Lead for Change Blog
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 […]
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March 26, 2019The Island Market
March 26, 2019Logan Utah’s local grocery store, located on the island. The Island Market carries a variety of groceries and convenience items, including local vendors and fair trade products.
Kathleen Tobelmann
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March 25, 2019Banana 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, […]
A Glimpse Into the 2019 Conference
March 22, 2019The 2019 Fair Trade Campaigns National Conference began in the best of ways: a rapid-fire lineup of speakers from the Fair Trade, conscious consumerism, social impact and anti-human trafficking movements delivered rousing speeches. Later on, we heard from Fair Trade USA CEO and founder Paul Rice, who left the audience in awe after recounting how […]
Jenna Roskopf
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March 22, 2019Valentines day
March 21, 2019Fair Trade Moline Interview
March 21, 2019Moline, Illinois – A Quad Cities grad student is starting an effort to raise awareness about fair trade products. Aleah Erenberger first developed a passion for fair trade attending Loras College in Dubuque. She then worked with Fair Trades Campaigns on several projects in the Upper Midwest. Starting in March, she’s working to bring a […]
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.