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This Food Fast activity from past years has two parts: the first part is a role-playing activity in which participants take on one of the three main roles within the making of a chocolate bar; the second part briefly explains fair trade and how it applies to the chocolate industry.
Fair Trade Coffee House ScriptHave you ever been to a coffee house event on your campus? You know…music, poetry, bad comedy, etc… Why not hold a similar event, plus help educate your community about Fair Trade at the same time? Well here it is, the CRS Fair Trade Coffee House. It’s one of the few places where you can both hear your favorite Bon Jovi covers, and serve small-scale farmers around the world!
Fair Trade One Page FlyerSuccinct one pager that explains the basic concept of fair trade as well as ways to get involved with CRS.
Fair Trade Program BrochureThis 16-page brochure introduces the fair trade concept and all four CRS Fair Trade programs.
Fair Trade Sale Editable PosterInvite your community to attend your CRS Fair Trade Sale using this editable poster. Also available for order in hard copy form.
Fair Trade vs. Conventional TradeUnder the conventional or free trade system in place today, we often have no way to know how our consumer choices affect our brothers and sisters around the world. Fair trade, however, seeks to change that and many other ways in which conventional trade often leaves behind the most vulnerable people. In this light, this table provides a brief overview of the basic differences between fair trade and conventional (“free”) trade.
Folleto de Comercio Justo From Crop to CupCRS works at every step in the fair trade coffee value chain to make the coffee trade fair for disadvantaged farmers, and to help Catholics bring their values to bear in the fair trade marketplace. This value chain explains the differences between the fair trade value chain and the conventional one.
Gift of Hope Tree Facilitator’s GuideA youth based faith formation activity to be used in catechetical, school or family settings as an Advent season parish-giving tree. Provides an activity based opportunity to reflect on how Christ was born into poverty and how that relates to the reality of many other families around the world today through; group discussion, prayer, education, and giving tree assembly.
Gift of Hope Tree Ornament CutoutsAn add on resource created for communities who already do a giving tree. Comes with sample announcement(s) and photo ornament cutouts.
