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“Best In Fair Trade” Awards

17 02 2012

Nominate organizations – February to March 31
Vote for finalists – April 16 to 30
Winners Announced! – May 5
Guidelines – Contest rules and specifications
Contact Us – contact FTRN, the contest administrator

Honoring businesses and nonprofits in N. America demonstrating the “Best in Fair Trade” in these categories:

Most positive change in a producer community
Outstanding long-term commitment to producers
Best support of the Fair Trade movement
Most effective public education program
Most effective advocacy for trade policy reform

Winners will be celebrated:

at hundreds of World Fair Trade Day events May 6-20
through social media
via press releases

To Nominate Organizations (February 1 – March 31, 2012)

Read below for contest Guidelines/Eligibility to make sure your nominee qualifies for this contest.
If you are self-nominating, get a Statement of Support from someone outside of the nominated organization. The Statement, up to 100 words, can be from any person who is neither an employee, Board member, nor official volunteer/intern of the nominated organization. The Statement should explain how the organization demonstrates strong achievement in the criteria listed for its category (see criteria below in Guidelines/Eligibility).
Prepare a Nominee Description, up to 500 words, explaining how the organization demonstrates strong achievement in the criteria listed for its category.
Complete the online Nomination Form by the end of March 31, 2012.

To Vote for Finalists (April 16 – 30, 2012)

Learn about all the finalists at the “Best in Fair Trade” Awards Finalists page (published April 16).
Vote for up to 1 finalist in each category with an online ballot (link will appear here and in FTRN media on April 16).
One ballot allowed per person/email address.

Guidelines/Eligibility

Anybody not on staff at Fair Trade Resource Network can nominate organizations.
Nominees must be businesses, nonprofits or government agencies with some staff or offices based in the U.S. or Canada.
In order to be considered eligible for this contest, nominees must participate directly in, or advocate for, people, products or businesses/organizations using any of the following Fair Trade recognitions: Fair Trade Federation, “Fair Trade Certified” by Fair Trade USA, “FAIRTRADE” by Fairtrade Labeling International, “Fair for Life Social & Fairtrade Certified” by IMO, and World Fair Trade Organization.
Anyone may nominate as many organizations as s/he would like. The same organization can be nominated for more than one award category, but a separate nomination form is required for each category.
From April 1-15, all nominations will be screened and scored by an Awards Committee at FTRN. The top 3 scoring nominations for each category will become Finalists, announced on this page by April 16. Criteria for each category are:

Category	Criteria 1	Criteria 2	Criteria 3	Criteria 4
Most positive change in a producer community	Size of benefitsHi: improves people’s overall quality of life Med: helps people a lot in 1 aspect of their lives Low: helps people somewhat in 1 aspect of their lives	Length of time benefits should lastHi: > 20 years Med: 3-19 years Low: < 3 years	# of locals benefittingHi: > 1000 Med: 100-1000 Low: < 100	Other
Outstanding long-term commitment to producers	Length of relationshipHi: > 10 years Med: 3-9 years Low: < 3 years	Extent of commitment	# of producers benefittingHi: > 1000 Med: 100-1000 Low: < 100	Other
Best support of the Fair Trade movement	Degree/size of support	Breadth of support (inclusiveness)	Need for such support	Other
Most effective public education program	Scope of education	Impact of education	Need for such education	Other
Most effective advocacy for trade policy reform	Scope of advocacyHi: international Med: state Low: town	Impact of advocacy	Need for such advocacy	Other

Voting is open to all, and each person/e-mail address can vote only 1 ballot.
Only 1 award can be given to each organization, so 5 organizations will become winners.
Winners will be announced May 5, and celebrated at many World Fair Trade Day events May 6-20.
All nominations should accurately represent the nominee and the category for which it is nominated. If a nomination is found to be in violation of this rule, it will result in disqualification of the nomination.
FTRN has final approval of any language that appears with the nominations or award announcements.
By entering the contest submitters grant to Fair Trade Resource Network (i) a nonexclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free license to reproduce, distribute, publicly display and publicly perform the content of the nomination, and (ii)the right to use nominee organization name and location in promotions and publications specifically related to this award contest.
All decisions made by voters and FTRN are final and binding.

