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Up one levelOxJam2K7
A free concert to raise awareness for global poverty, fair trade, and humanitarian crises. Great bands, djs, and fair-trade coffee from Spider House. And a chance to get involved in the global situation. Featuring: The black DJ sucky f#%* of trail of dead DJ remy mac of voxtrot The pajamas (winners of this year's Texas Revue) The murdocks Oppelo & Record Breakers We will have booths where you can take action by writing your representatives, signing petitions, or learning how to spread the word. 10,000 villages, handmade expressions, and tesoros trading company will also be there selling hand-made knick knacks and do dads. Austin Sweat-Free Coalition, Austin AFL-CIO, Texas Fair Trade Coalition, and other local groups will be on-hand to talk about the part they play in fighting global poverty. Join us for an evening of live entertainment and learn more about how YOU have the ability to lift millions out of poverty. aftaparty at Beauty Bar (7th & red river) All proceeds benefit Oxfam
Northwest Fair Trade Convergence
United Students for Fair Trade, Fair Trade Puget Sound and Oxfam America are coming together for a momentous occasion - the first ever (that we are aware of) student-run Northwest Fair Trade Coffee Convergence. Go here for description of workshops and the agenda for the day: http://students.washington.edu/jencaldw/2007convergence.html To register, please go here: https://catalysttools.washington.edu/survey/jencaldw/35741 *Pre-registration is required since our space is limited! ALSO, Tully's has invited us to tour their roasting facilities and see where all the magic is happening. This is an incredible opportunity, especially since they are currently in the process towards serving ONLY FT organic espresso. The tour will be Friday night...so get registerin'!
Black Gold Screening & Fair Trade Student Panel
Learn what students have done at UVM to get more fair trade products on campus and how you can get involved next year! Followed by a panel discussion about the film and upcoming classes about coffee at UVM! Ernesto Mendez - Plant and Soil Science Environmental Studies Michael Moser - Center for Rural Studies CDAE Jeanne Fossani - Plant and Soil Science ABOUT THE MOVIE: Multinational coffee companies now rule our shopping malls and supermarkets and dominate the industry worth over $80 billion, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil. But while we continue to pay for our lattes and cappuccinos, the price paid to coffee farmers remains so low that many have been forced to abandon their coffee fields. Nowhere is this paradox more evident than in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. Tadesse Meskela is one man on a mission to save his 74,000 struggling coffee farmers from bankruptcy. As his farmers strive to harvest some of the highest quality coffee beans on the international market, Tadesse travels the world in an attempt to find buyers willing to pay a fair price. Against the backdrop of Tadesse's journey to London and Seattle, the enormous power of the multinational players that dominate the world's coffee trade becomes apparent. New York commodity traders, the international coffee exchanges, and the double dealings of trade ministers at the World Trade Organisation reveal the many challenges Tadesse faces in his quest for a long term solution for his farmers. the birthplace of coffee. Tadesse Meskela is one man on a mission to save his 74,000 struggling coffee farmers from bankruptcy. As his farmers strive to harvest some of the highest quality coffee beans on the international market, Tadesse travels the world in an attempt to find buyers willing to pay a fair price.
Food and Farm Bill Reform
We will be watching a video and discussing the 2007 Farm Bill. We will also have time to write letters to our legislators calling on reform to make the Farm Bill a workable solution for Minnesota farmers and farmers around the world. We want the Farm Bill to support conservation programs, nutrition, sustainable agriculture and local farmers as well as reduce overproduction and monocultural practices that harm the environment and distort trade around the world.
Farm Bill Letter-Writing and Steph's Birthday Party
Help me celebrate my birthday at a letter-writing party! Come over for homemade soup, bread, cheese, and desserts. We'll all learn more about agricultural policy and write letters to Congress advocating for a Federal Farm Bill that supports small family farms and sustains our beautiful land. If you'd like to bring something, beverages would be appreciated.
Annual Fair Trade Federation Business Conference
The Fair Trade Federation is pleased to invite interested retailers, wholesalers, and friends to our 2007 conference, Changing Hands: The Work of Fair Trade.
