Fair Trade Los Angeles and
Thanksgiving Coffee Company
Are proud to present
JJ Keki from
Mirembe Kawomera
Coming to the event, people will
1) Hear an amazing and hopeful story about how Muslim, Christian and Jewish farmers created a thriving community out of a desperate situation
2) Have an opportunity to build inter-cultural alliances in our community through Fair Trade advocacy and
3) Get creative and plan some events to spread the news about Fair Trade in Los Angeles
Tuesday, March 14 – 7pm
Islamic Center of Southern California
434 S. Vermont Ave
Los Angeles , CA 90020
Parking available behind the building
via the driveway next to car dealership
JJ Keki from Mirembe Kawomera, an interfaith coffee farming cooperative in Uganda, is coming to Los Angeles on March 14 to tell the story of
Mirembe Kawomera (Delicious Peace).
By following these link s
http://www.mirembekawomera.com http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=1344 you can learn about how JJ and his neighbors, with some caring business partners, survived a desperate situation and built a community where old, intercultural animosities have dissipated.
Fair Trade Los Angeles, a new branch of the exciting Fair Trade movement, which is bringing people out of poverty, strengthening communities and improving environmental condtions as well as global relations, has begun to educate LA about the opportunity for social and environmental justice that Fair Trade offers. To learn more about this and to get involved, see our weblog at http://fairtradela.wordpress.com and visit our links to other organizations that are doing important work to end poverty through Fair Trade. Fair Trade has gained unflinching support from leaders in every Social Justice branch of every major religion because it is such a realistic way to uplift life on the planet by bringing out people’s strengths and encouraging our entrepreneurial spirits, rather than pitying impoverished people. Fair Trade is a respectful, loving and mutually beneficial way to do business.
