Are You Ready for May 9th? Catholic Relief Services Is!
Catholic Relief Services works in about 100 countries and in many of those same places tens of thousands of people will take a Fair Trade break on May 9: World Fair Trade Day. From coffee cupping to drumming circles to health screenings, Fair Traders use the second Saturday of May as a rallying point to cele
brate the principles of Fair Trade and how the movement positively impacts lives.
Here in the United States, the CRS Fair Trade Fund is a proud sponsor of World Fair Trade Day, and we invite you to join us in celebrating the power of economic justice! Fair Trade supporter
s around the country will take a break and enjoy a cup of Fair Trade coffee, a bar of Fair Trade chocolate, bake a cake using Fair Trade sugar, join in a drum circle with Fair Trade musical instruments or participate in a game of soccer using Fair Trade soccer balls. You can create your own event, and the Fair Trade Resource Network provides free resources to help you plan. While you are at it, consider Raising Money Right as an easy way to celebrate AND fundraise for worthy causes.
If you live in Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, or Wisconsin you have a special chance to hear directly about the power of Fair Trade when artisans from Peru visit a community near you. A Fair Trade artisan tour organized by Green America and Partners for Just Trade, is bringing Evangelina Pizarro and Ayde Riveros to the Midwest to share their stories of how Fair Trade has changed their lives. On their US tour – Resonating Change: Connecting Communities Through Fair Trade – Ms. Pizarro and Ms. Riveros will give first hand accounts of how the purchase of Fair Trade products directly improves the lives of farmers and artisans in the global south. The tour is supported in part by the CRS Fair Trade Fund and you can find products from Peru in our crafts catalog.
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Give me a chance to talk about those who oppose Fair Trade, and how they have corrupted millions of foreign nationals by encouraging them to violate U.S. trade laws. Denying me this opportunity is denying me the promise of Christ: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied.
Hi Bennett,
We welcome your critiques. Please feel free to comment on this blog with specific concerns you have.
Thanks,
Jackie
I wish you all the best, but I think there would be more participation if it weren’t on Mothers’ Day weekend.
I am so happy to have this day to once again discuss fair trade with the students I teach. We just finished our fair trade Easter chocolate sales and can move right into this! This topic really resonates with my students and I think some are beginning to see how integral it is to living their Catholic faith. Keep up the wonderful work.