May 16, 2011Peruvian Crafters Tour West Coast
Peruvian crafters are touring the West Coast to share their stories of how fair trade has helped them.
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May 11, 2011Fair trade saves lives, families and cultures
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.
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Nov 19, 2008Round table discussion on Fair Trade on KWMU
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.
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Sep 9, 2008PJT director interviewed on KDHX
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)
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Jun 30, 2008New Fair Trade Bible study available
Resource aims to help consumers learn how their purchasing power can impact social and economic justice worldwide
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Jun 1, 2008Geiger sews up the world market fairly
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...
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Dec 12, 2007New Fair Trade Web site launched
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.
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Nov 1, 2007Partners for Just Trade Welcomes Director, Anticipates Growth in Coming Months
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...
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Nov 1, 2007Fair trade preserves traditions, builds communities
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%...
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Oct 31, 2007Clifton woman helps Peruvian artist sell work
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 -...
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Oct 18, 2007A fair advantage: Fair trade as hipster label vs. fair trade as a way of life
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...
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May 1, 2007Fair trade group names first executive director
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...
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