You are invited to come and spread the word about these free events, which have been planned and organized by students of E328 "Ecological Anthropology" and I300 "Human Rights and the Arts" (Instructors Catherine Tucker and Hilary Kahn, respectively).
Thursday, April 21, 2-6 pm: Learn about and try free Fair Trade Coffee. Outside the Ballantine Kiosk from 2pm-6pm
Friday, April 22, 3-5 pm: Showing of "Black Gold" (a moving documentary on the Ethiopian coffee farmers’ struggle to get a fair price for their coffee). Free Fair Trade coffee for attendees. Radio and TV Building (BLTV) Room 251
Thursday, April 28: Showing and discussion of “Coffee and Cigarettes” (an artistic film that explores the roles of coffee - and cigarettes -- in US society) (Details TBA, contact Gina Eastwood geastwoo@indiana.edu,Trevor Hunsberger thunsber@indiana.edu or Alanna Ewert aaewert@indiana.edu for more information).
Friday, April 29, 9-11 am: Coffee Tasting in front of Ballantine Hall. Compare the taste of Fair Trade organic and conventional coffees.
Information and brochures will be available.
These activities are being conducted collaboratively by students of E328 "Ecological Anthropology" and I300 "Human Rights and the Arts" to increase awareness on campus of the availability of Fair Trade Coffee. Conventional coffee production and market arrangements are associated with a number of human rights problems and environmental issues around the world. Fair Trade coffee provides an alternative that can help address some of the problems with conventionally marketed coffee. These activities are the result of students' ideas from joint class meetings to explore connections among our consumption decisions, environmental problems, and human rights issues. These students have other action plans as well, such as getting signatures for a petition in support of fair trade, producing radio ads, creating action art, making promotional buttons, producing posters, and other innovative projects!
The activities are sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, as part of its sustainable development initiative.
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