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Fair Trade Snacks and Naps

November 23, 2015

Come relax with us. We’ll be serving fair trade tea and chocolate while you meditate!

11th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Sale

November 21, 2015

Join us for our 11th Fair Trade Holiday Sale in the Indiana Memorial Union. We will be selling a lot of amazing good from Global Gifts such as jewelry, scarves, ornaments, children’s toys, and more! Stone Belt will also be joining us and selling their artwork which is made by people with disabilities.

Study Break With Fair Trade Club

November 19, 2015

The Fair Trade Club at SUNY Geneseo will be hosting a study break in partnership with a local café – Café Shiloh. We do this every semester leading up to finals. We will have coffee, tea, and chocolate to share with students looking for a quick and relaxing break from studying. These delicious fair trade […]

Holiday Jubilee – Fair Trade Club Table With Chocolate & Holiday Letters

November 19, 2015

Fair Trade Club will share samples of Equal Exchange chocolate and give students the opportunity to write holiday and thank you letters to the cocoa farmers! We’ll have a table in the Union Ballroom during the GLK Holiday Jubilee!

Fair Trade Fair

November 5, 2015

As a part of the Shut Down Trafficking Week that is hosted in partnership with UNICEF and NCAS the university of UMass Boston will be hosting a Fair Trade Fair which will feature over 20 different fair trade businesses and local businesses that sell fair trade products.

Fair Trade Fair

November 5, 2015

November 19, California Lutheran University will be hosting their annual Fair Trade Fair. Vendors that be coming include Fair Trade LA, Guayaki Yerba Mate, Dr. Bronners, Colores Del Pueblo, Pura Vida Bracelets, Deardorff Family Farms, Sodexo, Ben& Jerrys, Greyston Bakery, and many student clubs. Fair Trade products will be available for sale, raffles will be […]

Fair Trade Expo

November 2, 2015

We will be hosting a Fair Trade Expo through our Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice & Public Understanding. A economics professor will be presenting on the business side of fair trade, and our student-run fair trade store, Discoveries International, will be presenting on what fair trade is. There will be a silent auction of […]

Thank the Farmers

October 28, 2015

We will be asking people to fill out thank you cards that we will be sending to Fair Trade coffee farmers.

Ben and Jerry’s Fair Trade Ice Cream Social

October 28, 2015

We will be handing out Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream and spreading awareness about the club’s efforts and Fair Trade.

11TH FAIR TRADE GIFT FARE

October 25, 2015

11th annual International Gift Fair, we sell all fair trade items, crafts, coffee, chocolate,and educating the public about fair trade and its principles. we get support from the Stockton university SAVE group, and other non profits come and share what they do.

Sleep Out

October 21, 2015

Wednesday is our big day, where we will be having our 7th annual sleep out to help students spend the night in solidarity with the homeless. The evening will include reflections and simulations of hunger and homelessness, then continue to the Hagan lawn for the overnight sleep out

Helping Hand Bags

October 21, 2015

Put together bags to give out to homeless which consists of water bottle, granola bar, socks, mittens, deodorant, tooth brush, tooth paste

Soup Kitchen Challenge

October 21, 2015

We will ask students and faculty to choose to eat what you would be given in a soup kitchen, typically a sandwich and a bowl of soup.

Info Booth

October 21, 2015

Gave out information regarding climate change and fair trade

Information Booth

October 21, 2015

Gave out information regarding climate change and fair trade

Reverse Trick or Treating

October 21, 2015

Celia Deane-Drummond

October 21, 2015

A Franciscan Vision for a New Earth

Jennifer Marlon

October 21, 2015

Climate Change and the American Mind