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CELEBRATE WORLD FAIR TRADE DAY 2013

SAT. MAY 11, 11am–5pm

UNA Store, 552 Emerson St, Palo Alto, CA

WFTD is an international celebration and promotion of Fair Trade, with supporters in more than 80 countries worldwide and is the largest Fair Trade event in North America. Invite your friends and family and join us in supporting WFTD on Saturday, May 11th at the UNA-USA’s Midpeninsula Chapter’s United Nations Association Gift Shop to raise our voices and support fair trade.

We will recognize this important day by:

  • Screening the DVD A Thousand Fibers:  Binding Together through Fair Trade (33 min) which will also be available to purchase. This film demonstrates the impact of Fair Trade principles on producers’ lives, with a special focus on the lives of handcraft artisans in Peru.
  • Highlighting our fair trade offerings with placards and posters that explain the artisans, their work and stories.
  • Having fair trade items available for purchase such as hand knit, fair trade alpaca finger puppets, jewelry, scares, decorative items.

 

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