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Council on Global Solidarity
Diocese of Cleveland,
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the global & the local by building solidarity” |
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LOCAL
Local
Fair Trade Stores – at the holidays & year-round!... • Esperanza Threads (Locally-made
fair trade & organic-cotton quality clothing!)
Location:
Esperanza
Threads is a worker-owned clothing cooperative producing and
selling
non-sweatshop, organic cotton clothing and
other apparel. • Equal Exchange (Fair Trade church coffee OR
fundraising for youth group/school!)
Cleveland-area: Heinen’s; Dave’s
Seed Market
Akron-area: Acme #1 (1835 W. Market); Mustard Seed Market; and
Catholic
Commission Office (ph: 330-535-2787;
Serve fair trade coffee – or host a Fair Trade Fundraiser at
church/school! Equal
Exchange
promotes fair trade, sweatshop-free/child labor-free coffee, tea
& cocoa purchased directly
from worker co-ops in developing countries
offering greater dignity & fair wages. • Heartbeats
(International fair trade items – operated by Sisters of Humility of
Mary)
Location / phone orders: Call 1-800-808-1991 or (in
Clev. area) 440-356-8601
On-line ordering also available via website… http://www.heartbeatscatalog.org/
Heartbeats
supports developing-world women artisans become economically
self-sufficient
through the purchase of
stationery
products, jewelry, cards, artwork and other beautiful
gift
items from countries around the
world. • InterReligious Task Force on Central
America (Latin Amer. human rights/econ.justice)
Location:
In
Cleveland-area, order fair trade coffee, tea & cocoa gift baskets and
sweat-free T-shirts. • Ten Thousand Villages (Local fair trade stores providing
for your gift-shopping needs!)
Locations:
Trinity Commons, 2254 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH (ph:
216-575-1058)
Ten
Thousand Villages provides fair income to
and telling their stories at
local fair trade stores in
works with artisans who
would
otherwise be
un/under-employed. This income helps pay
for food, education, health
care
and
housing. • COAR Peace Mission (Central American products
benefiting children’s mission)
Location: COAR PEACE
Salvadoran
crafts are sold to raise funds for serving destitute children in
income helps provide for the COAR
orphanage & school. •
Location:
Salvadoran
crafts, non-sweatshop organic clothing and fair trade coffee are sold
after all
Masses on
the 2nd Sunday of each month.
• Work of
Human Hands – parish & school fair trade sales that make a
difference!
Contact: Deacon Rocky Ortiz, Diocesan CRS
Director
Phone: (440) 245-5043, jrortiz@clevelandcatholiccharities.org
This parish/school fundraising program of CRS & SERRV
International reaches out to
low-income people around the world that
are part of local cooperatives. Work of Human
Hands pays workers a fair price in advance
for their products. The sale of these handmade
items (from 40+ countries) provides
dignity, hope & income to the poor around the globe. (Contact
us for more information about Fair Trade projects and
ideas!) |
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