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Welcome to Igniting a Movement: Fair Trade Universities...and beautiful Bowling Green, KY!

We are excited to have you here on the campus of Western Kentucky University for an exciting weekend filled with workshops, training, and movement building around Fair Trade on college and high school campuses. You are about to take part in United Students for Fair Tradeʼs 7th Annual National Convergence! We are here for a weekend that will build and launch a movement to make Fair Trade a part of the national conversation by bringing it to campuses across the country. More than 100 students representing over 40 different schools are here from around the United States. USFT selected WKU and Bowling Green as the host site some months back, and since then the host committee, made up of members from WKUAID/Fair Trade WKU have been hard at work to bring you this convergence. We are excited to have you and hope you enjoy your time here with us!

Sincerely,

USFT National Convergence Host Committee - WKUAID/Fair Trade WKU

Emergency Contacts:Matt Vaughan- (573) 529-2578Charlie Harris- (270) 952-5893

If anything comes up during your stay here at WKU, contact either of the persons listed here.

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1 - Kentucky Museum - Opening Local/Fair Trade Banquet2 - Gary A. Ransdell College of Education Building - Conference Site3 - Downing University Center - On Campus Dining Options4 - Mass Media Hall, Site of Video Conference on Sunday

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Sponsors:

Gold SponsorsWKU Green Fund, WKU Women’s Studies Program, WKU Potter College of Arts and Letters, WKU Office of Sustainability, WKU Restaurant & Catering

Group

Silver SponsorsFair Trade USA, IMO, Fair Trade Towns, Ben & Jerry’s, WKU Institute for

Citizenship & Social Responsibility

Bronze SponsorsLucia’s Imports, Global Exchange, Bon Appetit, Fairific, WKU Department of

Folk Studies & Anthropology, WKU Department of Geography & Geology, WKU Political Engagement Project, Greener Groundz

Community SponsorsThe Nutrition Center, IN Exchange

Donations ByHeine Bros. Coffee, Luna & Larry’s Coconut Bliss, Java City, Ben & Jerry’s,

Einstein’s Bagels, Little Ceasar’s Pizza, Fair Trade Sports, Honest Tea, Wholesome Sweeteners, Theo Chocolate, Divine Chocolate, Alter Eco,

Zhena’s Gypsy Tea, Dr. Bronner’s, Lucia’s Imports, Greener Groundz, Guayaki Yerba Mate, InBloom Group LLC, interrupcion* fair trade, Handmade

Expressions, Totebags Direct

*Convergence Program Designed by Charlie Harris

Brought to you by the WKU Green Fund

Friday, March 18th, 2011Time Event Place

12:00-5:00pm Arrivals into Bowling Green and Nashville International Airport

6:00pm Registration Begins/Doors Open Kentucky Room, Kentucky Museum

6:00-6:30 Local Music and Meet & Greet

6:30 Welcome & Introductions

6:45 Locally Sourced & Fair Trade Dinner Served w/ Dessert Donated by Ben & Jerryʼs Ice Cream and Luna & Larryʼs Coconut Bliss

7:00 Keynote Address by Isaac Zuñiga, General Manager of the Cooperativa Agraria Industrial Naranjillo (COOPAIN), a Fair Trade Certified coffee and cocoa cooperative in Tingo María, Peru. Q&A to follow.

7:45 The Beehive Collectiveʼs Interactive Presentation

8:30 Meet-up with Hosts for Housing Accommodations

Friday Night Enjoy your night in Bowling Green! Sites Around BGKY

United Students for Fair Trade National Convergence

YOUR PURCHASE HELPS KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOL.www.FairTradeUSA.org

EVERY PURCHASE MATTERS

Fair Trade Towns USA is a fun and engaging way to grow the Fair Trade movement in your community. As the most comprehensive platform for growing awareness, availability, and commitment to Fair Trade in the US, Fair Trade Towns provides the opportunity to build community in your town, as well as connect your community to those in the developing world.

Fair Trade Towns unites conscious consumers, dedicated activists, members of the business and retail community, local communities of faith and other community organizations, and your city or town government in the e!ort to ensure that we are all playing a part in supporting those who provide us with so much in the US market. Through dynamic events, meetings, online organizing and other outreach we bring together a diverse group of community members to expand the message of the importance of Fair Trade and unite our communities behind a banner of global justice and equity.

