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HumanKind Fair Trade Discussion

May 17, 2021

Meet board members from SLO’s only Fair Trade non-profit retail shop in SLO! We’ll learn about the inspiration for the shop, how they choose their products, and why HumanKind Fair Trade is so successful.

Documentary Discussion: “El Cacao: The Challenge of Fair Trade”

May 17, 2021

An online discussion of the documentary “El Cacao: The Challenge of Fair Trade”

15th Fair Trade Minneapolis Steering Committee Meeting (#8 in 2021), virtual via Zoom, Monday, May 24, 2021, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm

April 13, 2021

15th Fair Trade Minneapolis Steering Committee Meeting (#8 in 2021), virtual via Zoom, Monday, May 24, 2021, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm

An Introduction to Fair Trade

March 16, 2021

An informative workshop about what fair trade means, why buying fair trade is better for our planet and how the concept of fair trade connects with our mission and vision at Beth David.

Fair Trade Introductory Event

March 10, 2021

This 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, 2021

14th 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, 2021

This month we are reading “My Beloved World” by Sonia Sotomayer, the first Latina Supreme Court Justice. Email [email protected] or follow us on social media for more details!

1st Annual Fair Trade College Festival – Celebrating Chocolate!

January 22, 2021

1st 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, 2021

We 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, 2020

To 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. […]

Ethics Fair Trade and You

October 20, 2020

The Evolution of the Revolution