Archive for November, 2008

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When Lois Harr, CRS Fair Trade Ambassador from the Bronx, invited me to join her and Manhattan College student Sarah Cicuto in St. Louis at a conference with the theme, “Global Learning and Social Responsibility through a LaSallian Education,” I was all about the global social responsibility piece, but I had to do a [...]

Read the entry: Students Say: You are what you eat…and drink, and wear! →

With Thanksgiving on the horizon, I’m full of gratitude for CRS Fair Trade colleagues around the country sharing messages of Fair Trade as a tool of economic justice.  From our Southwest office, for instance, Fr. Juan Molina was recently at St. Patrick parish in Colorado Springs, Colorado working to promote the role Fair Trade [...]

Read the entry: Priest and Economist Helps Parish Strengthen Immigration Ministry →

We haven’t even made it past Thanksgiving yet, but this week I walked into a convenience store and heard it- my first Christmas song of the season. For a moment, I felt dread. Thinking of Christmas songs in every store, red and green flashing lights, non-stop commercials. This is not the way I want to [...]

Read the entry: Fair Trade Advent Calendars Offer More than Chocolate →

This recent “All Hallows Eve” 25 youth and youth ministers from the Orlando, Florida Diocese passed up a “normal” Halloween to participate in the first ever Youth Ministry Fair Trade Weekend. Guest blogger and CRS Fair Trade Ambassador Stephanie Bosse shares her reflections:
“The service retreat was put together by Prince of Peace Youth Minister [...]

Read the entry: Fair Trade Saints in the Making →

It is good to see that despite the troubling economy, two Fair Trade leaders in the United States are hiring.  If you are looking for meaningful work in the movement check out these announcements:
Executive Director for the Fair Trade Resource Network 
The Fair Trade Resource Network is seeking a full-time executive director to conceptualize, energize, secure [...]

Read the entry: Two New Jobs at Two Great Fair Trade Organizations →