Don’t miss the World Fair Trade Day celebrations in Cleveland this Saturday, May 12!!
Submitted by Norm Roulet on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 10:32.
05/12/2007 - 11:00
05/12/2007 - 15:00
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Rhythm Culture Shakes Up Fair Trade at the World Fair Trade Day Festival on Saturday, May 12, 11am-3pm, at Tri-C Metro (Campus Center). Move to the music of multicultural performers. Learn how fair trade is a just, viable alternative to corporate globalization. Kids can participate in a collective art project, test their geography skills and win prizes. Phoenix Coffee will serve up gourmet fair trade coffee while Two Peas in a Pod slices up fair trade chocolate desserts. Local fair trade vendors INTO, R evive, Fair Trade Connection and others will sell clothing, jewelry, and hand-crafted gift items made by family businesses and small cooperatives throughout the Global South. Later, local high school kids model fair trade fashions from 4 to 8pm on a runway they’ve set up at the Independence Civic Center , 6363 Selig Dr . See more at www.irtfcleveland.org or call 216.961.0003.
Festival: 11am-3pm World Fair Trade Day Festival Tri-C Metro Campus Campus Center 10 (off courtyard) 2900 Community College Ave (between Woodland and Central Ave )
(see directions below)
11am – 3pm
The festival will provide family-friendly activities throughout the day.
· Learn about the on-going need for fair trade practices. · Participate in a global awareness art project. · Move to the music of multicultural performers. · Buy fairly traded products. · Sample fair trade coffee and chocolate.
Fair trade is an alternative to corporate-led globalization and free-trade agreements.
Fair trade means -safe and healthy working conditions -advanced credit, -long-term partnerships -sustainable development -living wages.
Kids Need Fair Trade!!
Children in poor countries are required to work because the wages earned by their parents do not support the entire family. Fair trade businesses offer family wages for parents, which afford children more education, better health care and nutrition.
Meet local vendors, including Esperanza Threads Fair Trade Connection Heartbeats Inter Religious Task Force INTO Revive Ten Thousand Villages.
Fashion Show: 4-8pm
The fashion show, presented by students from area Catholic high schools, runs from 4-8pm at the Independence Civic Center , 6363 Selig Dr. in Independence . High school students will model fair trade fashions.
Festival co-sponsored by: Cleveland Catholic Diocese-Council on Global Solidarity, Congregation of St. Joseph, Esperanza Threads, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America-NE Ohio Synod, Fair Trade Connection, Heartbeats, INTO: Illuminating Nations through Opportunity, I R TF: Inter R eligious Task Force on Central America, Jobs with Justice, Phoenix Coffee, Planet Aid, R evive, Ten Thousand Villages, Tri-C Global Issues R esource Center, Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland, Women Speak Out for Peace and Justice
Directions to Tri-C Metro Campus:
2900 Community College Ave, Cleveland 44115
Note: Community College Ave is also known as Quincy . Community College Ave is 3 streets south of Carnegie Ave. (Carnegie, then Cedar, then Central then Community College Ave, then Woodland, then I-77, then Orange Ave, then Broadway. The college is bordered by E. 30th on the east; the next cross street to the west is E. 22nd St . Woodland and I-77 run along the south end of the campus.)
From the near west: Carnegie to E. 22nd. R ight onto E. 22nd. Left onto Community College Ave. Parking: turn right into parking deck from Community College Ave (closer to E 30th end of campus) or park in metered spots along E. 30th.
From farther west: I-90 east to innerbelt. Exit E. 22nd St. R ight onto E. 22nd. Left onto Community College Ave. Parking: turn right into parking deck from Community College Ave (closer to E 30th end of campus) or park in metered spots along E. 30th.
From the northeast: I-90 West to innerbelt. Exit Prospect Ave. Left onto Prospect. R ight onto E. 30th St . Parking: meters along E. 30th or turn right onto Community College Ave and immediate left into parking deck.
From the the east (e.g., Cleveland Heights , Shaker Heights ). Take Carnegie Ave to E. 30th St . Left onto E. 30th St . Parking: meters along E. 30th or turn right onto Community College Ave and immediate left into parking deck.
From I-77 south: I-77 north. Take Woodland Ave exit toward E. 30th St . Slight left on Woodland . R ight onto E. 30th. Parking: meters along E. 30th or turn left onto Community College Ave and immediate left into parking deck.
From I-71 south: I-71 north. Continue to I-90 innerbelt. Exit E. 22nd St. R ight onto E. 22nd. Left onto Community College Ave. Parking: turn right into parking deck from Community College Ave (closer to E 30th end of campus) or park in metered spots along E. 30th.
World Fair Trade Festival Saturday, May 12, 2007 11am-3pm Tri-C Metro Campus Campus Center 10, off the courtyard.
Location
Tri-C Metro Campus, Campus Center 10 (off courtyard)
2900 Community College Ave (between Woodland and Central Ave)