Fair Trade Action Day Saturday 12-5pm
Anna Gerdeen
the Cohort will be participating in this event on Saturday. If we get
several people to come, we can have a cohort group go out together.
Bonding and Fair Trade Action!
Everyone wins!
Let me know if I should expect you.
Anna
Join Christians from all over Boston for the Boston Faith and Justice
Network's April 5th supermarket action day. This event will mark the
beginning of our campaign to increase the sale of fair trade products
in the Boston area.
We will go out in small groups to three local supermarkets and cafes
in Cambridge and Somerville. There will be two components of these
visits:
1. A product survey at local supermarkets to determine what fair trade
products they currently sell and in what quantity and variety these
products are available.
2. Interviews with managers in which we will voice our concerns as
consumers for an increase in the availability of fair trade products
(a script will be provided). We will leave information informing
managers how to make these products available to consumers.
The day will begin with a brief training on how to talk to store
managers and a few short practice runs of conversations. Small groups
will each go to three stores and return to report their findings and
celebrate.
The event will be located at First Church Cambridge, UCC. For
directions, see:
http://www.firstchurchcambridge.org/pages/about/directions/
Please feel free to invite others you think would be interested in
helping out. Contact Andy Ober if you have more questions:
andrew...@gmail.com.
This day is just the first step in a larger campaign. There will be
opportunities for follow-up in the weeks following.