Fair Trade Campaigns Now for K-12

On February 4th, Fair Trade Campaigns launched its newest campaign, Fair Trade Schools.  Fair Trade Campaigns already has initiatives for Colleges, Universities and Congregations, but now there can be K-12 schools committed to Fair Trade.

So far, they have 15 active school campaigns around the country.  If you want to start a campaign in your school, college or congregation or want to see if there are any already in your area, check out www.fairtradecampaigns.org – they even have a cool tracker of how many active campaigns there are so far.

They have all kinds of handy resources to help you get started with a campaign and as you go, they give badges so you know you’re on the right track.  There are several steps for a school:

1) Build your team.

2) Reach out to Campus Outlets to offer Fair Trade products.

3) Engage Community Organizations to source Fair Trade at Events & Meetings.

4) Commit to Fair Trade Education

5) Develop a Fair Trade Resolution

It’s great to get people interested and informed, so share this YouTube video on your Facebook page or the impact infographic on Pinterest!

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