Stand up and be counted! Start or join a Fair Trade Town campaign in your community today by logging on to www.FairTradeTownsUSA.org, or contacting Billy Linstead Goldsmith, National Coordinator, at blinsteadgoldsmith@fairtradetownsusa.org.

www.FairTradeTownsUSA.org

Saturday, March 19th, 2011United Students for Fair Trade National Convergence

Time Event Place

7:30-8:30am Complimentary Breakfast Provided by Einstein Bros. Bagels Lobby - Gary Ransdell Hall

8:30-9:30 Workshop Session 1“The Real World Impacts of Fair Trade” a discussion with Isaac Zuñiga, Fair Trade coffee producer, Sarah Lyon, Fair Trade researcher and Billy Linstead Goldsmith Fair Trade Towns USA National Coordinator“The State of Fair Trade” - Jeff Goldman, Executive Director of the Fair Trade Resource Network

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9:30-10:30 Workshop Session 2“Intro to ʻFair Trade Certifiedʼ & Fairtrade International (FLO)” - David Funkhouser from Fair Trade USA & Isaac Zuñiga“Art and Storytelling as Tools for Change” - an interactive presentation with The Beehive Design Collective

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10:30-11:00 Fair Trade Coffee Break GRH Lobby

11:00-12:00pm Workshop Session 3“Intro to ʻFair For Life” Product Certification - Laura Johnson, Program Manager, IMO-US“Resisting Corporate Colonialism: Tales from the Grassroots Understory ” - an interactive presentation with the Beehive Design Collective

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12:00-1:00 Working Lunch (Breakout by Food Service Provider) GRH Foyer

12:00-3:00 Fair Trade Marketplace & Opportunity FairCome get samples, learn about awesome opportunities, and buy some cool Fair Trade items!

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1:00-1:30 Fair Trade Focus Group: Share your thoughts on the the types of Fair Trade products you'd like to see on your campus with Erica Trani, founder and owner of IN Exchange.

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1:00-2:00 Outdoor Soccer/Football/Frisbee with Fair Trade sports equipment (Donated by Fair Trade Sports & Senda Athletics)

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2:00-3:00 Workshop Session 4“Social Media for Organizing” - Charlie Harris with WKUAID/Fair Trade WKU“Bringing Fair Trade to your community with Fair Trade Towns” - Billy Linstead Goldsmith, National Coordinator, Fair Trade Towns USA“Fair Trade, Worker's Rights, and the Fashion Industry” - Soreyda Benedit Begley Founder-Director of Lexington Fashion Collaborative and member of Fair Trade Lexington

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3:00-4:00 Workshop Session 5“Fair Trade Universities” - Ben Thomas from Siena College (30 min)

“Fair Trade on College Campuses” - Panel with students from John Carroll University, U of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Siena College (30 min)

“Fair Trade High Schools” - Natalia Choi - Emma Willard HS (30 min)

“Fair Trade Ambassadors” - Sandra Crimson with Just Creations (30 min)

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4:00-5:00 Workshop Session 6“Fair Trade & Service Learning” - Mary Embry and Gabby Cheikh, Indiana University Bloomington (30min)

“Service Learning with Womenʼs Project in Peru” - Magdalena , Indiana University Southeast (30min)

“Getting Fair Trade Chocolate onto your Campus” -Amanda White, Divine Chocolate

“Sweatshop-free University Apparel” - a Skype session with Alta Gracia factory workers in the Dominican Republic

“Fair Trade Jeopardy!” - with Ryan Zinn from the Fair World Project 

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5:00-5:30 Workshop Session 7“United Students for Fair Trade history and overview” - Current USFT Coordinating Committee Members

“Cooperative Food Systems” - Liz Ciavolino from Cofed

"How To: Start a Fair Trade Business" - with Erica Trani, founder and owner of IN Exchange, a Fair Trade business on Tulane University's campus in New Orleans. 

