Our goalsThe Fair Trade campaign is part of an overall national movement of university campaigns. We seek to raise awareness about Fair Trade options on campus and help students understand how buying Fair Trade impacts the lives of individuals around the world.
In Spring 2016, we achieved our goal of having UCLA become a Fair Trade Certified University! We are now focused on increasing education and awareness of fair trade, and altering UCLA culture and policy to help small producers in developing countries. Sign our petition!Please sign our petition to increase Fair Trade certified products served at UCLA. By signing these petitions, you can show the UCLA administration that these issues matter to you! (It takes less than a minute, and will make a big impact!!)
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Why should I support fair trade products?
Did you know about 50% of food-aid funds
are spent on shipping products over to countries such as Africa, and that 75% of food-aid comes from USA? There is something wrong with the fact that half of our donations are not spent on the food itself, but in getting food from OUR nation to OTHER nations across the globe. Talk about inefficiency and wastefulness. How about we directly transfer the money over to farmers in suffering nations to have them distribute their produce to those in need of it? After all, farms in Africa are not subsidized by their government. It’s called local food procurement and it’s necessary to increase food independence and get people producing their own foods to support their people. OK fine! Then how can I help? Easy: you can indirectly help farmers experiencing harsh economic conditions by purchasing Fair Trade products. Fair Trade supports small scale producers, those at the bottom of the economic ladder or from marginalized communities, that otherwise do not have access to economic mobility. |
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Fair Trade Resolution Unanimously Approved!On April 16th 2013, E3 and General Representative 3 Yasar Mohebi's Fair Trade resolution was passed by UCLA's Undergraduate Students Association (USAC) with a vote of 10-0-0!
The resolution affirms that USAC supports the values of Fair Trade products, and calls on the UCLA administration to maintain Fair Trade status, to provide Fair Trade products in their facilities whenever possible, and to make efforts to increase the awareness and consumption of Fair Trade products at UCLA. In May 2016, we attained Fair Trade University status! Whoop whoop! |
E3's Fair Trade Campaign in
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Contact our Fair Trade Campaign chairs, Chris Hunter (chunter3654@gmail.com) or Emma Finn (emmaannefinn@gmail.com), to get involved or get more information.
