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Margaret Eberle Fair Trade Festival
December 7, 2013 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
MARGARET EBERLE FAIR TRADE FESTIVAL AND CRAFT FAIR
Memorial United Methodist Church will be hosting the Margaret Eberle Fair Trade Festival and Craft Fair on Saturday, December 7th, 2013, from 10am to 4pm at 250 Bryant Avenue in White Plains, New York. The event is in its 16th year.
Fair trade is a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions and securing the rights of marginalized producers and workers. Many of the crafts are made by artists in women-managed cooperatives. Funds raised by the sale of these crafts initiate support for a living wage and better living conditions.
We are organizing workshops that will be held during the day on December 7th including a workshop on A Thread of Hope women’s weaving collective in Guatemala, the NOMI Network that uses the proceeds from the sale of their bags to fight the trafficking of women and girls, as well as an ETAN (East Timor Action Network) workshop offered by Jill Sternberg and a meditation workshop with Alan Levin (www.sacredriverhealing.org).
Live music will be performed throughout the day featuring Art Bennett and the Walkabout Clearwater Chorus. Homemade baked goods, soup, bread and fair trade coffee/tea will be available for purchase.
This event is open to the public. Suggested donation for admission is $2 – $5.
This event is organized by Memorial United Methodist Church, The LOFT: LGBT Community Services Center, Westchester Martin Luther King Jr. Institute for Nonviolence and the WESPAC Foundation.