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Saturday Night Enjoy your night in Bowling Green! Sites Around BGKY

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Fair-trade Coffeeavailable at these locations

Einstein Bros. Bagel’s, Java City Library,Java City DUC andGarrett Food Court

Bewley’s Fair-trade Teaavailable at both Java City Locations,Garrett Food Court, South CampusFood Court, Bate Shop and Pit Stop Convenience Stores.

Fair-trade ChocolateAvailable at The Pit Stop &

Bate Shop Convenience Stores

Sunday, March 20th, 2011United Students for Fair Trade National Convergence

Time Event Place

8:00-8:30am Complimentary Breakfast provided by Plehnʼs Bakery Ransdell Hall

8:30-9:30 International Video Conference with students at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland

“Fair Trade on the Field” a discussion about Fair Trade soccer balls and non-mainstream Fair Trade Products with Santiago, CEO of Senda Athletics (30 min)

“Hot Chocolate! Fun Actions to Fair Trade Hershey, Your Campus, and Your Community” - Adrienne Fitch-Frankel, Fair Trade Campaign Director, Global Exchange

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9:30-11:30 Organizing Training & Campaign Planning w/ Roxanne Lawson from Consciousness Creates

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11:30-12:30pm Working Lunch/Breakout Sessions GRH Lobby

12:30-1:30 Organizing Wrap-Up/Game Plans GRH 1074

1:30-1:45 Concluding Remarks/Dismissal

2:00 Departure from Conference, Safe Travels!

Sign Up Your Club to be a USFT Affiliate Today!

Go to usft.org/affiliate or visit us at the Marketplace on

Saturday!

Be An Author!USFT has a new Wordpress Blog, and you can be a contributor! Write up a post about a session here at the convergence or Fair Trade on your campus or at your organization and submit it coordinatingcommittee@usft.org

Special Thanks To:For all of their hard work on planning, fundraising, and executing the convergence! Many late nights went into planning this event.

And special thanks and props to Matt Vaughan, USFT National Convergence Coordinator for bringing this conference to WKU and all his hours spent planning this amazing event.

Saturday Workshop DescriptionsWorkshop Session 1: 8:30-9:30“The Real World Impacts of Fair Trade” with Isaac Zuñiga, Fair Trade coffee producer, Sarah Lyon, Fair Trade researcher and Billy Linstead Goldsmith Fair Trade Towns USA National CoordinatorA Panel Discussion with a Fair Trade Producer, Researcher, and Organizer with presentations on how Fair Trade impacts producers and consumers and what Fair Trade looks like in action, followed by a Q&A Period & Discussion

“The State of Fair Trade” - Jeff Goldman, Executive Director of the Fair Trade Resource NetworkLearn about who the current players in America's Fair Trade Movement are and how you can utilize free resources from the Fair Trade Resource Network to help support your Fair Trade efforts on campus. 

Workshop Session 2: 9:30-10:30“Intro to ʻFair Trade Certifiedʼ & Fairtrade International (FLO)” - David Funkhouser from Fair Trade USA & Isaac Zuñiga, Fair Trade coffee producerLearn the history behind what is "Fair Trade Certified" with an introduction to the FLO Certification and Fair Trade USA. Learn details about what it means for a product to be certified from David Funkhouser and learn more about the impact that Fair Trade certification has on farmers in the developing world with special guest Isaac Zuñiga from COOPAIN Fair Trade Coffee Cooperative in Peru.

“Art and Storytelling as Tools for Change  ” - an interactive presentation with The Beehive Design CollectiveAre you a student trying to get your campus engaged in the Fair Trade movement? Ever wish you had a great big picture to reel them in? If so, then come to our workshop to learn a few interactive and story-based methods for using Beehive Collective graphics as tools for organizing and educating!

Workshop Session 3: 11:00-12:00“Intro to ʻFair For Life” Product Certification - Laura Johnson, Program Manager, IMO-USIn 2006, IMO introduced “Fair for Life”, a brand neutral, third party certification program for social accountability and fair trade, designed to complement existing certification systems. The Fair for Life Social & FairTrade Certification Programme combines strict social and fair trade standards with adaptability to local conditions. This presentation is intended to show how Fair for Life Certification guarantees that human rights are guaranteed at any stage of production, that workers enjoy good and fair working conditions and that smallholder farmers receive a fair share. IMO is a highly respected Swiss based certification body of eco-friendly products, organic agriculture and management systems.