Bread for the World Offering of Letters
Following worship services that begin at 8:45 and 11:00, we will have an Bread for the World Offering of Letters in the church parlor. This year, we are asking congress to reform and improve the Farm Bill. Letter writing materials and information on the Farm Bill will be provided. Independent Presbyterian Church 3100 Highland Avenue Birmingham, AL 35205 205-933-1830 www.ipc-usa.org for directions
Hunger Banquet
Location: Mantz Library, Bethel College, North Newton, KS for map see www.bethelks.edu/map/index.php Date: May 5, 2007 5:00 pm Guest Speakers: Barry Bartel, Bethel College President Bryan Welch, Ogden Publications (publisher of Mother Earth News) and organic farmer Sponsored by Bethel College Students for Social Change
Oxfam Farm Bill House Party
This house party will provide the perfect opportunity to meet others in your community who care about the farm bill and its affects on poor people both here and abroad.
Farm Bill Party!!
Learn about the Farm Bill and what we can do as citizens of Iowa! Snack on Fair trade foods, watch a short film, write a letter and discuss ideas!!
Fair Play Fest
Do you start every morning with a cup of coffee… or two? Who grew your java? Were they paid enough to live? What would it look like if we knew who made our coffee… literally? Join Rohs Street Café and University Christian Church as we thank our Guatemalan Growers. The celebration is a variety of events such as music concerts from over 15 bands, coffee tasting, kids activities, and learning seminars to shed light on the importance of Fair Trade and seeking trade justice. For more information go to www.rohsstreetcafe.com or email us at fairplayfest@gmail.com. All Fair Play Fest proceeds will be used for the coffee farmers and community of Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala.
WPA and the Farm Bill
Please join the Women's Political Alliance in viewing the Oxfam film with a presentation by Oxfam America-Minnesota Organizer, Llewellyn Hille. With bagels and great coffee!
House Party
Come one, come all to the house party that will provide the perfect opportunity for both new and established oxfam participants to mingle and have a good time. This event will not only creates a vibrant atmosphere for us to meet one another, but also an avenue to share with one another what we have been doing in our community to alleviate poverty both here and abroad.
Farm Bill House Party
House party to help reform the Farm Bill!
Dining Hall Fast at Woodside Priory School
Students and faculty are participating in a "Service Learning Day" today. As part of the event some people have elected to fast for the day. The money that would have been spent on their lunches is being donated to Oxfam. Those fasting are spending their lunch hour in silence in our school chapel, while those that are electing to eat that day in the dining hall are going to watch the videos about Oxfam. We hope to raise awareness about local and global hunger issues while supporting the efforts of Oxfam in the process!
Make Trade Fair House Party
An opportunity to get educated and inspired about fair trade and the role of the 2007 Farm Bill now in Congress. Meet other Bay Area folks interested in fair trade, write a short letter to Congresswoman Pelosi, and find out how you can get involved with like-minded folks to help spread the word in SF. Socializing, networking, eating and drinking to begin around 6:30pm and a short movie will start at 7:00pm.
Farm Bill House Party
Interested in helping promote policies that could help lift millions of people out of poverty? Then please join us for an Oxfam America Farm Bill House Party! Come to our house party and learn about simple ways that we can all help in reducing distorting commodity subsidies and redirect money to the programs that need it most: environmental conservation, nutrition, rural development, and the research and development of renewable sources of energy. Snacks, drinks, and fun will be provided! Americans have an extraordinary opportunity to create meaningful positive change during the next few months. Let's put our tax money to work the way it’s supposed to!
Farm Bill House Party
All are invited to come and enjoy light snacks and drinks and learn how we can help reduce global poverty by asking Congress make adjustments to the 2007 Farm Bill policy.
Food/Farm Bill House Party
We can do it...let's reform the farm bill so people all over the world have a chance to live healthy lives. I look forward to meeting you on Monday at 6:30. I am about a 15 minute walk north of the MacArthur BART station.
World Fair Trade Day in SF
Come to Dolores Park this Saturday, May 12th to celebrate World Fair Trade Day! What: Fair Trade coffee, chocolate, and tea tasting. Free giveaways. Learn more about the growing Fair Trade movement! Where: Dolores Park, San Francisco When: Saturday, May 12th from 9am - 4pm Hosts: Bay Area Fair Trade Coalition, Oxfam America Action Corps and AlterEco Take this opportunity to learn more about Fair Trade by visiting our booth in Dolores Park. We will have Fair Trade chocolate, coffees and teas to taste, and other Fair Trade product give aways! We will also have Fair Trade literature available to learn more about this growing movement. Dolores Park is located in San Francisco's Mission District, between Church and Dolores St. on 18th St. World Fair Trade Day is the world’s annual celebration of fair trade. It is the first global campaign that connects fair trade producers and consumers around the world. On and around the second Saturday of May every year, fair trade organizations, stores, consumers, and supporters based in 70 countries campaign for justice in trade and host events promoting fair trade.
