Starting Date: 04-01-2004
Starting Time: 6:00pm
Ending Date: 04-04-2004
Trinity University
San Antonio, Texas
United States
831-459-5356If you live in the states of Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Utah, or Wyoming, then sign up for the 2004 USFT Southwest Regional Conference.
The Southwest Regional USFT Fair Trade Conference will strengthen the work students are currently doing on our their own coffee and other Fair Trade campaigns, expand the Fair Trade student movement to other campuses and create an infrastructure for students and universities in the Southwest to coordinate their efforts and collaborate with one another.
United Students for Fair Trade (USFT) is a national organization which coordinates student Fair Trade campaigns from Alaska to Florida. USFT will collaborate with Trinity University in hosting a two day conference that will establish a regional group to coordinate and educate campuses on Fair Trade work. This two-day conference will bring together students already involved in Fair Trade organizing as well as new students who hope to learn about Fair Trade and bring campaigns to their universities.
Goals of Conference
To educate students and staff on the benefits of Fair Trade and how we can support producers by buying Fair Trade
To create a Southwestern Regional Group of United Students for Fair Trade
To give students the skills, information and support to create Fair Trade campaigns on their campus
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