Third Annual
Reverse Trick-or-Treating!

This Halloween, it is kids who gave
treats to adults!

Estimated participants: 15-25K groups
Households receiving card & chocolate: 260,000+

Media: Click here to cover Reverse Trick-or-Treating.

Click here for Reverse Trick-or-Treating in Canada!


CARD RECIPIENTS

Welcome! You were witness to a huge National Day of Action, promoting the purchase of fair trade chocolate to help end child slavery in cocoa fields. We invite you to GET involved!

PARTICIPANTS

THANK YOU for raising awareness of social and environmental injustices in the cocoa industry! We hope you will STAY involved!

Stay or Get Involved! How??

Just click on the websites below to...

  1. Buy Fair Trade certified chocolate year-round, and to hand out from your doorstep next Halloween. Also consider buying all your holiday gifts Fair Trade!
  2. Find out how to get involved with fun, creative, impactful actions to end abusive child labor and exploitation of farming families in the cocoa industry.
  3. Sign up for Reverse Trick-or-Treating 2010! Join the listserv of one or more of the organizations listed below, and you will receive an email invitation in August to visit this web page to place your request for a free kit.
  4. Learn more about the issues by reading the information on the websites.

Note to participants: Don't forget to post your Reverse Trick-or-Treating photos on our youtube channel and videos on our flickr account.

Check out Reverse Trick-or-Treating 2009 in the News!

Watch the Reverse Trick-or-Treating mini-documentary by Global Exchange intern Shelley Alingas here


Participating Fair Trade certified chocolate companies:
· Equal Exchange
· Alter Eco
· Sweet Earth
· Coco-Zen
· La Siembra

Participating lead nonprofit organizations:
· Africa Action
· Amherst Fair Trade Partnership
· Ballston Spa Fair Trade Coalition
· Fair Trade Federation
· Global Exchange
· Green America
· International Labor Rights Forum
· Jeannette Rankin Peace Center
· Oasis/Stop The Traffik
· San Diego Friends of Fair Trade
· Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
· United Methodist Church (UMCOR/GBCS)
· Montclair Fair Trade Coalition
· Not For Sale

Participating organizations include: Africa Faith and Justice Network, Americans for Informed Democracy, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Chicago Area Interfaith Council Peace and Justice Center, Durham Fair Trade Coalition, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Fair Trade LA, Fair Trade Portsmouth Coalition, Fair Trade Resource Network, Human Rights Action Service, InterReligious Task Force on Central America, NY State Labor-Religion Coalition, Organic Consumer Association, Washington Fair Trade Coalition

Reverse Trick-or-Treating is an initiative of Global Exchange's Sweet Smarts network, with leadership from Equal Exchange and all of the organizations and companies listed above.

What is Reverse Trick-or-Treating?

The person that gave you the card you have was taking part in a National Day of Action where nearly a quarter million people all over the nation stormed the streets on Halloween night to turn the tradition of trick-or-treating on it's head by giving chocolate to the adults.

This was the third year the action has taken place. Each year, Global Exchange with the help of generous donations from chocolate companies, including Equal Exchange, gives out kits for FREE to individual households, groups, organizations, and schools to partake in this great event. Each kit includes fair trade chocolates and informational cards about fair trade, like the one you received.

Here is a copy of the flyer or card.

If you have questions about the kit you ordered, please contact the Fair Trade team by e-mail: fairtrade@globalexchange.org or call: (415) 575-5557 ext. 220.