Make Trade Fair House Party
Get inspired and educated about global trade distortion, commodity subsidy reform and how you can help alleviate poverty here in the US and abroad! Join Oxfam in reforming the 2007 Farm Bill--your voice can make a difference! Socializing, networking, eating and drinking to begin around 5:30pm and a short movie will start at 6:00pm.
Farm Bill Fiesta
Take action on a vital bill coming to a vote THIS year! Join the Oxfam Action Corps team in Chicago for food, a documentary and an opportunity to tell your senators that we are demanding a change in the farm bill. Learn about how you can become more involved in this exciting movement! The Food/Farm Bill is a vital piece of legislation that comes to a vote roughly every five years. We're looking for changes that will help out small farmers abroad and in the U.S. as well as increased funding for rural development, conservation and organic initiatives.
Farm Bill House Party - C'ville
Learn more about the Farm Bill! Learn how you can help make meaningful, positive change for people in Virginia, the US and the world!
Charlottesville House Party
We have an extraordinary opportunity to create meaningful positive change during the next few months. Let's call on Congress to reduce misguided agricultural subsidies and redirect the money to the programs that need it most: conservation, nutrition, rural development, and the research and development of renewable sources of energy. Let's put our tax money to work for farmers, families, and our future. We'll watch and discuss a video about the Farm Bill, and there will be an opportunity to write a letter to a legislator to tell them why you think the Farm Bill needs reform. There will be snacks and time to chat -- it is sure to be informative and fun! 1404 East Market is a two story, green/gray house one block east of Meade, in Woolen Mills. Parking is available along Leake Lane. It's easiest to come through the back fence, past the woodpile.
Give Poor Farmers a Fighting Chance!
This year, Congress will debate a new Farm Bill, which for five years will set policies that could either help small farmers at home and abroad-or keep them struggling. The current Farm Bill represents a broken promise to America's farmers and rural communities, and it falls short of meeting its obligations to families that depend on food stamps and conservation programs that protect rivers and streams. To make matters worse, the current Farm Bill actually hurts poor farmers in developing countries. Let's get together and write letters that tell our Congressional representatives to create a Farm Bill that reduces misguided subsidies and shifts those resources to support the programs that really need the money.
Party to Reform the Farm Bill!
Please join us for an Oxfam America Make Trade Fair House Party!
FARM BILL HOUSE PARTY
House Party to help reform the Farm Bill!
Party to Make Trade Fair
Join us for drinks and snacks, get inspired and educated about fair trade and the US Farm Bill!
Hunger Banquet
The UTB Center for Civic Engagement will be hosting a Hunger Banquet for a group of recent high school graduates that are part of a program at Prairie View A & M University. This will be a kick off to a week of service here in Brownsville. If you would like to join us or volunteer at the event please contact me: Sarah Soriano 956-882-4301
Iowa Farm Bill House Party!
As Iowans we have a huge role in the say of the allocated funds! We need you to help push congress to do what we need in Rural America and here in Iowa! We will: -write letters to congress -Watch a short movie about subsidies -eat some snacks -Discuss ideas
SPEAK OUT: END GLOBAL POVERTY at the Midtown Global Market!
Come to the Midtown Global Market and enjoy great food, great music, and a great opportunity to help save family farms, conserve land, and make poverty a thing of the past! • Live music from around the world and great food! • Get discounts at the Market from participating vendors • Learn why Americans have an opportunity this year to conserve land, support family farmers, and end poverty through reform of the US Farm Bill. Then write a letter to make your voice heard in Congress! This event is in conjunction with "Global Bike Days"
Help Iowa Farmers and Learn about the Farm Bill
In the next couple of weeks the house and senate sub committees will be presenting their proposal for the Farm Bill. We will be calling on congress, writting letters and learning more about the farm bill. Hope you can join us for a night of change and discussion.
