Lead for Change Blog
An Evening for Parents and Students
January 13, 2016Parents and students participate in lessons and activities as applied to Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Spanish and Fine Arts. Enjoy Fair Trade hot chocolate following lessons served by the staff of SMA.
St. John’s University Poverty Conference
January 11, 2016St. John’s University is holding its 9th Biennial Vincentian Chair of Social Justice Conference, aka the Poverty Conference. This year’s conference will focus on the links between environmental crises and the plight of the world’s poor. St. John’s for Fair Trade will selling Fair Trade goods from HandCrafting Justice and other organizations! See you there!
SAT Fair Trade Bake Sale
January 11, 2016We’re holding a bake sale at Berkeley High School for students who take the SAT in late January. You all deserve a nice treat for all your hard work, and what a better way to spend a dollar than on products that will help better the lives of farmers around the world!
Fair Trade Study Night
January 6, 2016Loyola HS Teachers will be on hand along with the Fair Trade Club to ensure you have an evening full of insightful studies and delicious fair trade chocolate, hot chocolate, and coffee! Bring your mugs and your books to the upper campus from 6-8pm.
“Human Trafficking Awareness” at the Fond du Lac Public Library on Jan 11, 2016
January 4, 2016Recent arrests in Fond du Lac have brought awareness of the monstrous crime of human trafficking and the issues that surround it to our community. A program that will focus on the problem and solutions, “Human Trafficking Awareness” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Monday, January 11, at the Fond du Lac Public Library. The […]
Intergenerational Chocolate Making
December 9, 2015The children will host the adults in making a simple chocolate recipe, which happens to include many fair trade ingredients–Cacao, coconut oil, vanilla–along with honey and salt.
Fair Trade your Finals!
December 9, 2015In collaboration with the office of Student Affairs, the Rollins Sustainability Program will hold a ‘Fair Trade your Finals’ event on Reading Day – the day of study between exam days. Fair Trade coffee, decaf, chocolates and home baked goodies like sweet cornbread and macaroons, along with other goodies to help students de-stress and get […]
Fair Trade Study Break
December 9, 2015PLNU’s Fair Trade your Finals Event. We’re providing a Fair Trade study break in the Colt History and Political Science Lounge.
Fair Trade Your Finals
December 8, 2015We will be sharing Fair Trade conversation, coffee, and chocolate outside the library during USD’s final exam study day. Escape your studies and come out to chat for a bit!
Fair Trade Finals GiveAway!
December 8, 2015True Cost Documentary Screening
December 8, 2015This 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 […]
Homecoming Street Fair
December 8, 2015At our homecoming tailgate event, our student group will be selling lattes made with fair trade ingredients and handing out information regarding the importance of fair trade. All proceeds will go to support Students for HOPE.
Fair Trade Christmas Shop
December 8, 2015Start your Christmas shopping early by purchasing fair trade tea, chocolate, and jewelry! Featured brands are Equal Exchange, Bead for Life, and Thistle Farms!
Fair Trade Your Finals
December 7, 2015Partnering with UMass Boston’s Undergraduate Student Government we will be helping students destress with coffee and chocolate.
Fair Trade Your Finals
December 5, 2015Set up table in campus center to give out Fair Trade information and samples.
We’re a Fair Trade School!
December 4, 2015Fair Trade Table@ Dinning Hall
December 4, 2015We will be setting up a table at the dinning hall and providing some educational sheets of Fair Trade. We will also have some free give aways. Please stop by.
Fair Trade Your Finals – UCLA
December 4, 2015December 4th marks the last day of Fall Quarter classes! Come stop by BruinWalk, where we’ll be tabling, on your way to class or the library and learn about the fair trade campaign! Pick up some free fair trade goods to energize you for studying!