Petition urging city council to buy Fair Trade products

Norman Fair Trade is circulating a petition urging the city council of Norman to purchase Fair Trade products for city functions.
Hundreds of communities across the world are working to promote Fair Trade in their area, meeting goals to become recognized as a Fair Trade Town. Norman is close to becoming the 14th Fair Trade Town in the United States and the first in Oklahoma. It is time for Norman to join cities such as San Francisco and Milwaukee in a step that can alleviate global poverty through support of Fair Trade products locally.To proceed further, we need a commitment from the city council to purchase Fair Trade Certified products.
Please sign the petition using the change.org widget below and help us make Norman a Fair Trade Town.

OU Daily article on Manish Gupta's presentation

The Oklahoma Daily, an independent student newspaper, has published an article on Manish Gupta's presentation held at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History on Monday, November  16.
You can read the complete article at the following link:

Entrepreneur shares experience with Fair Trade at lecture

Presentation by Manish Gupta and Fair Trade Fair

OU Department of Geography and Norman Fair Trade present
A National Geography Awareness Week event

Fair Trade: The Power of Choice
A Presentation by Manish Gupta, the founder of Handmade Expressions, a Fair Trade company. www.handmadeexpressions.net

Monday, November 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Robert S. Kerr Auditorium
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

Join us for the Fair Trade Fair at 6:00pm in the lobby of the museum for snacks and to learn more about fair trade organizations in your community.


Fair Trade Fair participants:
OUr Earth (http://ourearth.ou.edu/)
Student Organization for Fair Trade
Norman Sustainability Network (www.normansustainability.org)
Norman Fair Trade (www.normanfairtrade.org)
Voices of Oklahoma (www.voicesofok.org)
Women's and Gender Studies Program's Center for Social Justice
(peace.ou.edu)
OU Department of Geography (geography.ou.edu)
OU Physical Plant/ Crimson & Green (www.ou.edu/green)
Native Roots Market (www.nativerootsmarket.com)

Sponsored by
OU Departments of Geography and Communication
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environment
Norman Fair Trade
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
and Women's and Gender Studies Program's Center for Social Justice

Fair Trade Holiday Gift Guide

As an Official Supporter of the "Fair Trade the White House" outreach, Norman Fair Trade is pleased to offer you a Fair Trade Holiday Gift Guide to assist you this holiday season. Just as we are inviting the First Lady to fair trade her home, you can pick from fabulous fair trade gifts to make your home a "Fair Trade Home." The Fair Trade Holiday Gift Guide includes over 80 fair trade gifts in categories ranging from body-care to food to clothing with exclusive discount offers throughout. Look for a Fair Trade Directory of Norman on page 3, and enjoy making the holidays fair to people and planet.
Download the gift guide here.
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