Lead for Change Blog
Banana Industry Presentation
April 12, 2019Saturday, April 27, 2-3 pm, PJC. Learn about the oppressive banana industry. This talk is designed to educate, brainstorm solutions and create tangible action steps that fit each participant. Stick around after the event to learn about volunteer opportunities at PJC. FREE.
Fair Trade Fair
April 10, 2019Come visit booths by the Arts lawn and learn about fair trade goals and what if means to be fair trade! There will be sellers where you can purchase fair trade products like jewelry and t-shirts. Want to get more involved? Visit the Fair Trade club table and sign up to participate in events next […]
Fair Trade Week
April 4, 2019Monday: club meeting Tuesday: flyers Thursday: fair trade education in English class Friday: TBA
Student ED camp
April 4, 2019Educational get together led by students. This campaign is directly involved with the planning and will have a session about fair trade and advocacy.
Fair Trade Finals
April 1, 2019Come de-stress at our table at UCF! We will have a prize wheel featuring a variety of Fair Trade Items, as well as more information about our campaign and Fair Trade in general.
Fair Trade Thrift Sale
March 27, 2019We will be having a thrift store on campus, where students can donate clothes the week before, and then can purchase the clothes for a low cost on campus! The money will go towards Fair Trade at Loras, and we will be serving Fair Trade coffee as well as having information about Fair Trade and […]
Banana Land Documentary Screening
March 24, 2019Wednesday, April 17, Jost Foundation Room, UVM Davis Center, 7-9 pm. Join us for a free screening of Banana Land, a documentary exposing the truths of the banana industry in Latin America. Bananas have been promoted as wholesome and healthy, but behind the smiling Miss Chiquita propaganda lies a past and present system of terrorism, […]
International Women’s Day
March 21, 2019We knew international women’s day was the perfect opportunity to inform our students on the role Fair Trade plays in women’s lives around the world. Quinnipiac University was having a “teach-in” on the 21st to celebrate the holiday, so we jumped at the change to get involved by spreading the word on fair trade. We […]
Fair Trade Chocolate Easter Hunt
March 21, 2019CRS Ambassadors will be hiding laminated slips of papers in an Easter egg around campus for Students to find and redeem for “Easter Fair Trade Chocolate” at our CRS Office. Once redeemed the chocolate will be exchanged in a baggie and it comes with a passage educating the students on Fair Trade Items.
Tony’s Free Movie Night (Tony’s Chocolonely Bean to Bar Journey)
March 21, 2019Join us and our friends at Fair Trade for a special screening of the documentary “The Chocolate Case.” The film (Dutch with English subtitles) tells the story about a couple of young Dutch journalists who have the ambition to end slavery in the cocoa industry. 5pm Chocotruck & chocolate tasing 5:55pm Welcome & introduction by […]
Fair Trade Finals
March 21, 2019We will be giving out free fair trade coffee to people studying in our campus student center. We will also educate students on fair trade and give out fair trade raffle prizes if they learn about fair trade!
The True Cost Movie Screening
March 15, 2019Movie screening of The True Cost, a movie that divulges the harmful impact the fashion industry is having on our world.
Sustainable Sweets Sampling: Fair Trade Chocolate
February 15, 2019We will sample Fair Trade chocolate sold in one of our convenience stores to students and explain the impact of purchasing fair trade chocolate. We also will have Valentine’s cards that students can write to Fair Trade farmers.
UCC Norwell Fair Trade Initiative sale dates
February 9, 2019February 10, 2019 March 10. 2019 April 14, 2019 May 5, 2019 June 9. 2019 All sales will take place in our Fellowship Hall following our 10 o’clock woship.
UCC Super Saturday Tri-State Conference
February 9, 2019UCC Norwell Fair Trade Initiative will be participating as a vendor in the Market Place at this event. We will be selling Equal Exchange products as well as crafts and jewelry from artisans in El Salvador through a program that we work indirectly with; The Women’s Micro Credit Entrepreneur Program. A majority of the time […]
UCC Norwell Fair Trade Initiative–Hearts of Appreciation and Gratitude
February 9, 2019During our Fair Trade / Direct Trade sales during fellowship hour on February 10th we will be making hearts and cards for Fair Trade Vendors locally and abroad.
Fair Trade Open House
January 28, 2019Students will be invited to learn about what Fair Trade is, why it is important, and how their own Fair Trade choices make a difference. Food samples, coffee and a raffle will be offered!
Fair Trade 101: Global Trade & Racism
January 25, 2019Saturday, February 23, PJC, 2-3:30 pm. This presentation touches on the history of global trade and how it has historically come at the expense of marginalizing native nations. The Fair Trade Movement came about as an alternative trading system to ensure that producers in the Global South are given access to the global market, but […]