Partners for Just Trade : Articles

Peruvian Crafters Tour West Coast

Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT

Peruvian crafters are touring the West Coast to share their stories of how fair trade has helped them.

Fair trade saves lives, families and cultures

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT

Fair trade is not charity. Fair trade is not the selling of trinkets. Fair trade is simply this: Artisans who make their products receive living wages for the work they do.

Ten Thousand Villages Grows With Fair Trade

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 CDT

Ten Thousand Villages has mastered the art of nurturing affluent customers as well as impoverished craftsmen.

Fair trade kids toys from Partners for Just Trade at Chicago Green Festival 2009

Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 CDT

Chicagoans attending the 2009 Green Festival at Navy Pier could admire a variety of fair trade children's toys and products displayed at the Partners for Just Trade booth.

Tales of two Peruvians

Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 CDT

Fair trade practice help the impoverished

Celebrating Fair Trade Around the World

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 CDT

Peruvian artisans visit Indy

Round table discussion on Fair Trade on KWMU

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 CST

PJT's director, Carrie Hawthorne, discussed Fair Trade on St Louis' NPR station, KWMU along with Kellee Sikes of Pioneer Technologies and Rich Howard-Willms of Plowsharing Crafts.

PJT director interviewed on KDHX

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 CDT

Earthworms, the environmental talk show hosted by Jean Ponzi, on KDHX-St. Louis Community Radio, interviewed PJT's director, Carrie Hawthorne, about Fair Trade and PJT's work. (begins during minute 6)

New Fair Trade Bible study available

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 CDT

Resource aims to help consumers learn how their purchasing power can impact social and economic justice worldwide

Minister ties faith, fair trade in new book

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 CDT

Three cents of your $3 cup of coffee goes to the farmer who grew the beans, and this disturbs the Rev. Judy Hoffhine.

Geiger sews up the world market fairly

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 CDT

It's tough to run a small business anywhere, especially 13,000 feet high in Peru's Andes Mountains. But that's where longtime seamstress and Alexandrian Eleanor Geiger found the elements of business in tact...

Artisans gather in Peru to develop new products for U.S. market

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 CST

Partners for Just Trade director backpacks into the Andes for meetings. Along with her backpack, Carrie Hawthorne is carrying a notebook full of ideas around Peru.

New Fair Trade Web site launched

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 CST

A non-profit organization related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has launched a Fair Trade Web site aimed at helping disadvantaged Peruvian artisans find a new marketplace for their goods and earn a sustainable wage in return.

Partners for Just Trade Welcomes Director, Anticipates Growth in Coming Months

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 CDT

Partners for Just Trade (PJT), a local Fair Trade organization that helps Peruvian artisans market their crafts in the US, has hired its first executive director, Carrie Hawthorne. PJT, which recently gained non-profit status, is a Fair Trade organization that promotes social and economic justice by creating global partnerships through Fair Trade sales and education.

Fair trade preserves traditions, builds communities

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 CDT

The fair trade movement has grown significantly in North America in the past five years. In 2002, total sales of fair trade products in North America were approximately $180 million. By 2005, that number had increased by 53% to approximately $359 million. Globally, fair trade sales exceeded $2.6 billion in 2006.

Clifton woman helps Peruvian artist sell work

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 CDT

Ruth Farrell of Clifton spent 10 years in Peru as a Presbyterian Church worker helping native artists and craftspeople form cooperatives and find a market for their goods. She recently saw the results of her work as she and Yody Moran, 30, of Peru - one of the artists she befriended - visited Just Creations fair trade gift store in Crescent Hill.

A fair advantage: Fair trade as hipster label vs. fair trade as a way of life

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 CDT

Yody Moran deftly worked two skeins into a tiny finger puppet shaped like a lion last Wednesday night, before a small group of onlookers at a fair trade store here. Were it not for the opportunity to sell crafts like this at a fair price, she might have remained like other women in her community - who use their hands to clean other people's clothes in icy rivers. After a year or so, the freezing waters and harsh detergents bring their fingers to a semi-permanent state of numbness.

Fair trade group names first executive director

Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 CDT

From a group selling household items in churches, Partners for Just Trade has grown to an organization helping about 200 artisans in Peru. Now the organization based in the Shaw neighborhood hopes to help even more Peruvians to a better life by enabling them to receive a much bigger share of the retail price for their wares than they normally would receive.