Fair Trade Towns USA is a national campaign uniting community activists from across the country who are dedicated to the principles of Fair Trade. By organizing our communities at the local level we are able to make a tangible impact on the US market, creating the demand for justice and equity for producers, artisans, farmers, and workers around the world.
The campaign is made up of a diverse group of inspired activists, engaged community groups and organizations, and socially responsible members of the business community. We are committed to raising awareness in our fellow citizens that decisions about where we spend our dollars have ramifications that echo across communities, countries and continents.
To be recognized as a Fair Trade Town, City, or Community in the U.S., the following criteria need to be fulfilled:
• Formation of a steering committee that meets regularly and manages the campaign
• Outreach to area retailers to increase Fair Trade product availability on a per capita basis
• Demonstrated support from local organizations, schools, and places of worship
• Local media attention for the campaign to increase awareness
• Passage of a resolution supporting Fair Trade by the local governing body
Fair Trade LA is excited to announce its initiative to create three Fair Trade Towns in the greater Los Angeles Community! This project is being supported by the “Catholic Relief Services Fair Trade Fund.”
Contact Pasadena here.
Contact South Pasadena here.
Contact Long Beach here.
NEW FAIR TRADE TOWNS
We are so excited to announce Berkeley, CA and Boston, MA as our 19th and 20th Fair Trade Towns! Congratulations for all of your hard work. Having such historic and important cities join the ranks of our declared towns serves to continue our success as 2010 has now produced more new Fair Trade Towns than any previous year!
FAIR TRADE BERKELEY
19th Fair Trade Town
http://fairtradeberkeley.blogspot.com/
Park Street Church
One Park Street
Boston, MA 02108
Contact Berkeley
Contact Boston
Billy Linstead Goldsmith
National Coordinator
Fair Trade Towns USA
blinsteadgoldsmith@fairtradetownsusa.org
267-886-9990
EXISTING FAIR TRADE TOWNS
Media, PA (July 06)
Brattleboro, VT (June 07)
Milwaukee, WI (October 07)
Amherst, MA (November 07)
Taos, NM (March 08)
Northampton, MA (April 08)
San Francisco, CA (May 08)
Montclair, NJ (October 08)
Ballston Spa, NY (December 08)
Chico, CA (February 09)
Bluffton, OH (May 09)
Burlington, VT (August 09)
Highland Park, NJ (September 09)
Buena Vista, CO (March 10)
Red Bank, NJ (April 10)
Madison, WI (May 10)
Norman, OK (May 10)
Conway, MA (June 10)
Berkeley, CA (August 10)
Boston, MA (August 10)
Anthony, many apologies for not seeing this note from you and responding. You have graduated by now, I’m sure. If there is someone else at Chaminade who we can talk to about the Fair Trade city please let us know. Your Higher Grounds Cafe and project are fantastic and a real trend setter. Feel free to reply to our gmail account (fairtradela@gmail.com) to insure we get back to you.
Joan Harper
Hello, I am Anthony Blander. I am 17, a senior at Chaminade College Preparatory and I represent Higher Grounds Cafe. We are wholesale coffee business based out of my high school. The basis for this business is to integrate our 3 business classes into a real world enviornment. Higher Grounds Cafe’s motto is Higher Quality, Higher Cause and we are a Fair Trade business. It is one of our goals for the year to, at the very least, start on the road to making West Hills, CA into a fair trade city. We would like some help, if there is any, in going down this path. What can we do to make this happen? Thank you.