FTLA meeting before Java Justice - Tues. March 25

Check  out Ugandan coffee farmers tomorrow night courtesy of Thanksgiving Coffee.  And meet up with Fair Trade LA folks before the event to discuss plans for the next couple months. The event starts at 7 - we’ll be meeting at the Church starting at 6. Look for us when you arrive.

Tuesday, March 25th 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Holy Family Catholic Church

1527 Fremont Avenue

South Pasadena, CA 91030

Contact: Allis Druffel, (626) 403-6141, adruffel (at) holyfamily (dot) org

Java Justice - March 24 & 25

Two chances to see some fair trade coffee - and peace! - in action. Fair Trade LA hosted an event with coffee farmers from the Mirembe Kawomera cooperative in March 2006. Two years later, they’re back in town and are not to be missed. Here’s the info:

Thanksgiving Coffee is bringing four Ugandan farmers (a Jew, a Muslim, a Catholic and an Anglican) to the Los Angeles area to make presentations on the Mirembe Kawomera (Delicious Peace) interfaith coffee cooperative and Fair Trade. The farmers will have just received a prestigious award for global justice from Tufts University.

The presentations scheduled are as follows:

Monday March 24th 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Woodland Hills Church of Christ

23363 Burbank Blvd.

Woodland Hills, CA 91367

Contact: Cambria Smith, (81 718-6460 ext. 3011, csmith (at) vic-la (dot) org

Tuesday, March 25th 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Holy Family Catholic Church

1527 Fremont Avenue

South Pasadena, CA 91030

Contact: Allis Druffel, (626) 403-6141, adruffel (at) holyfamily (dot) org

Catching up

Thanks to everyone who attended the Just Lives Festival on September 30th! Close to 1000 people learned about fair trade issues, sampled and bought products, and enjoyed some great music.

Fair Trade LA (and our site) have been recovering since then - and enjoying Fair Trade Month in October. During that busy month, lots of new developments in Fair Trade. Here are a couple to get you caught up:

• check out the Fair Trade Resource Network’s events calendar
• the Fair Trade Towns campaign has launched here in America. Media, PA and Brattleboro, VT are the first US towns, with Amherst, MA set to join them. (In Canada, Wakefield, Quebec is about to become their country’s second Fair Trade Town.)