Discussion on Food and Farm Bill Reform
Come to Common Roots Cafe on Thursday, July 26, at 7pm, learn about the US Farm Bill, discuss the impact of this legislation on food, nutrition, the environment and global poverty, invite your friends and write to your legislator calling for a better Farm Bill for us all. Brought to you by the Oxfam Action Corps – Minnesota and Common Roots Cafe.
House Party
Watch and discuss a PBS film on the Farm Bill and learn more about upcoming legislation and how we can impact Congress.
New England Culture Fest - Fair Trade Festival
Join Oxfam America at the 4th annual New England Culture Fest - the first regional Fair Trade Festival!
Fast A Thon
Each year, during the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan the Muslim Students' Association (MSA) of the University of Maryland, College Park sets one day to invite Muslims and Non-Muslims to fast together. This year, Fast A Thon will mirror the goals of Oxfam's Fast for a World Harvest to invite Muslims and Non-muslims who fast on this day to donate the money they would normally spend on food and snacks to Oxfam, in an effort to battle world hunger and poverty. This event will be another step towards building solidarity against the diverse communities on campus, in working together to end the suffering and poverty across the world. Come join the MSA and Maryland campus community for an evening to break fast together and learn of how you can help the impoverished and hungry around the world.
Amherst Fair Trade Partnership at the Amherst Farmers' Market
Amherst Fair Trade Partnership will be at the Farmer’s Market on Saturdays from September 8th till Thanksgiving from 9-11am. Stop by and say hello. Pick up some info on Fair Trade from Oxfam America and other organizations. Find out how to get involved. Join our Committee. Volunteer!
Hunger Banquet
Join us on September 25, 2007 for an educational evening on global and local hunger. This event is part of the University of Utah's Homecoming Week. The cost to participate is 5 cans of food or $5. The Hunger Banquet will be from 6pm-8pm in the Saltair Room, A. Ray Olpin University Union.
HUNGER AWARENESS BANQUET
100 CHURCH MEMBERS/FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO A OXFAM STYLE BANQUET. WE WILL HAVE TICKETS STARTING LATE SEPTEMBER. Donations collected from the tickets [and anyone else] will be distributed to 5 hunger prevention/reduction organizations based on the votes of banquet participants. Participants will take action that day to begin supporting hunger prevention and suggest other ways for the church to get involved more globally. Fair Trade Coffee/products will be at banquet for use & purchase. Youth and adults and men and women are planning this event. About 1/3 of attendees will be youth.
Oxfam Hunger Banquet
Forty percent of the people on our planet, more than 2.5 billion, live in poverty, struggling to survive on less than $2 a day. In every nation on earth, people go to sleep hungry even though our planet produces enough food to feed every woman, man, and child. After an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet, few participants leave with full stomachs, but all possess a greater understanding of the problems of hunger and poverty and will hopefully be motivated to do something about them. Please join us for this unique and memorable event. *** Important: Please RSVP to save your spot at the table!! *** For more information please visit: www.oxfamsanfrancisco.blogspot.com
Seattle University Oxfam Hunger Banquet
The Seattle University Oxfam Club is hosting a hunger banquet on the Farm Bill. We've rented the beautiful Casey Commons staff dining room that overlooks the courtyard, so it should be a great event. We're advertising widely to students and local community members, so if any of you would also like to attend, please feel free to let us know!
Hunger Banquet
There will be an interactive script, our Gospel choir will be singing, and there will be a meal provided.
Academic Leadership Training w/ Hunger Banquet
Pensacola High School's National Honor Society is hosting a Leadership Training event for all Sophmores that are eligible for induction in the spring. As a part of this event, they will participate in a Hunger Banquet to introduce them to the idea of Global awareness, and prepare them for the responsibility of the knowledge of world problems.
Stony Brook University's Oxfam America Hunger Banquet
In partnership with the Undergraduate College of Leadership and Service and SBU's Social Justice Alliance, our Oxfam America student organization will be holding a hunger banquet in Benedict Atrium, located in H-Quad. We will have a presentation on Fair Trade as well as opportunities for participants to donate cash or meal plan points which will go to Oxfam America to fight global poverty. All are welcome!
Stony Brook University's Oxfam America Fair Trade Gala!
In partnership with Stony Brook University's Social Justice Alliance, SBU's Oxfam America organization will be holding an afternoon full of fun events, delicious samples of Fair Trade products, and useful informational material to students, faculty and staff! We will be showcasing products from a local Fair Trade crafts store in preparation for the opening of Stony Brook University's own FT crafts store later this year. This event will be our kick-off for Fair Trade Month! It will be held on the Student Activities Center Plaza during campus lifetime, and all are welcome to attend.