Contact contest administrator

Email Fair Trade Resource Network at wftday@ftrn.org or phone 917-464-5558.

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Fair Trade Speaker Tonite Feb 15th

15 02 2012

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Support Fair Trade Buy Fair Trade Tote Bags

17 01 2012

FTLA supports women in Kolkata, India, who live and work in the Red Light district. They now have gainful employment with a fair wage, health benefits and education. Support these women and FTLA’s education efforts by purchasing one of their beautiful Fair Trade reusable shopping bags. Send an email to fairtradela@gmail.com and let us know of your interest. We are not set up for credit cards so payment will need to be by check. The cost is $20 plus.

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6th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Bazaar

6 12 2011

Join Us for the 6^th Annual Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar

Don’t spend your hard earned dollars at the mall, buying overpriced gifts made in countries with no labor or environmental protections!

Shop with a clear conscience at our 6th Annual Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar.

Browse through a wide selection of hand-made goods made either internationally with fair-trade standards, or locally by LA-based artists.

There will be jewelry, purses, pillow covers, and more from Afghanistan, as well as books, T-shirts, candles, soaps, oils, handicrafts, and much much more!

Click here to view our new inventory of hand-made gifts from Afghanistan: http://tinyurl.com/6ruauvq.

These items are made in RAWA’s income generation projects. They include gorgeous necklaces with inlaid semi-precious stones, earrings, bracelets, purses, keychains, mirrored keepsake boxes, novelty keychains, and more!

Download the flyer here: http://www.afghanwomensmission.org/graphics/local/holiday_bazaar_2011.pdf

Entrance is Free. There will be complementary hot coffee and tea plus delectable cookies and pastries!

Visit www.afghanwomensmission.org for more information.

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Support Clarity In Fair Trade

6 12 2011

Together we can make a difference in our own communities and in the lives of marginalized farmers, workers and artisans around the world. Please consider a tax-deductible donation to FTRN, the only national, Fair Trade organization that educates about all certifications, organizational recognitions, brands and producers in the Fair Trade movement.

Your year-end donation helps Fair Trade producers and advocates get clarity during these confusing times of monumental change:

Photo courtesy of Project Have Hope

FTRN produces the only national, ongoing, live public discussions of key issues in Fair Trade through webinars, seen by over 1000 people in 2011. Our inclusive approach has enabled advocates to interact with diverse panelists such as: the Director of the Small Producers Symbol and Latin America Producer rep on FLO Standards Committee (Jerónimo Pruijn van Engelen); the CEO of Fair Trade USA (Paul Rice); a leading researcher of the impacts of Fair Trade (Danielle Giovannucci); a certification officer of a Dominican Republic banana business (Helen Nicolas); the Fair Trade Organic Coffee Buyer of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (Ed Canty); co-founder of Equal Exchange (Jonathan Rosenthal); and, Director of Canaan Fair Trade & Founder of Palestinian Fair Trade Association (Nasser Abufarha). All webinar recordings and notes are free to access.

Photo courtesy of Fibres of Life

Over 2500 people voted in our 3rd annualFair Trade Photo Contest, in which producers and advocates submitted photos and told stories about Fair Trade. The 12 winning photos became the featured images in our 2012 Fair Trade Calendar, the only wall calendar focused on Fair Trade in N. America.

FTRN is the only organization in N. America focused exclusively on promoting Fair Trade education and discussion. We are also distinguished in a fragmented movement by being inclusive of broad Fair Trade interests.

Your donation will help FTRN to make these new programs successful:

Co-organizing a Fair Trade Leadership Summit, through which stakeholders in N. America’s movement can clarify direction for Fair Trade and collaborate on urgent issues.
Launching N. America’s only inclusive, grassroots membership program for the Fair Trade movement, Fair Trade Society, through which any person can access in-depth analysis of news, receive free advocacy resources, and qualify for specials on Fair Trade products.

