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It’s October and Fair Trade Month is Here

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Featured, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 2nd October, 2012 | No Comments

Halloween_lilmonstersWe’ve launched our calendar of 31 Fair Trade activities so you can take action daily to support Fair Trade all month long! Here’s how it’s going, and how you can get involved…
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Get Ready to Fair Trade Your Halloween

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Featured, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 27th September, 2012 | 2 Comments

Hallowen_lilmonstersGet ready! In less than a week we’ll be launching our month of Fair Trade activities so you can take action daily to support Fair Trade! Here’s a taste of what’s in store…
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Fair Trade S’mores Challenge Hershey this Summer

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 11th July, 2012 | 1 Comment

Fair Trade smores-Hershey action8Last week on the 4th of July Global Exchange held a s’mores event at the opening show of the famous San Francisco Mime Troupe, as part of a nationwide summer-long action calling on Hershey and the rest of the cocoa industry to END grinding poverty and abusive child labor in the cocoa fields. Check out the pics and find out how YOU can get involved.
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S’mores Present Opportunity to Call on Hershey to End Abusive Child Labor in Cocoa Fields

Posted by in Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 3rd July, 2012 | No Comments

Fair Trade smoresWhile you’re cooking up s’mores this summer, join activists nationwide in calling on Hershey and the rest of the cocoa industry to END grinding poverty and abusive child labor in the cocoa fields.
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Fair Trade S’Mores Lovers at Higher Vision Festival

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Featured, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 18th June, 2012 | 2 Comments

Fair Trade Smores6Global Exchange went to the Higher Vision Festival at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds last weekend to spread the word about Fair Trade in an unusual way.
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Lets End Child Labor Now- June 12 is World Day Against Child Labor

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 12th June, 2012 | 1 Comment

peruht_1June 12th is World Day Against Child Labor. In 2010 the world community through the International Labor Organization, adopted a “Roadmap for Elimination of the worst forms child labor by the year 2016″. With only 3 years to go, how are we doing?
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Happy Easter? Better Make Sure with Fair Trade Chocolate

Posted by in Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign, Global Exchange Store Updates on 4th April, 2012 | No Comments

Kids everywhere love Divine Chocolate!At Global Exchange we love to celebrate Fair Trade all the time, but this Easter, things will get even sweeter with free chocolate!
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West Coast Kids Surprise Hershey With Fair Trade Action

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 15th February, 2012 | 7 Comments

Kids wrote to HersheyYesterday eighth grader Jasper and fellow activists delivered more than 500 Valentines made by kids for the members of the Hershey Trust. Well, Hershey got another Valentine’s Day surprise, this one from the west coast the day before.
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Hershey Gets Valentine’s Day Delivery from Philadelphia Eighth Grade Fair Trade Activist

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 14th February, 2012 | No Comments

Cathy-O’Brien-Hershey-TrustStudent Delivers More Than 16,000 Petition Signatures and Valentines to Hershey’s School Trust on Behalf of Children Harvesting Cocoa in West Africa.
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Tell Hershey to Have a Heart

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 8th February, 2012 | 1 Comment

Have-a-heart-hersheyValentine’s Day is a major chocolate buying holiday, but gifts for your sweetheart should not come at the expense of worker rights. Forced labor, child labor and trafficking continue in the cocoa industry in West Africa. Here’s how YOU can make a difference!
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