October Art Walk Block Party: Featuring Amherst Fair Trade Partnership
Amherst Fair Trade partnership is collaborating with the Amherst Art Gallery Walk group to porduce an evening of fun, music,entertainment and Gallery exhibits. Free samples of Fair Trade Coffee and Chocolate will be given to people who visit businesses that sell Fair Trade coffee, chocolate and crafts. There will be doorprizes for people who visit the most art and Fair Trade venues. These prizes include 10, 1lb bags of coffee, donated by our local roasters (we have 3) and Chocolate donated by Divine chocolate and Amherst Fair Trade partnership. People will be given a map and legend of all the downtown businesses that sell or serve Fair trade products (12 businesses). Children will be chalking in front of fair trade business and there will be "guides" wearing "I Love Fair Trade" t shirts to direct peoplle to the galleries and Fair Trade venues. Fun! Fun! Fun!
"Black Gold" Showing
Black Gold will be shown at our local commercial cinema. A short discussion will follow the film.
Fair Trade LA's Just Lives Festival
Supporting Fair Trade, Sweatshop Free, and Local Economies You want your shopping dollars to support workers. Fair Trade ensures producers fair wages, decent working conditions, and the change to provide a better life for their families and communities. Learn more about where and how you can buy Fair Trade, Sweatshop Free, and local. Plus lots of products available for purchase: bath and beauty, apparel, crafts, jewelry, coffee, chocolate and MORE! Plus a talk by Jacqueline DeCarlo, author of Fair Trade: A Beginner’s Guide, at Groundwork Cafe (1501 N. Cahuenga , at Sunset Blvd.) at 10:00am. Live performances at the festival by The Dishes, Son del Centro, and more
Stand Up and Speak Out Against Poverty
Stand Up and Speak Out Against Poverty Millions worldwide will take part of a global day of action against poverty on October 16/17, sending a message to world leaders and setting a Guinness World Record of people taking action against poverty. to learn more go to www.standagainstpoverty.org
Oxfam Hunger Banquet at CSUCI
The Oxfam Hunger Banquet designed for students, university community, and the community at large, is a participatory dramatization of the inequitable distribution of food and resources in today's world; giving participants firsthand experience, if only for a brief moment, of the realities of global hunger and poverty. This event will also offer students and the community an opportunity to come together to explore and examine their own roles as informed, engaged and socially responsible citizens.
World Food Night
Featuring an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet, a related documentary viewing, and a panel discussion.
Oxfam America Hunger Banquet
Join us as we experience the OxFam America Hunger Banquet!
UNCW Hunger Awareness Week Annual Hunger Banquet
Prior to the hunger banquet there will be two days of fasting opportunities on campus. The Banquet will be held on Wednesday in Warwick Center from 6:00 to 8:30 pm
Hunger Banquet
Hunger Banquet that is held on the first day of Hunger and Homelessness Week at Manchester College.
20th Annual Student Conference on Hunger & Homelessness
Join Oxfam staff at the 20th annual Student Conference on Hunger & Homelessness November 2-4, 2007 University of Wisconsin Madison, WI
Panasonic Structures - Fast For A World Harvest
A Panasonic Avionics fast to encourage co-workers to skip lunch, take a walk and donate lunch money to Oxfam's "Fast For A World Harvest" campaign.
Engaging Our World Conference
Engaging Our World is a conference that will bring together college students from all over the South East to engage in learning and discussion of social justice issues such as fair trade, global health, sustainability, diversity, and etc. The Keynote speaker will be Gillian Sorensen, senior adviser at the UN Foundation. Engaging Our World is designed to influence and motivate college students. However, other college personnel are encouraged to attend or present a workshop. Representatives from non-profit organizations are also encouraged to attend. Registration is $35 per person.
Oxfam America Hunger Banquet
Salve Regina University students come and participate in a dramatization of the inequitable distribution of food and resources in today's world; giving participants firsthand experience, if only for a brief moment, of the realities of global hunger and poverty.
Boston College High School Hunger Banquet
During the lunch periods on November 2nd, BC High will be holding a hunger banquet. At the event freshman will sit on the gym floor, and follow the guidlines of the OXfam America Hunger Banquet.