“Resisting Corporate Colonialism: Tales from the Grassroots Understory” - an interactive presentation with The Beehive Design CollectiveThis interactive workshop will use Beehive Design Collective graphics to place the anti-globalization movement of the north in a global context. By examining the impacts of militarization, corporate media, and industrial development we will begin to dissect the vehicles of free trade and agenda of monoculture. Emphasis will be placed on the grassroots efforts of the Global South as a model for community led resistance in the north. Through storytelling, and image-sharing, we will explore a variety of tactics implored by land-based movements worldwide.

Follow USFT on your Favorite Social Media Service for timely updates:

@fairtradecampus facebook.com/fairtradecampus

Workshop Descriptions (Continued)

Workshop Session 4: 2:00-3:00“Social Media for Organizing” - Charlie Harris with WKUAID/Fair Trade WKUHow can you affect change in 140 characters or less? The time of Twitter and Facebook to do more than poke your friends and play Farmville has arrived. This workshop seeks to empower YOU in the use of social media tools in order to build your coalition to affect change at any level. Whether it is to get your campus to become the next Fair Trade University, or even if you want to change national policy, this workshop hopes to give you an overview of some of the latest tools in digital activism for you to use.

“Bringing Fair Trade to your community with Fair Trade Towns” - Billy Linstead Goldsmith, National Coordinator, Fair Trade Towns USAFair Trade Towns USA is a fun and engaging way to grow the Fair Trade movement in your community. As a comprehensive platform for growing awareness, availability, and commitment to Fair Trade in the US, Fair Trade Towns provides the opportunity to build community in your town, as well as connect your community to those in the developing world. We will share practical information about how and why to become a Fair Trade Town.

“Fair Trade, Worker's Rights, and the Fashion Industry” - Soreyda Benedit Begley Founder-Director of Lexington Fashion Collaborative and member of Fair Trade LexingtonSoreyda is a fashion designer, currently serving ass the Director of the Lexington Fashion Collaborative. She also a Board Member of Alternate Roots, The Kentucky Hemp Initiative and the Make Lexington a Fair Trade Town Steering Committee. She is also a 2011 grant recipient form the Kentucky Foundation for Women. She is originally from Honduras, and has live it United states for 11 years. In her workshop she'll be talking about her experience working in sweatshops in her native country of Honduras, as well of how she became involved in the Fair Trade movement.

Workshop Session 5: 3:00-4:00“Fair Trade Universities” - Ben Thomas from Siena College (30 min)You mean we have to get the WHOLE University to support Fair Trade, forever? Starting a Fair Trade movement can be an intimidating idea, from gaining support from students to becoming nationally certified (and everything in between). However, experiences in the US have shown that the process can be broken down and applied to any college community setting. Come to the "Building Blocks for a Fair Trade University" workshop and learn the different paths and basic steps that have forged FTUs!

“Fair Trade on College Campuses” - Panel with students from John Carroll University, U of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Sienna College (30 min)A panel discussion with students from Universities that have already been active in the Fair Trade University movement, with Q&A on how they have been successful and lessons learned that can be taken for a Fair Trade Campaign on your campus.

“Fair Trade High Schools” - Natalia Choi - Emma Willard HS (30 min)Are you a High School student feeling left out with all this talk of Fair Trade Universities? High Schools can be certified too! Come and learn about how you can get your High School as a part of the Fair Trade Movement. Natalia Choi is a senior at Emma Willard School in New York state, and in addition to participating in orchestra and Model UN, Natalia founded the student group Slavery No More, which helped turn Emma Willard into the first fair trade high school in the US.  Hear her story and learn how you can start your own Fair Trade High School Campaign.

“Fair Trade Ambassadors” - Sandra Crimson with Just Creations (30 min)This workshop will focus on Just Creations’ Fair Trade Ambassador Program for high school students, which was selected as the Best Public Education Program by the Fair Trade Federation in 2010. In addition to learning about the program and its history, attendees will hear how previous Ambassadors have carried their experience forward into college and their adult lives. Current Ambassadors will be present to talk about their experiences with the program and how they are putting what they’ve learned into practice. We will then discuss how this program could be adapted to other situations, including a college or university environment.

