Lead for Change Blog
Fair Trade Introductory Event
March 10, 2021This will be our first event where we tell our students about Fair Trade products and provide a brief introduction to our month long Fair Trade event
14th Fair Trade Minneapolis Steering Committee Meeting (#7 in 2021), virtual via Zoom, Monday, May 10, 2021, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm
March 2, 202114th Fair Trade Minneapolis Steering Committee Meeting (#7 in 2021), virtual via Zoom, Monday, May 10, 2021, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm
Book Club for Change – Zoom Discussion Event for “My Beloved World” by Sonia Sotomayer
January 25, 2021This month we are reading “My Beloved World” by Sonia Sotomayer, the first Latina Supreme Court Justice. Email fairtradelogan@gmail.com or follow us on social media for more details!
1st Annual Fair Trade College Festival – Celebrating Chocolate!
January 22, 20211st Annual Fair Trade College Festival ‘Celebration of Chocolate’ (2:00-4:00 pm) With Fairtrade smores, info., scavenger hunt, and games. Winter Events, Bonfire, Vermont Gelato
Fair Trade Committee Net Impact Meeting
January 19, 2021We will be introducing the Fair Trade Project and the Fair Trade Committee members at Net Impact’s general meeting this Thursday from 11am-12pm. Come meet the impactful community organizers working on this project and discuss the importance of Fair Trade within the local San Luis Obispo community!
Fair Trade Coffee and Chocolate Sale
December 15, 2020To increase accessibility and exposure, our club hosted a holiday sale in which we sold four types of chocolate bars from Equal Exchange and four types of coffee from Cafe Campesino. Via an online survey, members of the school community ordered and we purchased all the goods and distributed them with fair trade information bookmarks. […]
Virtual Letter Writing Party!
October 13, 2020Join the Fair Trade Towns Committee for a Virtual Letter Writing Party on Thursday, October 15th from 5-6pm on Zoom to get the vote out before the election. Vote Forward is a non-profit working to send letters out to underrepresented minorities to increase voter turnout. The letters are written simply to encourage people to vote, […]
9th Fair Trade Minneapolis Steering Committee Meeting, virtual via Zoom, Monday, February 22, 2020, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm
October 5, 2020Move further toward giving Annual Awards to our Fair Trade retailers. Possibly, think of a fun Fair Trade event for spring/summer. Proposed timeline for giving Annual Awards for our Fair Trade retailers: In May 2021, we plan to give our Fair Trade retailers Annual Awards to post by their exit doors to signify that they […]
8th Fair Trade Minneapolis Meeting with speaker Teresa Baxter from Long Beach, CA, virtual via Zoom, Monday, February 8, 2020, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm
October 5, 20201st meeting of 2021! After we meet & greet, guest speaker Teresa Baxter will arrive at 8 pm. In 2020, she started Fair Trade Long Beach and the Fair Trade Long Beach Retail Collective. She’s been w/ Fair Trade Los Angeles, Fair Trade Manhattan NYC, and Fair Trade Alexandria, VA. If time permits, we’ll move […]
7th Fair Trade Minneapolis Steering Committee Meeting, virtual via Zoom, Monday, November 9, 2020, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm
October 5, 2020Last-minute discussion about the upcoming article in the Star Tribune on Sunday, November 15, or deciding to pursue an alternative strategy to gain recognition of our Fair Trade Towns, and our Fair Trade small businesses in time for the holiday shopping season. Once again, do we expect “Fair Trade” to work its way into our […]
6th Fair Trade Minneapolis Steering Committee Meeting, virtual via Zoom, Monday, October 19, 2020, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm
October 5, 2020We’ll discuss how to best get an article in the Star Tribune on Sunday, November 15, to introduce our Fair Trade Towns and to highlight our Fair Trade small businesses prior to shopping for the Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Winter Solstice + the content of that article. Do we expect “Fair Trade” to work its way into our holiday […]
Fair Trade Federation Wholesale Show
September 15, 2020FTF Wholesale Show Designed for buyers and retailers, the FTF Wholesale Show will feature 60 FTF verified brands and their beautiful, unique fair trade products. Each FTF brand will present an eight-minute showcase to give attendees a sample of their best, newest, and most interesting products and stories! The sessions will be fun, experimental, and […]
Fair Trade Minneapolis 101 – More than just coffee, chocolate & trick-or-treats! – A Multimedia Presentation via Zoom
August 11, 2020Fair Trade Minneapolis 101 – More than just coffee, chocolate & trick-or-treats! – A Multimedia Presentation via Zoom, Oct 5, 2020, 7:30 to 9:00 pm, featuring presentations on various types of Fair Trade products, with short accompanying videos.