Posted by Adrienne Fitch-Frankel in Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 1st September, 2010 | No Comments
Don’t miss your chance this summer to press Hershey and the rest of the cocoa industry to END grinding poverty and abusive child labor in the cocoa fields! Celebrate Labor Day by uniting with others nationwide by doing something meaningful for labor rights!
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Fair Trade News & Views on 26th August, 2010 | No Comments
For women, the road to equality has been a long (and continuous) struggle. Today marks the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote. And while women in the U.S. celebrate Women’s Equality Day, the Fair Trade cocoa cooperative in Ghana, Kuapa Kokoo marked a major milestone in the cooperative’s history by electing their first woman president, Christiana Ohene Agyare.
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Posted by Jocelyn Boreta in Global Exchange Store Updates on 12th August, 2010 | 1 Comment
Bring your kids out to the Global Exchange store in San Francisco to join in the making of a mural that follows “Fair Trade Chocolate’s Journey from Bean to Bar”. Saturday, August 14 from 11am-4pm.
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 9th August, 2010 | 1 Comment
August 10th is National S’mores Day and we’re encouraging you to get the Fair Trade word out by participating in our Summertime Fair Trade S’mores campaign.
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Posted by Jocelyn Boreta in Global Exchange Store Updates on 5th August, 2010 | No Comments
Join us at the Global Exchange San Francisco and Berkeley stores to celebrate Fair Trade fashion! Saturday August 7, 11-4pm
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Posted by Adrienne Fitch-Frankel in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 4th August, 2010 | No Comments
Newly released documentary The Dark Side of Chocolate reveals shocking and disturbing new evidence that child labor, trafficking, and slavery are continuing in the cocoa industry, nearly ten years after the cocoa industry pledged to end it.
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 30th July, 2010 | No Comments
Whether you’re at summer camp, having a backyard BBQ or having a beach bonfire, you can bring some social justice into your summertime activity by participating in Global Exchange’s Summer Fair Trade S’mores Campaign.
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Posted by Jocelyn Boreta in Global Exchange Store Updates on 28th July, 2010 | No Comments
Join us at the Global Exchange stores in San Francisco and Berkeley to learn about the exemplary practices of Fair Trade company Divine Chocolate and to sample a FREE selection of their fine Fair Trade Chocolate. Saturday July 31, 11-4pm
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Posted by Jocelyn Boreta in Global Exchange Store Updates on 26th July, 2010 | No Comments
Join us at the Global Exchange Fair Trade Store in San Francisco for a Dominican Republic Fair Cocoa Harvest Global Exchange Reality Tours Report Back by honored participants and Fair Harvesters Keri Ferencz & Hime Levine. Wednesday, July 28. 5:30 – 7:30pm
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Posted by Jocelyn Boreta in Global Exchange Store Updates on 22nd July, 2010 | No Comments
Join us Saturday July 24, 11-4pm at the Global Exchange San Francisco and Berkeley stores for a nationwide Fair Trade movement to rebuild Haitian artisan communities.
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