In honor of the new President of the United States of America, why not do a bit of community organizing?  The MSU Students for Fair Trade will be having our usual meeting at 5:30 pm, at Kirabo.  Show up and bring smiles! 

Welcome back to school everyone.  We hope that your breaks were wonderful and all the respite you needed to get back to work at your best.  And we hope that work includes Fair Trading!  MSU Students for Fair Trade will have our usual meeting at 5:30 pm tonight at Kirabo in East Lansing.  So please, if you are a community member, student, or just curious and happen to be in town, show up and talk about Fair Trade and the community with us.  Hope to see you soon!

On Saturday, December 6th, Edgewood Church in East Lansing is going to have all sorts of groups in to sell some Fair Trade goods, and the MSU Students for Fair Trade will be there too to of course talk about Fair Trade and hopefully do some community organizing.  We'll see you there!

469 N Hagadorn Rd
East Lansing, MI 48823

On Sunday MSU Students for Fair Trade will be chalking all around campus, spreading information about us, Fair Trade, and general awareness.  If you are interested in helping, or just have extra chalk!, let us know.  Walk with us, talk with us, chalk with us.

Sunday, Oct 12, 5:30 pmMeet in front of the Student Union Building, campus side.
(the third step of the west side more specifically ^_^;)
Hope for nice weather

This Tuesday we'll be meeting at Espresso Royale for Fair Trade Coffee Night.  We are just going to be discussing Fair Trade for new comers, and exactly what our group's goals are, how people can help and get involved etc.  So if you are curious about fair trade or are considering joining our group, linking with our group, helping to organize the community IN ANY WAY, please do show up.  Guests please arrive around 6:30.  We will be having our normal meeting at 5:30 before the event, at Espresso Royale, not Kirabo.  Also, Espresso Royale has some good coffee, and make sure you buy it Fair Trade!

527 E. Grand River Ave.
East Lansing, Michigan 48823

For all those interested in traveling, the 2nd annual Fair Trade Expo is coming up in October, Fair Trade Month, so I will post some information courtesy of The Fair Trade Resource Network

     
Event:

Fair Trade Expo
Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm 108 million people in the U.S. drank coffee yesterday. Americans pay an average of $4-$11 for a pound of coffee while the growers receive around $.80 per pound. Learn how fair trade can address this issue at the 2nd annual Fair Trade Expo. Local agencies and organizations specializing in fair trade will be on hand to talk about how they support fair trade and will also have products available for purchase. Snacks and fair trade goodie bags will be provided (while supplies last!). For more information contact Erin Quiring, equiring@iupui.edu *Co-sponsored by Students for Fair Trade

When:

Oct 22
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Where:

Indiana U - Purdue U
420 University Blvd
Indianapolis, IN

Website:

http://www.iupui.edu/~eventsin/cal/?c=d&

Info:

(317) 274-5555
equiring@iupui.edu

Jacqueline DeCarlo at Kirabo

Just a reminder to everyone that Jacqueline DeCarlo, author of Fair Trade: A Beginner's Guide, will be speaking at Kirabo Friday and Saturday.  Please call Kirabo to reserve a spot as seating is limited.  (517) 337-8000

There is also an hourly gift give-away and coffee-cuppings.  You can sample some amazing coffee from Higher Grounds, a Traverse City fair trade coffee roaster.  I've had some myself, and it was spectacular.  See you there!

~Larry

Just a reminder to everyone, MSUSFT meets tonight at Kirabo, 5:30.  We would love to welcome newcomers, so we will meet in front of the Union (Grand River side) at 5:15, then walk together to Kirabo, or you can just meet us there.

Kirabo is going to be hosting their one year anniversary celebration on September 26th and 27th.  There will be a coffee cupping and Jacquelin Decarlo will be speaking about Fair Trade.  Congratulations to Kirabo and we look forward to the coming years we will spend together. 

 

Everybody, this is our big event.  Members from all around the community will gather in Michigan State University's Student Union building to celebrate fair trade, community unity, and listen to our guest speakers present and inform about fair trade.  If you are new to fair trade and just want to learn about it, or if you have been involved in fair trade groups for years, this is a great opportunity to learn and get involved.

Flier