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Communications and Outreach
Serves as a bridge between our producer partners overseas and consumers in North America; articulates and communicates Cooperative Coffee’s vision of Fair Trade; and contributes to the growth and development of mission-based Fair Trade.
Special Projects
What does the Outreach committee have up its sleeve? You can take a look here to find out what ideas have been brewing to get the Cooperative Coffees philosophy out there, either to producers, roasters, or simple coffee lovers.
USFTThe USFT this year has decided to have three regional gatherings instead of one large national convergence, in the hopes of attracting a wider array of students. Read the report from the first convergence that took place in Washington, D.C januray 25-27th. |
The outreach committee has been working on a special alliance with the USFT. After this year's annual convergence, the underlying spirit between our two organizations being so closely in line, the outreach committee have decided to announce the special partnership with the USFT.You can start by reading the USFT report for this year's convergence
Followed by getting more detailed information about the proposed alliance
IFAT
IFAT is the International Fair Trade Association, comprised of more than 300 Fair Trade Organizations (FTOs) from some 70 countries. IFAT’s mission is to improve the livelihoods and well being of disadvantaged producers by linking and promoting Fair Trade Organizations, and speaking out for greater justice in world trade. Cooperative Coffees, joined IFAT as a fair trade importer in 2004. We recently spent an inspiring week as participant in the 9th Biennial IFAT International Conference, held in Blankenberge, Belgium. Click the following links for a glimpse at the 2007 Conference Report and the closing of the IFAT Global Journey. Or, for more information visit the IFAT website directly at: http://www.ifat.org
Other Cooperative Coffees projects
The USFT alliance is not the only thing they've got up their sleeve. Read up on other projects here.
Member Projects
Our roasters also have a variety of exciting activities and events that are drawing attention to their own enterprise, Cooperative Coffees, and overall Fair Trade issues. You can get a glance at them here.
For instance, learn about the Fair Trade University Project getting headed up at Peace Coffee and read about what is going on this week at Cafe Cambio or ideas underway at Pura Vida
Outreach materials
The new brochure and business cards are just about ready...right in time for this years SCAA conference. Get a sneak peak a the new look of Cooperative Coffees by looking at the link below.
This is also a place to store information that can get distributed on the work that is done at Cooperative Coffees
AGM
Every year, a host of activities surround the bringing together of all of our members for one big pow-wow.
This year was no different. Taking place in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, many of our producer partners joined our meeting. Read about the upcoming event here.
You can also look at what went into previous years' AGMs.
