Lead for Change Blog

Fair Trade Artisan Marketplace

March 30, 2016

An Artisan Marketplace on Sunday, April 17 will bring Fair Trade goods from around the world to Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Community in Claremont for the 5th year. The event from 8am to 3pm is co-sponsored by Fair Trade Claremont and OLA’s Fair Trade Ministry. Ten different vendors from Claremont and Greater Los […]

Volunteer Appreciation

March 30, 2016

This event is held at the end of the semester to honor those students who have made volunteering with our program a part of their college experience. We will honor them with gifts, serve Fair Trade coffee, tea, and other baked goods to them on the last day of classes to refuel for finals!

Fair Trade Event

March 29, 2016

Please join us for a service-learning college event that highlights fair trade products and education . We will have fair trade chocolate cookies, seeds, prizes, information to share on fair trade and environmental sustainability, plus the continuous showing of the 15 minute “Small Farmers Cool the Planet” video. Just Fare vendor will be there selling […]

Fair Trade Speaker Forum

March 27, 2016

3 speakers — a history professor from our campus, a Harvard professor and Ryan Midden — will be coming to our campus to discuss the benefits of Fair Trade as a whole and how it can impact our campus to cultivate discussion with our campus community.

#Fair Trade Flyers Campaign Kickoff Event

March 25, 2016

The #FairTradeFlyers Campaign Kickoff is an awareness event for students, faculty, and staff that will introduce the campaign, initiated by the New Abolitionist Movement, to make UD a Fair Trade Certified University, as well as introduce the University Working Group for Fair and Ethical Sourcing, newly established by President Curran. It’s also an educational event […]

Fair Trade Your Finals!!

March 24, 2016

Wow……it’s already getting close to the end of the semester here at Rollins! Of course we’ll be celebrating Earth Day on campus participating in a big Wellness Market Fair, but we will also be Fair Trading our finals again. In collaboration with the office of Student Affairs, we will be tabling outside the Olin Library […]

EGGsTRAVAGANZA

March 23, 2016

Join us for a fun filled day for the entire family. Fair Trade LA will have a booth with information about our campaigns. You can also enroll into health care, ask questions about Obamacare, receive FREE health screenings, participate in workout demos, and of course enjoy several egg hunts for the children.

Fair Trade Friday during International Week

March 22, 2016

Carroll College is holding an “International Week.” For this, we have invited a local fair trade jewelry vendor to have a 2-day sale of their products in our campus center. On the second day, we will host a Fair Trade Friday where we will have fair trade information, samples, and a raffle.

Fair Trade Promotion During

March 21, 2016

Come participate in Seton Hill University’s campus-wide “World Week,” by visiting our table in the Maura Solarium to learn more about fair trade! We will have informational materials and resources, as well as interactive activites to spread awareness. We will be promoting our upcoming coffee talk event, “Mugs That Matter.” So please stop by…you might […]

World Fair Trade Day Celebration – Day 2

March 18, 2016

Mark your calendars: Join us for the biggest fair trade event in the USA! Our annual 2-day World Fair Trade Day festival and market will take place at Daley Plaza from 9 AM to 6 PM on Wednesday, May 4, and Thursday, May 5. Shop from the collections of over thirty locally-owned ethical vendors, featuring […]

Moms Make a World of Difference

March 16, 2016

Celebrate Mother’s Day with us the Fair Trade way. Join us at Ten Thousand Villages from noon to 4pm on Saturday, May 7, and get 10% off when you shop with mom (in person or digitally!). There will also be giveaways for the first 100 people, door prizes, refreshments, craft stations and more!

World Fair Trade Day Celebration – Day 1

March 15, 2016

Mark your calendars: Join us for the biggest fair trade event in the USA! Our annual 2-day World Fair Trade Day festival and market will take place at Daley Plaza from 9 AM to 6 PM on Wednesday, May 4, and Thursday, May 5. Shop from the collections of over thirty locally-owned ethical vendors, featuring […]

Fair Trade Chocolate and Ice Cream Giveaway

February 25, 2016

We will be handing out free fair trade chocolate and ice cream (Ben & Jerry’s) in the SEC plaza on Friday during week 8.

SMA 25th Annual Walkathon –

February 25, 2016

In keeping with the theme of Pope Francis to live justly on God’s earth and to care for our most vulnerable brothers and sisters, we have chosen to respond by offering Fair Trade, organic, dye free cotton t-shirts! This year’s Walkathon promises to be as exciting and successful as in past years. We will once […]

Carroll College Fair Trade Declaration Celebration

February 19, 2016

To celebrate Carroll College becoming a Fair Trade College we will have a table set up in our campus center with Fair Trade information, chocolate samples, and a raffle for a fair trade bag, coffee, and tea!

Social Media Contest

February 17, 2016

Fair Trade UCLA is on social media! Follow/like/share with your friends! Enter our social media contests to win some FREE Fair Trade Chocolate! In order to enter: – Facebook: like our page, then like & share any of our posts with your friends https://www.facebook.com/uclafairtrade – Instagram: follow us & tag us in your next fair-trade […]

Volunteer Training

February 8, 2016

People Who Care’s bi-annual volunteer training. We share with student volunteers what we have planned for the semester as well as provide snacks and Fair Trade coffee and tea.