Events
Want to learn about and help promote fair trade, and get some great food and craft products in the process? Come to these UW Oshkosh fair trade events for the 2011-2012 academic year.
May 7 - May 12
FAIR TRADE FINALS WEEK
Java and Chocolate: Fair Trade fuel to get you through the tests and papers
World Fair Trade Day Saturday, May 12
April 16-20
EARTH WEEK! Lots of events, and UWO
Fair Trade will be there. Here is one particularly related to Fair Trade:
Thursday, April 19, 4:00-6:00: “Sustainability
Goes International: Study Abroad and Beyond.” List to two student groups that went
to Latin America and experienced Fair Trade. Location TBA.
Wednesday April 11
6:30-8:00pm, Reeve Theater (room 307)
FILM: "BLACK GOLD." Learn how Fair Trade is improving the lives of coffee growers and protecting the planet.
Monday & Tuesday February 13 & 14
HAVE A FAIR TRADE VALENTINES
> Buy Fair Trade chocolate and other items for your sweetheart at the Corner Convenience Store
> Buy clothes, jewelry, and other crafts at University Books & More
> Order Fair Trade flowers online
Thursday December 1
11:00 a.m. -1:30 p.m. Reeve Concourse ANNUAL FAIR TRADE FESTIVAL
> Fair Trade holiday items for sale from University Books & More and Corner Convenience Store.
Monday-Wednesday November 28-30
Reeve
TUNNEL OF OPPRESSION
> display of how Fair Trade counters the exploitation of people and the planet
Monday November 28
11:30-12:30: Reeve 207
FAIR TRADE BROWN BAG
> a discussion of Fair Trade and how we can infuse it into our courses.
Thursday November 10
3:00 - 5:00 pm. Sage Hall lobby
CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY OPEN HOUSE
> Poster session on Fair Trade University
Monday October 31
"REVERSE TRICK-OR-TREAT"
> Students hand out Fair Trade chocolate and information about how sweet it is for the producers
Wednesday October 5
6:00-8:00 pm Reeve Union Theater
"A DELICIOUS PEACE"
> a film about a Fair Trade interfaith coffee cooperative in Uganda.
6:00 p.m.: refreshments
6:30 p.m.: Film: “Delicious Peace Grows in a Ugandan Coffee Bean”
7:15 p.m.: Discussion
Email us for more information
fairtrade@uwosh.edu
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