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Communications and Outreach
We take our Public Relations seriously at Cooperative Coffees. Whether it's participating in an allied group's conference, organizing a producer's tour in North America, or managing our own Annual General Meeting, good and constant communication is a indispensable attribute of our organization.
Alliance Building
We believe that the company we keep says a lot about who we are. A number of organizations help make our specific work possible while others have had a huge hand in building and supporting the Fair Trade movement in general. Take a look at the people and organizations that help make our work possible, and have helped build the fair trade movement from the ground up.
Events
Fair Trade Federation 2009 Conference...and 15th Anniversary!
The annual Fair Trade Federation conference offers an excellent opportunity for members of the North American FT movement and their international partners/allies to exchange useful experiences and information. This year's conference was particularly special as FTF launches into its 15th year anniversary in 2009! CoopSol's intern, Sophie Verdon was able to get the scoop in an interview with Carmen Iezzi, Exec. Dir of FTF. |
SCAA 2009 and CC 10 year anniversary party in Americus!
There's one more SCAA under our belt! This year, the event happened in Atlanta and brought together the usual suspects: everyone and anyone involved in the specialty coffee world. Following SCAA mayhem, Coop Coffees members, partners, and friends rode 3 hours, caravan-style, to Americus, Georgia for day of productive meetings, useful exchanges, and a fabulously fun soiree! A true celebration for all! |
CLAC Coffee Network Round Table
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| Following their 2008 regional gathering in Managua, the Coordinator of Small-Scale Producer from Latin America (CLAC) hosted a gathering of their Coffee Network to discuss some of the important issues facing Fair Trade. Cooperative Coffees was among the invited importers participating in this August 29 Round Table. |
CLAC Biennial Assembley
 | More than 300 producer delegates and observers from 25 countries celebrated together the Third Bi-Annual CLAC Assembly – held this year in Antigua, Guatemala October 28 - 29, 2008. CLAC – the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Small-Scale Fair Trade Producers – is an association of 300 farmer associations representing some 250,000 men and women working to promote sustainable development through Fair Trade in 20 Latin American countries. |
CLAC Coffee Network Round Table
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| Following their 2008 regional gathering in Managua, the Coordinator of Small-Scale Producer from Latin America (CLAC) hosted a gathering of their Coffee Network to discuss some of the important issues facing Fair Trade. Cooperative Coffees was among the invited importers participating in this August 29 Round Table. |
FTIS 2008
 | After the first two Fair Trade International Symposiums held in Montreal (Canada) in 2002 and 2006, the third symposium took place from May 14th to 16th 2008 in Montpellier (France). The topic of this symposium was “New dimensions in fair trade: implications and challenges”. Monika Firl from CoopSol in Montreal and Santiago Paz López from Cepicafe (Peru) were there to share their experience in the world of Fair Trade and expand their networks. |
BALLE Conference
 | The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) hosted its annual conference in Boston from June 5 to 7, 2008. Many entrepreneurs in sectors like green building, renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, local food systems, and independent retail gathered together with community leaders and government officials to network about the requirements to build an economy that values long-term growth and sustainability. Monika Firl and Bill Harris from CoopCoffees were there to participate in a panel discussion about Fair Trade. |
Producer Tours
Check out our full list of recent producer tours here!!
Here are a few examples...
While the rest of the Cooperative Coffees' gang headed back home and back to business-as-usual, the "party" had only just begun for our producer representatives. After witnessing and particiating in three intensive days of CoopCoffees' meetings, Don Rogelio and Oscar made their way to warmer territories: Americus, GA to spend a few days with the Cafe Campesino crowd and then Santa Rosa Beach, FL to take part in a number of activities alongside Amavida.
Rigoberto had quite the busy post-AGM schedule as well! He spent the week following the AGM with a couple of different groups associated with Catholic Relief Services -- a close ally of Cooperative Coffees. Flying to Chicago, then New York City, then back to Chicago and onto Madison, Rigoberto was quite the jet-setter in those few days. He wound up his trip with the folks at Just Coffee.
Coinciding with the Fair Trade Weeks, or La Quinzaine du Commerce Équitable, as it is known in Quebec, Cooperative Coffees organized a small producer tour that took place from May 6th to May 10th. Santiago Paz Lopez, the founding manager of CEPICAFE, a long time Coop Coffee partner based in northern Peru, visited several of our Canadian members to talk about his experiences in Fair Trade and his vision for the future of the movement. Or go straight to reading an in depth summary of Santiago's presentations.
Within the framework of the SCAA’s annual meeting and conference in Minneapolis in May 2008, three Cooperative Coffees members, Peace Coffee, Kickapoo and Just Coffee, organized a producer tour in the Mid-West. The purpose of this visit was to reduce the gap between consumers and producers by building relationships and understanding through roasters.
From left: Carlos (Manos Campesinos), Jose (Maya Vinic),
Policarpio (FECAFEB), Wilman (Fondo Paez), Elmer (Cenfrocafe)
Outreach materials
Check out the latest version of our brochure!
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AGM
2008 Coop Coffees AGM
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| Each year, members and staff of Cooperative Coffees gather for a couple of days of intensive -- in terms of both fun and efficiency! -- meetings, otherwise known as the Annual General Meeting. Aside from the updates on business, the meeting gives us the chance to get to know our fellow coop-members better -- a difficult feat considering the hundreds of miles between most of us! And this year we had the privilege of hosting 3 producer partners who visited a few of our roasters after the meeting! |
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