Dreaming of a Green Gift?

Igniting a Movement: Fair Trade Universities is an event under the new WKU Campus Conscience label, an initiative which seeks to unite unique socially conscious events, campaigns, and initiatives taking place at Western Kentucky University. Be on the lookout for the Campus Conscience Big Red to know you’ve picked a socially responsible thing to do!

Green Gifts is an alternative giving program where you can send a card to a friend or loved one and a donation is made in their name to the WKU Green Fund.

Workshop Descriptions (Continued)

Workshop Session 6: 4:00-5:00“Fair Trade & Service Learning” - Mary Embry and Gabby, Indiana University Bloomington Fair Trade Bloomington, a student project began in 2005, works with ten different classrooms and disciplines yearly, as well as interns and student volunteers, who all contribute to Fair Trade advocacy in events and tasks applicable to their interests. FTB utilizes a campus funded service-learning intern who engages students in applied, discipline specific work. This session will show service-learning Fair Trade projects that range from textile exchanges with artisans in Fine Arts classes to media strategy proposals from Journalism students. Participants should be inspired to seek out or propose service-learning projects in their own communities that encourage a depth of experience with Fair Trade. (30 min)

“Service Learning with Women in Ecuador” - Herdoíza-Estévez, PhD, Southeast Indiana University Learn about a service learning project from Indiana University Southeast where students and faculty work with a group of women basket makers from a Quichua community in Ecuador, by Magdalena Herdoíza-Estévez, PhDAssociate Professor of Education and International Studies and Director, Graduate Studies, Indiana University Southeast (30 min)

“Getting Fair Trade Chocolate onto your Campus” - Amanda White, Divine ChocolateDoes your campus already have Fair Trade coffee? Learn how to bring Fair Trade chocolate to your campus with this skills session. You will also learn how to apply this knowledge to getting other products such as tea, sugar and bananas onto your campus.

“Examining Trade Justice in the Apparel Industry” - a Skype session with Alta Gracia factory workers in the Domincan RepublicLearn how to transform the global apparel industry and the lives of workers and their families in Villa Altagracia by getting your college bookstore to make a substantial commitment to carry Alta Gracia, the union-made, living-wage alternative for college sports apparel! (Or get student groups to carry Alta Gracia directly for club t-shirts.) We’ll be hosting a “Virtual Worker Tour:” a Skype video call directly with the women of the Villa Altagracia factory in the Dominican Republic. Union leaders will share their fight of over a decade to establish fair working conditions and the first union in a Free Trade Zone in all of the Caribbean. They’ll share the impact living wages makes in their community. We’ll examine working conditions in the apparel industry and compare and contrast Alta Gracia’s approach to trade justice (unions, WRC monitoring, and living wages) with other certification schemes. We’ll also talk about actions students can take to work with bookstores to bring Alta Gracia to campus.

“Fair Trade Jeopardy!” - with Ryan Zinn from the Fair World Project Did you know that there are over 600 social, fair and environmental seals and standards in the marketplace? Fair, sweat-free, direct trade, what does it all mean? This interactive and fun workshop will help you understand some of the growing number of social, fair and environmental seals and what it means producers and consumers.

Workshop Session 7: 5:00-5:30“United Students for Fair Trade History and Overview” - Current USFT Coordinating MembersLearn about the origins of America's largest student network working on Fair Trade. Hear from current USFT Coordinating Committee members about how your campus org can become an official USFT affiliate, what resources we can provide for you, upcoming events and Coordinating Committee elections and so much more!

“Cooperative Food Systems” - with Liz Ciavolino from CofedIn this workshop, we will examine the importance of power and democracy within the university . Co-ops can be centers for ethical food as well as centers for education and community-building. In our workshop, we will explore why co-ops are important and how CoFed can help students who are interested in pursuing them.

"How To: Start a Fair Trade Business" - with Erica Trani, founder and owner of IN Exchange, a Fair Trade business on Tulane University's campus in New Orleans. Hear Erica's story of starting an on-campus Fair Trade business and learn about the need for new Fair Traders to start up their own Fair Trade Wholesale businesses. 

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