FTRN will also strengthen our widely respected existing programs, such as:

1. World Fair Trade Day - We coordinate N. America’s largest Fair Trade event, as over 60,000 people take part in hundreds of events around N. America every May.

2. FTRN.org - this acclaimed website serves as a hub for over 100,000 people per year seeking a free Power Point overview of Fair Trade, movement news updates, reviews of books and films, a N. American Events Calendar, the world’s largest catalog of research papers, job listings and more.

3. Several popular and definitive publications about Fair Trade: the 2012 Fair Trade wall calendar, a kid’s book Think Fair Trade First!,and a leading introductory booklet that has over 65,000 copies distributed, An Overview of Fair Trade in North America.

We ask for your support of the Fair Trade Resource Network to strengthen educational resources and discussion about all interests within the fragmented Fair Trade movement. Your donation also creates life changing opportunities for marginalized people around the world.

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Women Hold Up Half The Sky – Skirball Cultural Center

6 11 2011

The Skirball Cultural Center is pleased to present Women Hold Up Half the Sky, on view October 27, 2011-March 11, 2012.

In conjunction with Women Hold Up Half the Sky and commemorating the United Nations 2012 International Year of Cooperatives, Audrey’s Museum Store at the Skirball offers a pop-up shop of handcrafted items representing women’s cooperatives and female artisans from around the world through the end of December. Each organization represents the transformative power of women working together to provide for their families, educate their children, pass on deep-rooted traditions, and promote gender equality.

Included here is just a selection of the many affordable gift items that are available in the pop-up shop. Check back for new additions. View our interactive listing of participating organizations for additional information.

http://shop.skirball.org/Women-Hold-Up-Half-the-Sky/3166/dept

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FAIR TRADE PASADENA BENEFIT A SUCCESS!

6 11 2011

Fair Trade Pasadena (FT Pasadena) held its first ever benefit on Friday, October 21, 2011 at Lineage Dance Company in Pasadena. FT Pasadena is raising funds to better educate the people of Pasadena and others about the important benefits of Fair Trade and to promote their Fair Trade efforts in Pasadena. Their larger goal is to have Pasadena become the first Fair Trade Town in Southern California.

Mayor Bill Bogaard attended the event to welcome the guests and to share the work of Pasadena in promoting sustainability, a key element of Fair Trade. He also presented the “Fair Trade Pasadena Supports Women” Teen Poster Contest Award to Madeleine Cameron, a student at the Peace and Justice Academy in Pasadena. Her poster, highlighting the empowerment of women through Fair Trade, was selected from a number of entrants. Mayor Bogaard has been approached by the FT Pasadena committee to consider a resolution, declaring Pasadena a Fair Trade Town, and has expressed interest in further dialogue. Pasadena would be the first Fair Trade Town in Southern California and the 25th in the U.S.

Guests were treated to powerful dance performances by Lineage Dance, highlighting Farmer, Artisan and World. FT Pasadena members set the context for these dances by reading quotes from farmers, artisans and the Nine Principles of Fair Trade from the Fair Trade Federation. Those who attended left with a deeper understanding of Fair Trade, many with wonderful silent auction items they had “won,” and gratitude for having had the opportunity to appreciate this wonderful dance company.

As you may know, Fair Trade is an alternative to conventional trade and is based on relationships. Fair Trade products ensure that the producer receives a fair wage and that there are healthy working conditions. An underpinning of Fair Trade is sustainability- from coffee to handmade clothing. With each Fair Trade purchase, you get quality products that improve lives, strengthen communities, and protect the environment.

FT Pasadena is a campaign of Fair Trade LA and is in its second year and already they have many successful accomplishments. Since it began, FT Pasadena has held a number of events, including being part of “A Taste of Fair Trade” Bike Ride held during Bike Week Pasadena, an event that brought cyclists to stores in Pasadena that sell Fair Trade.

