CRS Fair Trade » global poverty http://www.crsfairtrade.org Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:24:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Catholics Confront Global Poverty http://www.crsfairtrade.org/2009/02/25/catholics-confront-global-poverty/ http://www.crsfairtrade.org/2009/02/25/catholics-confront-global-poverty/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:03:34 +0000 Jackie http://fairtrade.crs-blog.org/?p=547 Katy, Mary and I have been busy this week with the Annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington, DC. Besides the fun of sipping Fair Trade coffee from our partners, Higher Grounds, Beans for Better Life, Grounds for Change, Nectar of Life, Equal Exchange and Larry’s Beans, and reuniting with Fair Trade Ambassadors, a highlight has been the launch of the Catholics Confront Global Poverty campaign.

Working with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Catholic Relief Services calls on one million Catholics in the United States to confront global poverty. Our two organizations are taking up a range of advocacy efforts to end hunger, disease, conflict, and other issues that affect the lives of our brothers and sisters worldwide. Here are the key objectives:

* reform global trade and agriculture policies
* use natural resources in ways that protect the environment and benefit poor persons
* address global climate change and help poor countries mitigate and adapt to it
* complete debt relief
* increase poverty-focused international assistance
* promote comprehensive immigration reform and confront the root causes of migration
* strengthen international peacekeeping and peacebuilding initiatives

On this holy day of Ash Wednesday, we invite you to join us!

]]> http://www.crsfairtrade.org/2009/02/25/catholics-confront-global-poverty/feed/ 0 6th Day of Ambassadors: Kathy of New York http://www.crsfairtrade.org/2008/12/30/6th-day-of-ambassadors-kathy-of-new-york/ http://www.crsfairtrade.org/2008/12/30/6th-day-of-ambassadors-kathy-of-new-york/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:58:49 +0000 Jackie http://fairtrade.crs-blog.org/?p=442 Kathy Dubel, who lives in Elmira, NY, became a certified CRS Fair Trade Ambassador in June 2007. Like Gloria, our Day 3 honoree, Kathy has been involved with Catholic Relief Services for awhile, serving as the CRS Diocesan Director for the Diocese of Rochester. In both these roles, Kathy has done a great deal to recruit and train new supporters of CRS Fair Trade. For example, parishes in this diocese are encouraged to form Global Solidarity teams for people to bring their experience, concerns and gifts to serve others. Kathy’s orientation for these teams includes information about Catholic Social Teaching, global poverty, economic justice, as well as concrete ways to promote CRS Fair Trade and other CRS programs. In addition to these formal efforts, Kathy finds creative ways to bring the Fair Trade message to many of her work activities: serving Fair Trade coffee at all gatherings, using Fair Trade handcrafts for “door prizes” at larger meetings, and giving Divine chocolate as gift samples to staff during visits to parishes!

Here’s Kathy and fellow Ambassador Abby doing a role play on life as a coffee farmer.

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