The website for the documentary Buyer Be Fair has posted an interview with Paul Rice, CEO of TransFair USA, about Fair Trade certification.
Check out both the interview and the film!
Interview with TransFair USA CEO Paul Rice
21 06 2007Comments : Leave a Comment »
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FREE screening of Made in L.A.
19 06 2007Many of you may have heard about the documentary MADE IN L.A., about garment workers in L.A. After five years in the making, MADE IN L.A. is finally finished! Please come support the Los Angeles premiere! It’s a FREE community screening at the Los Angeles Film Festival!!! MADE IN L.A. follows the remarkable journey of three Latina immigrants working in L.A.’s garment factories and their struggle for self-empowerment as they wage a three-year battle to bring a major clothing retailer to the negotiating table. In intimate verité style, MADE IN L.A. offers a rare and poignant glimpse into this “other” California, where immigrants in many industries toil long hours for sub-minimum wages, fighting for an opportunity in a new country. A film by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar. In Spanish and English with bilingual subtitles!
WHEN: Saturday, June 23, 12noon The screening will be followed by a Q & A with the filmmakers and the women in the film.
WHERE: Los Angeles Film Festival –Mann Festival Theater, 10887 Lindbrook Dr., Los Angeles 90024 (Westwood)
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Upcoming FTLA Meetings!
17 06 2007Fair Trade Los Angeles
FESTIVAL PLANNING MEETING
FTLA is an open, democratically- organized coalition of concerned citizens and groups who have come together with a common goal: to create social and environmental justice around the world through the promotion of and advocacy for fair trade.
We are currently planning a festival in the fall. Come join us as we continue planning LA’s first major fair trade event!
TUESDAY JUNE 26th & JULY 10th
7 TO 9 PM
Archdiocese Catholic Center
3424 Wilshire Blvd.
(Corner of Mariposa)
**The location of the meeting is just two blocks east of Normandie. When you are on Wilshire turn south on to Mariposa and then left into the parking structure. Guard will explain where to park. Then you go out to the street and in the Lobby. Once in the lobby you will be directed to the room reserved for the meeting by Joan Harper.
RSVP or questions: Emily Fernandez, 213 268 1069
or email
ftlafernandez@ yahoo.com
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