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Update From La Mesa

6 11 2011

During the past few months we have been bringing you news of the ongoing campaign to make La Mesa a Fair Trade Town. The campaign continues and is learning weekly from the process. At the urging of some city council members, perhaps too soon, La Mesa Fair Trade got itself on the agenda for the October 11th city council meeting to vote on passage of a council resolution in support of Fair Trade Town status. Despit strong support from two council members other city council members were not yet ready to support passage of the resolution. Even though the vote before the La Mesa City Council did not result in the passage of a Fair Trade Town resolution, La Mesa Fair Trade and Fair Trade San Diego arefurther energized to continue our efforts of working in partnership with La Mesa City Council to pass a resolution in support of La Mesa being declared a Fair Trade Town as well to continue our broader efforts to raise awareness of the benefits of Fair Trade certified products.

Since October 11th the LMFT steering committee has been meeting one on one with La Mesa city council members to further

ftlm at spacebar clarify what it means to pass a city resolution in favor of Fair Trade Town status. In addtion committee members continue to meet with local merchants who currently sell Fair Trade products as well as those who are interested in beginning to do so. As a result of the city council vote, the campaign received media attention from the East County Magazine, the La Mesa Patch and the Union Tribune. During October Fair Trade San Diego was able to have a letter to the editor published in all three media outlets so as to let the community know that the efforts to make La Mesa a Fair Trade Town have not slowed.

According to Fair Trade Towns USA, “The Fair Trade Towns designation provides a platform for continued outreach and education to build the Fair Trade movement locally and deepen each community’s commitment to international justice”. Passing a city council resolution is one of the last stages in the process of becoming a Fair Trade Town and is a recognition of support for organizations such as La Mesa Fair Trade to promote consumption of Fair Trade certified productsand educate on their impact. A city council resolution is not an endorsement of any particular local business.

Links to read letters to editor:

http://lamesa.patch.com/articles/fair-trade

http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/7682

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/oct/25/mortgage-reform-plan-global-warming-organ-donation/

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Fair Trade Staying Connected with OOVOO.com

30 10 2011

By Joan Harper

In the ever growing world of Technology, Fair Trade would like to share something to keep you connected with people or someone special in the world. OOVOO.com a free video chat/conferencing website. Please check out the link and let us know how you oovoo.

http://www.oovoo.com

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Holiday Global Bizarre at Craft & Folk Art Museum

30 10 2011

Hope you are getting ready for the holiday season!

Please find attached PDF version of Holiday Global Bazaar invitation! The Printed version will be here on 10/31, and we will send them to you unless you would like to pick them up at the museum. If so please let me know!

fair trade la at craft and folk museum

Please use the invitation to promote the event- we are going to feature each of you on our website and face book page, so keep your eyes on it, too.

If you have not “like” the museum, please do it today!

https://www.facebook.com/#!/CAFAM

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Yuko

_________________________

Yuko Makuuchi
Global Merchant

Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Tel: 323.937.4230 x22
Fax: 323.937.5576
www.cafam.org
www.theeggandtheeye.com

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“Best In Fair Trade” Awards

Honoring businesses and nonprofits in N. America demonstrating the “Best in Fair Trade” in these categories:

To Nominate Organizations (February 1 – March 31, 2012)

To Vote for Finalists (April 16 – 30, 2012)

Guidelines/Eligibility

Contact contest administrator

More Information

Fair Trade Speaker Tonite Feb 15th

Support Fair Trade Buy Fair Trade Tote Bags

6th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Bazaar

Support Clarity In Fair Trade

Women Hold Up Half The Sky – Skirball Cultural Center

The Skirball Cultural Center is pleased to present Women Hold Up Half the Sky, on view October 27, 2011-March 11, 2012.

Included here is just a selection of the many affordable gift items that are available in the pop-up shop. Check back for new additions. View our interactive listing of participating organizations for additional information.

http://shop.skirball.org/Women-Hold-Up-Half-the-Sky/3166/dept

FAIR TRADE PASADENA BENEFIT A SUCCESS!

Update From La Mesa

Fair Trade Staying Connected with OOVOO.com

Holiday Global Bizarre at Craft & Folk Art Museum

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Honoring businesses and nonprofits in N. America demonstrating the “Best in Fair Trade” in these categories:

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