair trade ice cream!

Conscious Christmas

Conscious Christmas is a one day event created to help shoppers seek justice by taking action in their own communities. Our aim is to integrate purposeful shopping practices that promote sustainability, fair wages and ethical “people first” business practices. This year’s Conscious Christmas will take place on Saturday, November 19th. We will once again partner […]

First Fair Trade USA Meeting

On september 15th, 2016, we will be hosting our very first fair trade meeting where we will elect our club officers and get the students acquainted with the site and with one another. We will be starting off our meeting by elaborating what fair trade is and why it is important. It will then be […]

LA Green Festival

Join Fair Trade LA’s booth #251 at the Green Festival! On September 18th at 1:30-2:30pm, FTLA member Rachel Winokur will moderate and panelists include FTLA member Sica Schmitz. The Green Festival is September 16-18. Find more info at http://greenfestivals.org/los-angeles-2016-sep-16-18.html#!Chevy

GlobalFest 2016: Dia de los Muertos October Gala

Join us for our annual Gala! This year’s Global Fest is themed Dia de los Muertos. Enjoy an afternoon of music, food, and celebration. Tickets and sponsorships are available. Visit FairTradeLA.org

New England Regional Conference

Fair Trade Campaigns is excited to announce our 2016 New England Regional Conference! At the New England Regional Conference, we’ll bring together Fair Trade advocates from communities, campuses, organizations and businesses across the region. Join us for workshops, seminars, and networking, to gain a deeper understanding of the Fair Trade movement, learn from fellow organizers, […]

Mid Atlantic Regional Conference

Fair Trade Campaigns is excited to announce our 2016 Mid Atlantic Regional Conference! At the Mid Atlantic Regional Conference, we’ll bring together Fair Trade advocates from communities, campuses, organizations and businesses across the region. Join us for workshops, seminars, and networking, to gain a deeper understanding of the Fair Trade movement, learn from fellow organizers, and […]

Southern California Regional Conference

Fair Trade Campaigns is excited to announce our 2016 Southern California Regional Conference! At the Southern California Regional Conference, we’ll bring together Fair Trade advocates from communities, campuses, organizations and businesses across the region. Join us for workshops, seminars, and networking, to gain a deeper understanding of the Fair Trade movement, learn from fellow organizers, […]

Gesu Intergenerational Event (GIG) : Fair Trade Matters

Faith Formation in our parish has been responsible for the development and implementation of Gesu Intergernational Events (GIG). These events connect not only individuals of all ages, but also parishioners, PSR families, and school day families. Each GIG is focused on a different theme and in 2015 the theme was Fair Trade! During this event, […]

Fair Trade Festival

Annually, Church of the Gesu hosts a Fair Trade Festival, inviting about 15 vendors. This event is open to all members of our parish and those in the community, to have the opportunity to purchase Fair Trade products and to learn more about the principles of Fair Trade as well as the personal initiatives of […]

Fair Trade Recognition

LVCoB Receives Fair Trade Congregation Status The La Verne Church of the Brethren has officially received a Fair Trade Congregation status and will be recognized in a “moment” before worship on Sunday, June 5, 2016. Please join the congregation as we celebrate this status and congratulate the La Verne COB Youth and Pastor Janet Ober […]